Madison, Wisconsin-based Fairway Mortgage Corporation has agreed to a nearly $10 million settlement of redlining charges brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), with the company claiming the probe into its...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Dark clouds have formed around the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy, with many prominent figures within the real estate industry calling for it to be jettisoned. However, it seems like an equal number of prominent...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its first redlining settlement with a credit union in its $6.5 million agreement with the $6 billion-assets Citadel Federal Credit Union. The DOJ alleged that Citadel failed to provide mortgage lending services to...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has requested the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has the right to reopen an antitrust investigation that was resolved in a 2020 settlement. NAR’s writ of certiorari argues that the...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against owners and managers of Suburban Heights Apartments, a residential rental property in the St. Louis suburb of Kinloch, Missouri, alleging that they discriminated against prospective Black tenants by banning...