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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 +

Blacklisted Condos: A Growing Crisis for Owners and Buyers

DarrowEverett LLP on 3/25/2025

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

Privacy Tip #155 - Home Buyers Tricked Out of Down Payments by Scammers

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/11/2018

An old trick is coming back and working. It is a wire fraud scheme targeted at homeowners instead of businesses, and it is happening at an alarming rate....more

Ctrl Alt Delete: CFPB says Mortgage Servicers Need Technological Reboot

Burr & Forman on 6/30/2016

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a special edition of its supervision report, honing in on mortgage servicers on June 22nd. It blamed outdated technology and process breakdown for trends it has seen...more

Wells Fargo Ends Marketing Services Arrangements with Builders

Bilzin Sumberg on 8/11/2015

Concerned about “increasing uncertainty surrounding regulatory oversight of these types of arrangements,” Wells Fargo is ending all of its roughly 200 mortgage marketing services and desk rental agreements with builders and...more

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Blacklisted Condos: A Growing Crisis for Owners and Buyers

Privacy Tip #155 - Home Buyers Tricked Out of Down Payments by Scammers

Ctrl Alt Delete: CFPB says Mortgage Servicers Need Technological Reboot

Wells Fargo Ends Marketing Services Arrangements with Builders

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