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The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently charged multiple entities with housing discrimination based on an asserted biased appraisal and denial of a mortgage refinance loan application based on the appraisal. Charges were brought against the appraisal company, Maverick Appraisal Group; the appraisal management company, Solidifi U.S. Inc.; the lender, Rocket Mortgage, LLC; and the individual appraiser.… Continue Reading

On December 22, 2021, New York State Senate Bill 2767A was signed into law. The Bill establishes the Private Student Loan Refinancing Task Force (the “Task Force”), which was charged with “study[ing] and analyz[ing] ways lending institutions that offer non-federal student loans to students of New York institutions of higher education can be incentivized and encouraged to create student loan refinance programs.”… Continue Reading

A new CFPB report, “A snapshot of servicemember complaints,” focuses on issues related to VA mortgage refinancing.

The report indicates that as of November 1, 2016, the CFPB had received over 12,500 mortgage complaints from servicemembers, veterans, and their dependents.  The CFPB determined based on a key word search of complaint narratives that approximately 18% (about 1,800) of those complaints concern refinance issues.… Continue Reading