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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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2021

The company, one of the “Big Four” title insurers, agreed to pay a $1.185 million penalty after California state regulators alleged that a marketing representative provided agents illegal perks such as video marketing and drone footage of listings with placement on social media sites, and bus caravans to promote listings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

There is a legal description. In Decentraland or Sandbox, for example, the legal descriptions are individual pixels (essentially code) that define the “parcels.” Today, the law is not yet clear on whether or not virtual land in the Metaverse is “actual” real estate. Defining virtual real estate. Each parcel is worth real money.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Federal classification While laws across several U.S. All but 11 states allow for at least the medical consumption of marijuana, and it is also legal for both medical and recreational use in the District of Columbia , itself a federal district. My] third back surgery was in 2018.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

On May 30, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued its opinion on a matter of far-reaching consequence—whether the National Bank Act preempts a New York State consumer financial law requiring payment of interest on mortgage escrow accounts in the case of Cantero v. Nelson, Florida Insurance Commissioner, et al.,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

For more than two years, a storm has been brewing in the title insurance industry. As part of the settlement, the firms agreed to end the practice of giving real estate agents consideration for the referral of title insurance business, and they will cease their title insurance operations in Washington, D.C.,

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

In an analysis of more than 100 real estate wire fraud cases, CertifID found that the most common wire fraud-related legal liability issues for real estate firms are negligence, breach of contract, deceptive business practices and breach of fiduciary duty. In one of the cases cited by CertifID ( Otto v.

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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.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In 2017, the associations collaborated to create standard legislation that is safe for consumers, ensures the transaction can be insurable and is technology neutral. 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.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines fraud as the “intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right,” and from identity theft to sweepstakes and investment scams, it can take countless forms at a high cost to consumers.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Matt Collins has joined Westcor Land Title Insurance Company as underwriting counsel, as part of the Southwest regional team. Collins’ diverse career includes over 35 years practicing law with extensive experience in real estate transactions, title disputes, recoupment, and creditor bankruptcy representation, Westcor says in a release.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

in which title insurance companies are required by law to file reports identifying individuals who made all-cash real estate purchases exceeding $300,000 through shell companies. home purchases, there are plenty of legal and practical reasons for buying a home through an LLC or trust. trillion in existing home sales in 2021.

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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

APRIL 1, 2024

Originally announced late last year, the new rules seek to modernize the CRA — originally passed by Congress in 1977 and signed into law by President Jimmy Carter that October — by taking advancements including online and mobile banking into account, as well as by addressing systemic inequalities in access to credit.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 3, 2025

Mortgage servicers have clear obligations under federal law to help these homeowners. The CFPB report revealed that homeowners have problems accessing basic information, as well as having their assumptions processed with loans insured by VA and other federal agencies.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Legal disputes. Address other important items, including relevant contact information for support professionals, such as legal counsel, insurance providers and emergency services. Many difficult situations involve legal and regulatory compliance in contract disputes, zoning violations, or tenant rights. Natural disasters.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

aka Nutter Home Loans , to resolve allegations that the lender had underwritten ineligible reverse mortgages to be insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Lenders must ensure that the loans they take on are eligible for government insurance. No one is above the law,” she said. Nutter & Co. , government.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, wills and estate planning can be costly, and many Americans do not have the resources to legally account for their property before they pass away. Finally, in the case of multiple undocumented heirs, there is a risk of tax sale if the parties disagree on who is responsible for taxes and the obligation is not set out legally.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. Digital adoption has been hampered by state laws since a federal law that outlines practices for remote online notarizations does not exist.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

Four title insurance firms have agreed to pay nearly $3.3 code, as the federal law governing these businesses, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), allows for affiliated business agreements that meet certain criteria. million, $1 million, $325,000 and $65,000, respectively. However, due to D.C.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 4, 2024

According to CFPB Circular 2024-03 , companies use fine print tactics to try to trick consumers into believing they have given up certain legal rights or protections. Federal and state laws ban a host of coercive contract clauses that censor and restrict individual freedoms and rights,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2023

million to settle allegations that it improperly originated and underwrote mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs. Therefore, lenders must follow FHA and VA rules to ensure only loans that meet credit and underwriting criteria are insured or guaranteed by the government.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The complaint announced on Friday alleges that in order to significantly increase its loan production, Nutter used unqualified underwriters lacking the requirements established by HUD to review and approve HECMs that Nutter ultimately insured with the FHA. When reached for comment, Edward T.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

housing entities are at odds over the future of the federal government’s cash-strapped flood insurance program. NAR, meanwhile, no longer wants to see states excluded from the federal government’s flood insurance program due to not meeting FEMA standards. Two of the most powerful U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

Before that Yankowski was president and CEO of Executive Title Insurance Services. Financial services law firm Garris Horn announced that mortgage attorney Melanie Feliciano has joined as a partner. Yankowski has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and was most recently senior division president at Stewart Title.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

For reasons both practical and legal, buyer-agent commissions are not today explicitly financeable with a mortgage. For loans backed by Federal Housing Administration ( FHA ), it is a matter of law. This claim is misguided, oversimplifying a more complicated reality. Under the settlement, sellers can still compensate the buyer’s agent.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The practice is legal, but customers often report receiving hundreds of calls, texts and emails. This version also permits solicitations initiated by the mortgage originator and servicer, and by insured depository institutions and credit unions with active consumer accounts. ” But they disagree with revisions to his amendment.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In recent years, the value proposition of title insurance has come under attack following Fannie Mae’s announcement that it would accept attorney opinion letters in lieu of title insurance, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s title waiver programs , which were eventually scrapped. “If

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2024

It accused the lender of ”forging certifications and using unqualified underwriters to approve Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM),” according to the original announcement. Proximate cause” is a way to determine the most direct cause of harm or violation of law.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This HousingWire Daily podcast transcription features an interview with Monique Winston , vice president-national business development executive and chair of the diversity and inclusion council at WFG National Title Insurance Company. And I found, to me, I found an industry that was as versatile as the law degree that I had.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Goldberg said he wasn’t sure, deferring the decision to the trade group’s legal team. ” However, if an MLS didn’t want to adopt a mandatory NAR rule, the MLS would lose its NAR-provided errors and omissions insurance, Gansho said. Glass returned to the floor after Ketchmark to ask Goldberg to clarify a few points.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

RMK Financial Corporation , which does business as Majestic Home Loans , has been permanently banned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from the mortgage lending industry following a series of repeat offenses — which occurred despite the CFPB’s law enforcement order issued in 2015. government. government.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

If the regulated party in the post consent period violates the law in a way that also violates the injunctive provisions of the consent, the regulatory agency is free to either pursue a contempt action or to bring a new case alleging the law enforcement violations,” DeMille-Wagman argued. “It The CFPB declined to comment.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Last but not least, real estate agents prepare documents such as closing documents, purchase agreements, and leases while ensuring that the transaction is in compliance with local laws and their client’s terms are met. citizen or legal resident and be 18 years of age or older. Generally, you need to be a U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

We are from time to time involved in, and may in the future be subject to, enforcement actions and private third-party claims arising from the laws to which we are subject,” the filing states. Many of these lawsuits have not been fully litigated, or have settled, resulting in a current state of uncertainty in the law.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2020

They need to not only help borrowers enter forbearance but are also required to reach out before the end of each forbearance period to determine the appropriate post-forbearance relief option based on investor/insurer waterfalls.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 11, 2024

By streamlining field operations and actively collaborating with investors and insurers to refine completion timelines and inspection requirements, Safeguard continues to drive operational efficiency while aligning closely with stakeholder expectations. How is AI impacting this sector?

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