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Borrowers raise RICO counts against DR Horton, DHI Mortgage

Homebuilders, Law and legal issues, REALTORS & HOMEBUILDERS /

Borrowers are doubling down on racketeering accusations against D.R. Horton and its DHI Mortgage financing arm.  Seven plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit in Nevada federal court Wednesday, following a similar complaint that attorneys filed in Florida in October. While other mortgage players have faced RICO accusations in recent years, plaintiffs said they believe the […]

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Nations Direct agrees to settlement over 2023 data breach

Cyber attacks, Cyber security, Data breaches, Law and legal issues, Mortgage technology, Technology /

Wholesale lender Nations Direct Mortgage will settle a class action suit resulting from a 2023 cyberattack that led to the leak of personal data belonging to more than 83,000 consumers. The Henderson, Nevada-based business first began notifying victims and regulators in the months following a one-day cyber incident took place in late December 2023. Following

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Pennymac must face ‘pay-to-pay’ suit, judge rules

Law and legal issues, Servicing /

Pennymac may face prolonged “pay-to-pay” litigation after a judge rejected the company’s move to toss a borrower’s class action complaint. North Carolina homeowner Clayton Williams is suing Pennymac in federal court over the fee he was charged when he made a mortgage payment with a debit card last year. The servicer says a third-party vendor

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Towne Mortgage hit with wave of data breach suits

Cyber security, Data breaches, Fraud, Law and legal issues /

Borrowers are slamming yet another mortgage lender with class action lawsuits after it revealed a data breach last month. Troy, Michigan-based Towne Mortgage did not say in a public notice how many of its customers were impacted in a June incident, in which a hacker may have copied data from its network. The attack compromised

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Amerisave, RingCentral clash in mortgage tech lawsuits

Law and legal issues, Mortgage technology /

A major cloud vendor is suing Amerisave Mortgage for nonpayment, a lawsuit the lender has countered by claiming the vendor’s solutions didn’t work. The publicly traded Ringcentral sued the Atlanta-based direct-to-consumer shop in October, with damages filed under seal to protect the company’s pricing information. Amerisave has denied the breach of contract allegations and filed

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Nationstar debt collection case tossed for lack of standing

Law and legal issues, Mortgage defaults, Servicing /

For the second time, a federal court judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a legal action filed against Nationstar and others, now stating the plaintiff lacked standing to sue. The other defendants are Wilmington Savings Fund Society as the trustee for a mortgage-backed securities trust, and A&D Mortgage, who originated the loan in September 2023 and

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Compass and Zillow take private-listing feud to New York courtroom

Law and legal issues, Originations, Real Estate /

Two heavyweights in the US residential real estate market, Compass Inc. and Zillow Inc., will face off in a New York courtroom this week in a legal battle that could reshape the future of how homes are marketed and sold in the country. Compass, the largest residential brokerage, sued Zillow in June claiming the real estate site

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Servicers OK data breach settlement after long legal battle

Servicers OK data breach settlement after long legal battle

Cyber security, Law and legal issues, Servicing, Technology /

Bayview Asset Management and three affiliates have agreed to a settlement with plaintiffs over a data breach lawsuit for a hack that affected 5.8 million people in 2021. The sides agreed to basic terms of a class action settlement, subject to court approval and the final dismissing of the case, according to a court document

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Amerisave hit with new TCPA class action suit

Law and legal issues, Marketing, MARKETING TO BORROWERS, Regulation and compliance /

Amerisave Mortgage faces a new class action lawsuit that alleges it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act after it attempted to contact an individual on the Do Not Call registry.   In documents filed in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia late last month, attorneys for plaintiff Erin Wilson noted she had listed her

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Zillow violated RESPA in agent, mortgage businesses: Lawsuit

Law and legal issues, Zillow /

A new class action lawsuit accuses Zillow of a massive kickback scheme in steering thousands of borrowers to its allegedly more expensive in-house financing business.  Araba Armstrong, an Alaska homebuyer who used Zillow’s services, is accusing the real estate giant of violating the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Her complaint filed in a Washington federal

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