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As interest rates drop, the CFPB is exploring ways to streamline mortgage rules to make the refinancing process easier and closing costs less expensive, Director Rohit Chopra said at a housing conference sponsored by the...more
This week’s Short-Term Rental Update features a number of interesting topics, including these highlights...more
Borrowers’ complaints alleging their mortgage servicers breached loan contracts and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by charging “inflated amounts” for “force-placed” or “lender-placed” insurance and...more
The filed rate doctrine can often provide a strong defense to an insurer in a class action claiming that insurance premiums were too high for some reason. A recent Second Circuit decision applied the doctrine broadly. This...more