Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Legal League recently hosted four training sessions for more than 80 mortgage servicers. Classes included content from Legal League’s Level 1 and 2 certifications combined with new, unique content requested by the servicer’s Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, and Loss Mitigation teams. With member law firms spread out across the U.S.,

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Kahane & Associates PA is a full-service law firm based in Sunrise, Florida, that represents secured and unsecured creditors and provides a full range of legal industry, from foreclosure and bankruptcy representation to litigation, evictions, collections, loss mitigation, and REO closings. Kahane Esq. ,

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

Rocket Mortgage has entered into a settlement agreement with a group of current and former employees who have alleged the company did not provide sufficient overtime pay, according to court documents reviewed by HousingWire and reporting at Bloomberg Law. million settlement will go to cover legal costs. Nearly 30% of the $3.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2021

Rentals listed on Zillow will now show whether or not they lie in a jurisdiction with local laws protecting renters from discrimination based on the use of Housing Choice Vouchers. The app also lists any local laws protecting renters who use veteran’s benefits or Social Security insurance payments to pay their rent.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Navigating Mortgage Law: Insights with Stephen Hladik from Hladik Onorato & Federman In this episode of the MP Access Show, we’re thrilled to welcome Stephen Hladik, a Partner at Hladik Onorato & Federman, LLP, and a highly respected expert in mortgage foreclosure, bankruptcy, and lending law compliance.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assistance is poised to lose his benefits on Jan. Federal classification While laws across several U.S. HCVs in legal-cannabis states In states with more permissive marijuana laws, like Washington and Colorado , housing agencies take a more nuanced approach.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Perry said that despite statements from banking regulatory agencies, the Federal Housing Finance Agency , the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reassure lenders that targeted lending programs do not violate fair lending laws, mortgage lenders remain hesitant.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

An action taken that is determined to be “arbitrary and capricious” would translate into “willful and unreasonable action without consideration or regard for the facts and circumstances,” according to Cornell Law School ’s Legal Information Institute.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This manifesto has helped MyState develop a national footprint with listings for all types of properties, including single-family homes, manufactured homes, newly built homes, foreclosures and even land. You have to follow the law, but if it’s legal, you can do it,” Pfaff said. “We We will always comply with the law.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Heidi brings deep expertise in areas across the legal spectrum, including in mortgage lending, servicing, credit access and regulatory matters, among others,” said Michael DeVito, CEO of Freddie Mac. “I Weiss was the fifth-highest earning named executive officer at Freddie Mac in 2021, with a total compensation of $2.3

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 28, 2024

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Clinton’s long-standing career in public service, in-depth legal expertise in housing policy and executive leadership skills will help bolster FHFA’s work as a world-class prudential regulator.”. Prior to joining the agency, he served for 24 years in various senior legal roles at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In 2024 alone, Colorado, Arizona, Massachusetts, and Hawaii passed major ADU legislation, and California added several laws to open the doors wider for ADU s. While state-level ADU policies take aim at local rules that hamper ADU development, there’s still work to be done. But first, the good news.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

In a news release, Zillow explained that artificial intelligence (AI) tools often fail to account for the myriad requirements of fair housing laws. The AI technology can identify cases of noncompliance with equal housing laws when it is given a question or answer. System developers have the ability to intervene in these cases. “In

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Residential zoning laws are designed to promote orderly development, control traffic flow, and ensure that noise and activity levels are appropriate to each specific neighborhood. Decades ago, zoning laws were used to legally segregate local communities based on race.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

All lenders must explain their rationale when denying credit to loan applicants, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau affirmed Thursday, after looking into whether companies claiming exemption because they rely on “complex algorithms” were in violation of federal anti-discrimination law.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Prior to the pandemic, ALTA and MBA saw a need to develop model RON legislation. The model legislation creates legal certainty across the country by providing a uniform and consistent framework that is based on a common set of core principles. Through October 2020, more than 2,200 of the 3,600 recording jurisdictions in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

An arbitrator conclusion issued last week caps a four-year legal battle over allegations of trade secret theft involving two of the biggest companies in the housing industry, Black Knight Servicing Technologies and PennyMac Financial Services. In March 2020, the companies entered arbitration. per share.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

After nearly 10 days of trial proceedings, Zillow is ready for its years-long legal battle with REX Real Estate to be over. On Wednesday, just nine days after the long-awaited trial’s September 18 start date, the real estate behemoth file a motion for judgment as a matter of law in the U.S. District Court in Seattle hearing the trial.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2024

Morris, VP, Associate General Counsel and Corporate and Corporate Development at CoreLogic “ It was such an honor to receive the HousingWire Insiders award and to this day I am still receiving compliments about the recognition. ” — Jan S. ” — Kristi M. This has become an easy conversation starter.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Meanwhile, Todd Maki, head of business development and partnerships at Snapdocs, remarked that integrating Notarize’s services will help mortgage lenders “orchestrate a more perfect mortgage closing” that is fully digital and error-free. Partnering with Snapdocs gets everyone there faster.”. million in the U.S. —

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday resolved uncertainty around special purpose credit programs, 45 years after Congress allowed lenders to tailor products to groups that have historically been excluded from homeownership. In a legal memo, HUD stated that SPCPs are allowed under the Fair Housing Act.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Ginnie Mae largely deny any allegations made against the company in the original complaint. TCB attorneys claim that Ginnie Mae’s positions are not supported by previously approved agreements, nor are they supported by law. Attorneys for the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

These anti-discrimination statutes make it illegal to refuse to rent, sell or lease housing because of a lawful source of income being provided. Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD), state attorneys general and fair housing organizations to start applying this legal framework to homebuyers FHA loans accounted for 15.6%

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On Thursday, the trade group informed members that it was bringing in a third-party human resources reporting system and a third-party independent law firm to conduct a review of the organization. The letter also addresses a separate letter from Denise Drake, an attorney at Polsinelli Law Firm , to Goldberg dated July 14, 2023.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

By law, the mortgages were the ‘absolute property’ of GNMA.” TCB claims fail ‘as a matter of law’ In its original complaint, TCB took issue with the extinguishment based on its interest in HECM-backed Securities (HMBS) tails, or “the additional amounts added to the balance of the HECM over time,” the attorneys explained. 17, 2024.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Newrez also wants immediate and injunctive relief and damages against OneTrust for breaches of contractual and common law obligations, and for acts of misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition. Newrez declined to comment on active litigation but noted it will “vigorously pursue all legal remedies available to us.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Nutter’s legal team strongly disputed both the “factual accuracy” and “legal merits” of the allegations that were investigated by the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Goodwin Procter , a global law firm, acted as legal adviser for the deal, but further terms were not disclosed. Cianciolo will serve as head of business development, Graf as senior vice president of operations and Joerg as chief investment officer.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Inspector General Rae Oliver Davis , Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and Douglas DePodesta, special agent in charge of the Chicago field office of the FBI. He was sentenced to 205 months in prison by district court Judge Franklin Valderrama, who also ordered Diamond to pay $2.7

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

There, Allen developed strategies for capital markets clients including Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank , as well as managed engagements and provided solutions for FHFA , OCC , HUD , Freddie Mac and others. Financial services law firm Garris Horn announced that mortgage attorney Melanie Feliciano has joined as a partner.

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2024

There is nothing wrong with lawful — even intense — competition,” the complaint states. According to the complaint, Kaminsky accessed information from Realtor.com “at least 37 times after CoStar hired him,” violating federal and state computer fraud laws to do so. The legal complaint reiterated many of these arguments.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

A federal law mandates that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac help households on moderate, low, or very low income. Further, the advocates called a legal interpretation preventing GSEs from making targeted Duty to Serve equity investments “dubious.”. It’s a bold move,” Gray said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I think the big issue is in terms of education,” Lauren Marinaro, a legal professional and board member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys , told KJZZ. But many older Americans end up developing certain health complications. This might stem from thinking that they’ll never require such care, she added.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Federal law requires the VA to implement an outreach program in consultation with tribal organizations to inform Native American veterans about the program. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Department of Agriculture have similar programs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to greater risk this year according to a report from the HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG). ” Another case alleges that Celink and RMF improperly paid property taxes for reverse mortgage borrowers before they became due without legal justification or notice.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2024

Win for Nutter The law firm Alston & Bird , who is defending Nutter in the case, secured a partial summary judgment in favor of the company. Proximate cause” is a way to determine the most direct cause of harm or violation of law. 9 — the defense is encouraged by this development.

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