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Fintech lender LoanSnap evicted, faces financial and legal turmoil

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Legal and financial troubles are piling up for mortgage fintech lender LoanSnap , with the company having been recently evicted from its headquarters in Southern California. As for the eviction, TechCrunch reported that it stemmed from a lawsuit filed by its landlord in February 2024.

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Fannie Mae expands voucher program for multifamily landlords

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without source-of-income protections (provided their property is not already legally required to accept the vouchers and that at least 40% of the units are affordable or considered “small area fair market rents”). The program was previously limited only to eligible properties in North Carolina and Texas.

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Zillow to list housing discrimination protections

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The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions. Still, federal law does not prevent landlords from rejecting all housing vouchers.

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Big-name brokerages among those accused of income-based discrimination in California

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But as many as 200 real estate agents , brokerage firms and landlords are alleged to have violated this law by discriminating against applicants with federally subsidized Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, according to an undercover investigation conducted by the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI). ”

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DOJ thumps RealPage with another antitrust lawsuit over AI-driven rent pricing

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The DOJ filed a civil suit against RealPage on Friday, claiming that the company’s YieldStar and AI revenue management (AIRM) software allowed multifamily landlords to artificially inflate rents through the sharing of private information. A DOJ official said that additional landlord defendants could be added to the complaint in the future.

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Invitation Homes to pay $3.7 million in California rent-gouging case

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Invitation Homes , the nation’s largest single-family rental landlord, has reached a settlement to address accusations it violated California ‘s “rent gouging” laws, the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday. million in civil penalties. Californians are facing a housing crisis of epic proportion.

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Bain Capital gains majority stake in residential investment lender Archwest Capital

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We are pleased to partner with Shawn and the Archwest team to deliver dynamic financing solutions to home builders , renovators and landlords who are expanding and improving the critically undersupplied U.S. housing stock,” David DePrez, managing director for Bain Capital, said in prepared remarks. “We

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