Contracts, Invoices & Legal

A new EquityProtect scorecard finds 16 states have no deed fraud laws, leaving homeowners vulnerable as real estate fraud losses topped $275 million in 2025, with seniors bearing the heaviest financial burden. View the full article

Mortgage lenders' crisis communications frameworks are too slow for today's markets, leaving dangerous narrative gaps, according to the founder of ClearLine. View the full article

Certain affiliates of Blue Owl will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of the healthcare-focused real estate investment trust for $30.38 per share. View the full article

March home sales increased 31.6% from February, the largest month-over-month jump since 37.4% in 2023, according to Remax's latest national housing report. View the full article

The investment property owner says she was stonewalled and humiliated by BofA's loan officers, and that an error-riddled appraisal was short by over $70,000. View the full article

Foreclosure auctions available jumped on both a quarterly and yearly basis, but the sales rate did not move in tandem, according to a new report. View the full article

A proposed update to Basel III capital rules from federal banking regulators does not specifically include mortgage insurance as a factor in determining the risk weight for a mortgage loan held on a bank's balance sheet. Industry experts say it should. View the full article

The bank denied Black, Latino and Asian mortgage applicants roughly twice as frequently as white applicants in North Carolina, according to a study from the Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund. View the full article

True Footage claims a startup founder signed up for its products using false MLS credentials and used large language models to copy its software. View the full article

The former Wall Street player blamed its decline on rising interest rates, trouble at its lending subsidiary, and debt stemming from the Great Financial Crisis. View the full article

CrossCountry defended its lower bid for Two Harbors, looking to refute UWM's arguments regarding the status of its financing for the all-cash offer. View the full article

A New York bank says the regulator's rejection last fall is preventing it from keeping up with local nonbank lenders deploying cash-offer products. View the full article

Some litigants are "knuckleheads" but others are real threats, and well-pleaded cases can easily cost companies millions of dollars, TCPA attorney Eric Troutman said. View the full article

Treasurys posted solid gains Friday as oil futures dropped $15 a barrel, while the S&P 500 logged its 10th straight day of higher highs, according to the head of correspondent business development at AD Mortgage. View the full article

An independent auditor raised "substantial doubt" about the company's viability as it may not be able to extend forbearance deadlines on massive debts. View the full article

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized changes to Regulation B, which implements the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, to eliminate any liability for indirect discrimination by lenders. The change represents a major shift in how the agency polices lending discrimination. View the full article

Credit risk transfers, a means by which banks can move risk off their balance sheets, earned considerable bipartisan support in a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing Wednesday. View the full article

The Mortgage Bankers Association is recommending the option for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac borrowers with strong credit with a tri-merge for others. Here's why. View the full article

But in its earnings release, parent company Hilltop Holdings warned its full year 2026 results are going to be impacted by things outside of its control. View the full article

The latest study from LodeStar found the ratio of average closing cost to home sales price in several states, led by Delaware, well above the national average. View the full article

Mordor Intelligence expects the manufactured homes market size to expand from $28.5 billion in 2025 to $30.5 billion this year, its latest report found. View the full article

The top bullet point in Two Harbors' rejection notice is the Mizuho credit facility does not constitute committed financing for UWM to pay for the deal. View the full article