Patriot Bank to pay $1.9M to settle DOJ’s redlining accusations

Tennessee-based community bank Patriot Bank agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it engaged in...

loanDepot begins bringing more systems back online after cyberattack

Nonbank mortgage lender and servicer loanDepot has started to restore functionality to some of its technology systems impacted by an early January cyberattack....

Mortgage rates, inventory and demand rise as price cuts fall

Weekly housing inventory data Here is a look at the first week of the year: Weekly inventory change (Jan. 12-19): Inventory rose from 505,223 to...

Current housing inventory insufficient for aging needs, report says

Despite a documented preference that older Americans have to age in place, the current housing inventory is inadequate to support the needs of...

Country Club Mortgage to lay off employees, including CEO, and shutter offices

Country Club Mortgage, a home lender based in California, has decided to lay off over 100 employees due to “facility closures,” documents sent to state regulators...

MBA, NHC laud lawmakers for unveiling bipartisan tax agreement

Just ahead of a deadline to avert a partial U.S. government shutdown, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate...

Fannie Mae optimistic that mortgage rates will dip below 6% by year-end

Fannie Mae has a rosy outlook for mortgage rates. The government sponsored enterprise is projecting that rates will drop below 6% by the...

Qualia accuses title startup Settlor of stealing trade secrets

Closing software provider Qualia is accusing a former employee and startup title production software firm Settlor of stealing trade secrets. In a lawsuit filed...

Japanese builder Sekisui House to acquire MDC for $4.9B

Japanese homebuilder Sekisui House, Ltd. has struck a deal to acquire its U.S.-based peer M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. in an all-cash transaction that values the target at $4.9...

California commission suit alleges collusion in the City of Angels

Lights, camera, lawsuit! A copycat commission lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles. The suit, known as Fierro, after its lead plaintiff Gael Fierro,...