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In this episode, our host Lauren Pryor is joined by Chris Gough and Michael Linger from Houlihan Lokey to discuss recent trends in Mortgage M&A, including consolidation among originators and servicers and developments in...more
On June 28, the OCC’s Rodney Hood delivered remarks at a homebuyers fair in Detroit sponsored by Project REACh, a public-private collaboration intending to promote financial inclusion that the OCC launched in 2020. In the...more
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued Mortgagee Letter 2025-09, which updates the residency requirements for borrowers seeking Federal Housing Authority (FHA) insured financing....more
On March 25, Utah enacted HB 99 (the “Act”), titled “Residential Mortgage Loan Amendments,” which modifies the Utah Residential Mortgage Practices and Licensing Act. The Act grants the Division of Real Estate with the...more
The blacklisting of condominium/condo associations by financial institutions and insurance providers has emerged as a pressing issue in the real estate finance and housing sector. This practice, which involves lenders or...more
On March 14, the FHFA announced that Director William Pulte was sworn in as its fifth director in a ceremony held in Washington, D.C., on March 14. Pulte was appointed by President Trump and will serve a five-year term...more
In our latest roundup, Wells Fargo sues JPMorgan Chase, mortgage rates drop, and the life science RE market falters, and more!...more
On January 17, the Chair of the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the CFPB published a blog post detailing the progress made in strengthening oversight of the real estate appraisal industry. Since April 2022, the ASC has...more
Led by the California Mortgage Bankers Association, five lenders have made commitments to provide mortgage relief for the victims of the California wildfires....more
Today on “Terra Firma: Conversations on Commercial Real Estate,” Stacey Tyler and Stephen Tanico speak with Harold Bordwin, principal and co-president of Keen-Summit Capital Partners, about recent depressed values in the real...more
The Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Westchester, recently held that the doctrine of res judicata bars a lender’s claim that a borrower’s subsequent transfers of property are void, if the claim is brought...more
CFIUS Review Might Apply to Your Real Estate Deal - Most real estate professionals do not expect to seek approval from the president of the United States before closing a real estate deal. However, the U.S. Treasury...more
For those of you who question whether an owner’s policy of title insurance is a waste of money, please remember that examining title is still an essential component of due diligence investigations. Real estate investments are...more
Although the overall economy is improving, the real estate sector continues to confront serious challenges. More than $2.2 trillion in commercial real estate debt is expected to mature before the end of 20271, and much of it...more
In a less-than-thousand-word opinion, the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida put foreclosure cases across Florida in jeopardy. Namely, in all foreclosure cases in which a borrower is deceased, unless the legal...more
With real estate market conditions continuing to remain in flux, many developers and operators of real estate have been left searching for new partners and capital providers to finance acquisitions and development. One option...more
As previously reported, bills were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 7297) and U.S. Senate (S. 3502) to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to curtail the practice of trigger leads with mortgage...more
As residential mortgage interest rates have nearly tripled over the past 18 months, some participants in the real estate industry have been considering ways to market and sell real estate by keeping low-rate existing...more
On June 1, six Federal financial regulatory agencies (Agencies) jointly issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposed Rule) requiring the implementation of quality control standards for the use of automated valuation...more
Property development can be complicated, and a successful project requires the skills of many professionals. Before starting the hunt for the ideal property, consider first building a real estate development team. Once a...more
Welcome to the latest edition of MoFoReal, our newsletter highlighting recent activities and other developments in MoFo’s European Real Estate team. In this edition, we provide an overview of recent case law on appropriation...more
We recently discussed the importance of diligence when acquiring distressed commercial mortgage loans, providing a diligence checklist for the process. Given that any foreclosing mezzanine lender may step “into ownership” if...more
Why software is eating the home - The Real Deal – April 19 - Less than a decade ago, startups valued at $1 billion or more were so rare that the tech world took to calling them unicorns. In 2013, there were just 39...more
In episode #22 of Industry Insights podcast, Bob Grados joins host Joel Simon to discuss the current real estate market, the types of lenders active in the market and popular transaction types that are thriving in today’s...more
Mortgage lenders and mezzanine lenders considering amendments to loan documents, forbearance, loan transfers, the exercise of remedies or deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and other loan-related fact patterns will need to revisit...more