August 11, 2021 The United States’ and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s moratorium on evictions amid the pandemic is unconstitutional, Mich. property owners allege in a class action.
August 9, 2021 A class action alleges Wells Fargo has extracted improper property inspection fees from homeowners who’ve fallen behind on their mortgages.
July 19, 2021 A class action alleges the city of Mountain View, California’s plan to enforce a ban on the parking of oversized vehicles on its streets is unconstitutional.
July 16, 2021 A Rhode Island resident alleges he’s paid tens of thousands of dollars into a Citizens Bank escrow account without receiving interest on those payments as required by state law.
June 30, 2021 A class action urges the court to centralize discovery and document preservation to help best determine “everyone who is to blame" for the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building.
June 25, 2021 A class action alleges the operator of the Surfside, Florida condo building that partially collapsed could have prevented the tragedy.
June 25, 2021 A Calif. resident alleges Bank of America has deceived consumers by failing to divulge that their mortgage loan amounts would increase as a result of opting into deferral/forbearance.
June 24, 2021 A Chicago property owner alleges Shellpoint Mortgage Serving has unilaterally levied charges for force-placed property insurance.
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June 17, 2021 A class action says Nationstar Mortgage has withdrawn without authorization “enormous sums” of money from borrowers’ bank accounts by way of scores of improper debit requests.
June 15, 2021 Paramount Residential Mortgage Group has failed to stop sending adverse info to consumer reporting agencies regarding payments owed once it’s notified of a dispute, a class action alleges.
June 8, 2021 Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, i.e, Mr. Cooper, routinely violates West Virginia law by charging processing fees when mortgage borrowers make payments by phone, a class action claims.
June 8, 2021 A class action alleges Guild Mortgage Co. has unlawfully failed to provide borrowers with an annual written statement outlining their right to cancel private mortgage insurance after certain thresholds have been met.
May 25, 2021 A class action alleges Ally Bank and Better Mortgage Corp have fallen short of their promise to “refund the difference” between a home loan applicant’s up-front appraisal fee and the actual cost paid for a property appraisal.
May 18, 2021 A Nevada resident alleges Nationstar Mortgage (Mr. Cooper) wrongfully withdrew from his bank account two additional mortgage payments without authorization to do so.
May 13, 2021 A class action alleges Bank of America has used an automated default mortgage servicing platform to “illegally, unfairly, and fraudulently” charge defaulted or at-risk-of-default borrowers for multiple and repetitive “property inspections.”
April 15, 2021 A lawsuit alleges NewRez, LLC has failed to refund amounts or charges paid by consumers for title searches and appraisals in the event of the lawful rescission of a real estate transaction.
April 7, 2021 A class action has been filed over the alleged “systematic failure” of Select Portfolio Servicing to file timely mortgage satisfactions with county clerks.
April 2, 2021 An alleged “multi-year fraudulent scheme” involving a so-called tax-savings strategy based on the donation of inflated real estate for purported conservation purposes is at the center of a class action lawsuit.
March 10, 2021 Dominium Management Services and a stable of related entities have "double dipped" into low-income housing tax credits by continuing to charge tenants monthly for parking, a class action alleges.
March 9, 2021 A class action claims State Farm Fire and Casualty Company has wrongfully used lower "new construction" estimates in paying claims for projects that amount to "reconstruction" of damaged property.
February 22, 2021 A class action claims residents of The Streeter luxury apartments in Chicago are entitled to partial rent refunds given paid-for amenities and common areas have remained closed due to the pandemic.
February 10, 2021 A class action aims to challenge the allegedly unlawful manner in which Planet Home Lending assesses and collects fees for “unauthorized and unnecessary” property inspections.
February 4, 2021 A class action claims the Jefferson County District Court has violated the rights of those facing eviction by changing the details of Zoom hearings without providing notice.
January 27, 2021 A class action claims New Rez/Shellpoint and Freddie Mac sent to Mass. mortgage borrowers default/right-to-cure notices containing misleading statements.
January 27, 2021 A class action claims the rules, procedures and policies set by the National Association of Realtors amount to anticompetitive restraints that reduce price competition in the markets for buyer agent services.
January 21, 2021 A class action claims Bank of America has unlawfully failed to fulfill mortgage borrowers' qualified written requests for information.
![‘Wall Street Landlords’: Invitation Homes Hit with Lawsuit Over Allegedly Illegal Late Rent Fees, Other Penalties [UPDATE]](/media/invitation-homes-newswire-thumb.jpg)
January 15, 2021 A class action alleges Invitation Homes has unlawfully stacked penalties against renting tenants across 12 states.
December 16, 2020 A class action alleges Eastwood Construction Partners, Eastwood Homes and three subcontractors performed shoddy roofing work on nearly 400 South Carolina homes.
December 3, 2020 A class action claims Mr. Cooper Group failed to use portions of borrowers' monthly mortgage payments to cover property taxes and insurance.
December 2, 2020 A class action alleges PHH Mortgage Corp. has violated Texas debt collection law and breached its contracts with borrowers by charging additional fees to make payments online or by phone.
November 18, 2020 A class action alleges the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the City of Hartford, Conn. have worsened racial housing segregation in the city over decades.
November 17, 2020 A class action alleges CitiMortgage has charged Kansas residents who've redeemed their homes after foreclosure for a full year of hazard insurance, even if less is used.
November 16, 2020 A class action claims Nationstar Mortgage, aka Mr. Cooper, has intentionally mishandled California borrowers' foreclosure-related loan modification requests.
November 3, 2020 A lawsuit claims Bank of America overcharged homeowners for hazard insurance included in the price to redeem their homes after a foreclosure sale.
October 30, 2020 A class action alleges the operators of Birmingham, AL's Bankhead Towers Apartments have unlawfully refused to address a pervasive bed bug infestation.
October 26, 2020 A class action alleges Wayne County, Mich. and County Treasurer Eric R. Sabree have "abused" the process that allows the state to foreclose on parcels of land to satisfy unpaid property taxes.
October 16, 2020 A proposed class action challenges what it calls a “late fee scheme” allegedly perpetrated by Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC.
October 15, 2020 A class action says Wells Fargo has wrongfully charged those who've redeemed their homes following foreclosure sales for a full year of hazard insurance even though only a fraction of the insurance is used.
October 7, 2020 A class action claims LoanCare has for years improperly collected water quality fees from Tennessee mortgage borrowers' escrow accounts.
![PacifiCorp Kept Powerlines Energized Labor Day Weekend Despite Clear Wildfire Risk, Class Action Alleges [UPDATE]](/media/pacificorp-newswire-thumb.jpg)
October 2, 2020 A class action claims PacifiCorp's decision to keep powerlines energized amid "extremely critical fire conditions" is to blame for sweeping Labor Day Weekend fires across Oregon.
September 30, 2020 A class action alleges Vision Property Management has preyed upon Black prospective homebuyers in the Detroit area with discriminatory contracts "structured to fail."
September 17, 2020 A class action alleges Hometown America unlawfully threatened residents of a New Jersey manufactured home community with rent increases and evictions at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 14, 2020 A Whidbey Island, WA property owner claims the excessive noise created by U.S. Navy jet aircraft operations Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and the Naval Outlying Landing Field Coupeville have harmed property values, among other damages.
![Wyndham Vacation Resorts Facing More Legal Action Centered on Allegedly Deceptive Sales Presentations [UPDATE]](/media/newswire-thumb-wyndham-hotels-and-resorts.jpg)
August 28, 2020 Wyndham Vacation Resorts faces yet another class action claiming the company intentionally fails to disclose key information during hours-long timeshare sales pitches.
August 27, 2020 Another class action claims Wells Fargo placed borrowers' mortgages into forbearance under the CARES Act amid the COVID-19 pandemic without authorization to do so.
August 24, 2020 A real estate developer alleges Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections assesses excessive, extortionary daily fines as a means to generate extra revenue.
August 5, 2020 A class action lawsuit accuses Bank of America of a host of abuses toward mortgage borrowers, including the opening of escrow accounts without authorization.
July 29, 2020 A class action claims Wells Fargo has secretly changed the terms of HELOC loans and mortgages.
July 28, 2020 A class action alleges Wells Fargo has placed certain mortgages into forbearance under the CARES Act without authorization to do so.
![Class Action Claims Simpson Senior Services Shifts Cost of Retirement Unit Upgrades to Former Residents [UPDATE]](/media/newswire-thumb-simpson-senior-services.png)
July 17, 2020 According to a class action, residents who left Simpson Senior Services communities were denied full entrance fee refunds due to improper “Market Upgrade” deductions.
