• HUD is light on reverse mortgage detail in justifications for budget request,Neil Pierson

    HUD is light on reverse mortgage detail in justifications for budget request

    Following the release of the president’s fiscal year 2026 “skinny” budget request — and a look at the White House’s performance expectations for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program — the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released its congressional justificatio

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  • Judge blocks CFPB bid to undo Townstone redlining settlement,Jonathan Delozier

    Judge blocks CFPB bid to undo Townstone redlining settlement

    A federal judge on Thursday blocked an attempt by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to reverse a $105,000 settlement with Townstone Financial, a Chicago-based mortgage broker accused of discouraging Black applicants.U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama ruled that allowing the CFPB t

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  • Judge sets trial timeline for Mutual of Omaha and Longbridge,Chris Clow

    Judge sets trial timeline for Mutual of Omaha and Longbridge

    An order signed by a magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has established a forward timeline for the ongoing lawsuit between major reverse mortgage industry lenders Mutual of Omaha Mortgage and Longbridge Financial. A trial is scheduled to begin in Nove

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