The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued its Semiannual Report to Congress for the period from April through September 2018....more
12/31/2018
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Annual Reports ,
Community Development ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
HUD ,
Loans ,
Mortgage Fraud ,
Mortgages ,
OIG ,
Tax Fraud ,
Wire Fraud
A recent decision of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts highlights the importance of using clear and unambiguous remedy provisions in residential mortgages and deeds of trust....more
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, by a 5-3 majority, that the city of Miami was authorized to bring lawsuits based on allegations that banks engaged in financial-crisis-era discriminatory lending. The city alleged that the...more
5/5/2017
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Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Foreclosure ,
Miami ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Predatory Lending ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Tax Revenues ,
Zone of Interests
The non-judicial foreclosure of a Nevada HOA super lien cannot constitutionally extinguish a mortgage lender's security interest, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held. This holding will affect many lawsuits in federal...more