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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan.  A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +
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Eleventh Circuit Emphasizes Consumer’s Burden of Establishing Lender’s Unreasonability to Sustain Willfulness Claim Under the FCRA

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On July 6, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit issued a per curiam opinion affirming the Southern District of Alabama’s entry of summary judgment in the lender’s favor on a plaintiff’s claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act...more

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Mortgage Brokers File Class Action Against Leading Wholesale Mortgage Lender

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United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale mortgage lender, announced on March 4, 2021, that it would no longer do business with mortgage brokers who also worked with Rocket Mortgage (the online loan...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 8, 2019

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Real Property Update - Homestead: injunction for municipal violations, which prevented a spouse from returning to the property, did not destroy or "abandon" homestead protections (preventing one spouse from selling the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Accrual Clauses in RMBS Contracts Violate New York Law and Public Policy

On October 16, 2018, the New York State Court of Appeals held that contractual attempts to extend the statute of limitations for causes of action involving breaches of contract are unenforceable because they violate New York...more

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Out Of Proportion: Court Denies Discovery Requests In Putative TCPA Class Action Due Burden On Defendant

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This putative Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action arose from alleged marketing calls by Quicken Loans (Quicken) to potential mortgage customers. After the magistrate judge granted the plaintiff’s motion to...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending July 14 & 21, 2017

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Standing: note owner had constructive possession of promissory note in original servicer’s physically possession of blank-endorsed note when it filed the complaint, and had standing to...more

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JPMorgan and other asset managers are pushing hard for a new type of ETF that “mimics active strategies but keeps its investments secret.” The concept hasn’t yet been embraced by the SEC, though the heavy-hitters looking to...more

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Quicken Loans Takes on the DOJ & HUD

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Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgage lender, filed suit on Friday, April 17 in the United States District Court in Detroit against the United States Department of Justice...more

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Mortgage Loans: Deutsche Bank v. Quicken Loans

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We previously posted about ACE Securities Corp. v. DB Structured Products, Inc., 977 N.Y.S.2d 229, 231 (N.Y.A.D. 1st Dept. Dec. 19, 2013), which is a critical ruling out of New York’s intermediate state appellate court. In...more

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Trustee’s Repurchase Suit Against Quicken Loans Dismissed as Time-Barred

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On August 4, Judge Paul A. Crotty of the Southern District of New York granted Quicken Loans’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. (as Trustee of the GSR 2007-OA1 trust), alleging that...more

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Sixth Circuit Confirms Exempt Status of Mortgage Loan Originators

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Employers who rely on exempt classifications to avoid paying overtime—and particularly employers in the banking and financial services industries—should take in interest in a recent ruling affirming the exempt status of a...more

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