The CFPB has taken action against the Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corp. (DKMC) based on allegations of discriminatory lending activities that, according to the CFPB, discouraged homebuyers from applying to the company for home mortgage loans in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the Chicago and Boston areas.
The CFPB alleged that from 2019 through 2021, DKMC, a non-bank mortgage lender based in Downers Grove, Illinois, engaged in redlining, and that this resulted in the company significantly underperforming its peers in lending activity in the Chicago and Boston areas.… Continue Reading