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Bloomberg Mark Calabria speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing September 2011. The Senate on Thursday confirmed Mark Calabria as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator of mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae FNMA, +5.07% and…
CBCInnovis, a leading provider of mortgage credit and data validation services to the mortgage lending industry, today announced an integration of its credit reporting capabilities with…
A large proportion of Scots who seek help for debt problems do so because they have taken out a “buy now, pay later” agreement, Citizens Advice…
JEFFERSON CITY • The Missouri Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision issued Tuesday, ruled that courts cannot threaten defendants with additional jail time if a defendant fails to…
On March 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision to dismiss TCPA claims against a student loan administrator…
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP that a business is not a “debtor collector” under the Fair Debt…
A new Florida class action alleges that a car dealership misrepresented that it would make a “soft” credit inquiry, or pull, rather than a “hard” pull…
Copyright 2019 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – According to a recent study,…
As the housing market becomes more competitive, homebuyers are increasingly pressured to seek out larger loans – leading some to misrepresent their income on loan applications.…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) failed to safeguard sensitive personal information of 2.3 million disaster survivors who had to seek temporary housing after Hurricanes Harvey,…
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