HousingWireHousingWire The antitrust lawsuit filed last week by Compass against Northwest MLS (NWMLS) has generated a lot of talk, but it is far from the first time a brokerage has sued an MLS over an alleged antitrust injury. There is a slate of recently filed suits — as well as…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging misuse and misallocation of assets within its 401(k) retirement plan. The company has called the suit a “baseless claim.” Filed Monday in a Michigan district court, the lawsuit accuses UWM of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire A former escrow officer at a McAllen, Texas-based title insurance company has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for orchestrating a complex wire fraud scheme that defrauded homebuyers and mortgage lenders of more than $350,000, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Mayela Saby Cantu, 55, pleaded…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The Secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is open to withholding federal funding from major American cities that fail to show progress in dealing with homelessness issues. “That may be a good idea,” Turner told conservative radio show host Ari Hoffman in an interview Wednesday….
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The Corporation for National and Community Service, better known as AmeriCorps, was a target of the U.S. DOGE Service earlier this month as most staff have been placed on administrative leave, according to recent reporting by the Associated Press (AP). The move — seen by roughly two dozen states…
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