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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 +

Preparing for Guernsey’s new equity release regime: What advisers need to know

Walkers on 7/23/2025

Effective January 2026, new rules will come into effect and establish an equity release regime in Guernsey. The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has published its Feedback Paper outlining amendments to the...more

Licensing Link June 2025 Special Edition

Mayer Brown on 7/3/2025

Licensing Link is a periodic publication that will keep you informed on hot topics and new developments in state licensing laws, and provide practice tips and primers on important issues related to state licensing across the...more

Nevada enacts new customer information safeguarding standards for financial services companies

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/2/2025

On May 26, the governor of Nevada enacted SB 44 to impose new duties on financial services providers in Nevada, aligning state requirements for safeguarding customer information with FTC standards in its safeguards rule (16...more

FCA consultation on simplifying mortgage lending rules

A&O Shearman on 5/15/2025

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP25/11) on simplifying its rules on mortgage lending and increasing flexibility, with an updated webpage and press release. This is the first set...more

Shifting Priorities: Bureau Memorandum Provides Insight into New Era for CFPB

Goodwin on 5/5/2025

The first 100 days of the Trump administration have included dramatic changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency has retreated from many of its enforcement litigations, initiated reductions in force...more

The State Consumer Protection Beat: State AGs Kick Off 2025 with a String of Actions and Support for the CFPB

Hudson Cook, LLP on 4/4/2025

The first two months of 2025 were filled with numerous consumer protection actions by state AGs against vehicle dealers and players in the mortgage space, among others. ...more

Consumer Finance State Roundup - March 2025

Alston & Bird on 3/7/2025

The latest edition of the Consumer Finance State Roundup highlights recently enacted measures of potential interest from two states: California: Effective January 1, California Assembly Bill 3108 addresses mortgage fraud. ...more

2024 Consumer Financial Services Highlights

Mayer Brown on 2/28/2025

REGULATORY, COMPLIANCE & LICENSING - Mayer Brown's exceptional breadth of knowledge and experience helps consumer finance and mortgage finance entities navigate the broad range of US federal and state laws impacting their...more

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Pursues Action to Stop Kickback to Brokerages for Steering Consumers to Rocket Mortgage

Saul Ewing LLP on 1/13/2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed an action on December 23, 2024, against Rocket Home Real Estate LLC (“Rocket Homes”), a real estate brokerage and affiliates (“Defendant Brokerage”) and an individual...more

CFPB Cracks Down on Mortgage Servicers, Alleging Harmful Practices Against Older Homeowners

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/24/2024

On June 18, the CFPB settled enforcement actions against two mortgage servicers who serviced reverse mortgages on behalf of HUD, for their systemic failure to respond to consumer requests for assistance, resulting in...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Mortgage Charter Uptake Data

A&O Shearman on 6/19/2024

The Financial Conduct Authority has published a new webpage on Mortgage Charter Uptake data. The webpage sets out the latest uptake data from firms who have signed the Government's Mortgage Charter. The Charter was introduced...more

Consumer Law Hinsights – July 2020

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Financial... on 8/4/2020

Welcome to Consumer Law Hinsights?a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. This edition highlights our interactive COVID-19...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 17, 2020

Carlton Fields on 5/3/2020

Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Redemption / Intervention: Claim for right of redemption procedurally barred once certificate of title issued; party failed to appeal earlier order denying right to intervene in...more

La Norma Blocca Aste: Sospensione Delle Procedure Esecutive Intraprese Da Banche O Da Veicoli Di Cartolarizzazione A Tutela Del...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/5/2020

Il Decreto Legge 26 ottobre 2019 n. 124 (“Decreto Fiscale”), pubblicato nella Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 252, del 26 ottobre 2019 e, convertito in Legge n. 157, del 19 dicembre 2019, ha introdotto all’art. 41-bis la c.d. norma...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending November 22, 2019

Carlton Fields on 12/4/2019

Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Rehearing: Order denying rehearing on summary judgment motion and denying continuance affirmed where (1) affidavit in support of rehearing failed to disclose any genuine issue of...more

CFPB issues Summer 2018 Supervisory Highlights

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/12/2018

The CFPB’s newly-released Summer 2018 edition of Supervisory Highlights represents the CFPB’s first Supervisory Highlights report covering supervisory activities conducted under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s leadership. ...more

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