Section 129B(d) of TILA, as added by the Dodd-Frank Act, permits consumers to bring actions against individual mortgage loan originators for violations of certain provisions of TILA. For example, while LO’s can be held personally liable for receiving...
With real estate market again getting heated, the mortgage marketing campaigns in the financial institutions may also be heating up. Just about the most common in the offers tempting consumers will be the offer to get cashback for your mortgage business. This...
A new analysis suggests that the tide of home foreclosures isn’t going to recede soon. The report from the Center for Responsible Lending, “Lost Ground, 2011,” finds that at least 2.7 million mortgages loaned from 2004 through 2008, or about 6%,...
Yesterday in Italy, Prime Minister Berlusconi’s offer to resign boosted optimism Italy would appoint a new leader who can tame the debt crisis. Europe and U.S. stock markets rallied and interest rates increased on the idea that progress was being made. That...
Distressed Homeowners : You Must Read This!!! This information is being brought to you directly from the California Attorney General’s Website: SAN FRANCISCO — Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Department of Justice, in...