Imagine if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Board of Trustees was appointed by industry sponsors who paid a $7,500 fee. In this scenario, the majority of the board would be required to be industry creditors. The board would also appoint the agency’s rule-writing staff — and they would be creditors,
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Wednesday that borrowers can pursue a class action lawsuit against Carrington Mortgage Services regarding the fees it applied when collecting payments online or by phone. The plaintiffs – Ashly Alexander and Cedric Bishop – brought the case in
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When the terms “green” or “ESG” are broached in polite company, eyes have a tendency to roll. It’s natural for the mind to wander toward a parade of green branding campaigns that may be aspirational in messaging but rarely result in measurable climate-friendly or socially sustainable solutions in practice. Still,
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Despite the expected rise in interest rates, the single-family housing market will continue to be boom in 2022, according to a report published by Freddie Mac this week. Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, said in a statement that the “combination of a large number of entry-level homebuyers facing
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When the restaurant Tom Hunt worked at as a server temporarily shut down during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided it was the right time to pursue his longtime desire of becoming a real estate agent. “I’ve always been interested in real estate, but I’ve
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Fast-moving home sales hit 15-year high last year. Meghan McCarty Carino Jan 21, 2022. Heard on: Some homebuyers are forgoing inspections or …
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The six-county region’s median sale price reached $697,500 last month, up 16.3% from a year earlier, real estate data firm DQNews said Friday. It …
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This home at 1211 Florida Ave. in West Palm Beach was listed for sale in. A blistering 2021 housing market rocketed median prices of single-family …
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Sales also increased 2.41%. “Overall, 2021 was a record-breaking year for residential real estate in Maine,” says Madeleine Hill, 2022 President of …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. home sales tumbled in December as higher prices amid record low inventory continued to shut out some first-time buyers …
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Existing home sales dropped 4.6 percent last month from November, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of nearly 6.2 million, the National Association …
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Home sales were up 4.6% in Austin year over year in 2021, while home prices rose 27.7%.
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