Real Estate

January 22, 2026 Keller Williams Realty Landmark has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a class action lawsuit over allegedly unlawful telemarking texts.

January 16, 2026 A $1.2M Ocwen settlement is set to resolve a class action counterclaim over allegedly illegitimate charges on Florida mortgage statements.

January 8, 2026 A $14M RAC Acceptance East settlement offers cash to California consumers issued a processing fee after entering a rental-purchase agreement.

January 5, 2026 A $1.3M Wells Fargo Home Mortgage settlement ends a class action lawsuit over the terms of its COVID-19 forbearance program.

December 22, 2025 Invitation Homes will offer debt relief and cash payments to settle a class action lawsuit over an alleged failure to include a clause in its leases.

December 3, 2025 A $2.8M+ Fathom Realty settlement offers cash to those who received at least one text despite their number's inclusion on the National Do Not Call Registry.

October 23, 2025 A $4M Allstate class action settlement offers cash to certain California policyholders who were allegedly charged excessive homeowners' premiums.

October 22, 2025 A PHH Corp. settlement offers $875 cash payouts to end a class action lawsuit over allegedly inflated mortgage insurance premiums.

October 8, 2025 A class action lawsuit alleges Zillow has inflated home prices and misled consumers by directing them to its own agents rather than sellers’ agents.

September 19, 2025 A $34M class action settlement ends litigation against Home Partners over allegedly misleading, unlawful and/or unenforceable lease clauses.

May 6, 2025 A class action claims Greystar illegally charges California tenants undisclosed “junk fees” on top of their monthly rent.

February 25, 2025 Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority faces a class action over its alleged failure to inform residents about their right to request rent exemptions.

February 24, 2025 Minnesota has agreed to pay a $109 million settlement to resolve a class action that alleged its counties retained excess proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited properties.

February 14, 2025 A class action claims Entrata has illegally failed to respond to identity theft victims who dispute inaccurate information in its ResidentVerify screening reports.

February 13, 2025 A class action claims Zillow unfairly charges realtors $7 per day to advertise rentals on its StreetEasy platform even when the listing is not publicly visible.

February 10, 2025 A proposed class action lawsuit out of New Jersey alleges the state’s unclaimed property law is unconstitutional.

February 7, 2025 UDR has agreed to pay a $3 million settlement to resolve a class action over allegations that the company unlawfully charged tenants “unreasonable” late fees.

January 31, 2025 Mr. Cooper has agreed to pay $5.8 million as part of a joint settlement with the attorneys general and mortgage regulators for 50 states and U.S. territories.

January 28, 2025 Realogy has agreed to pay a $20 million settlement that, if approved by the court, will resolve a class action over alleged TCPA violations.

November 11, 2024 A settlement has been reached to resolve a lawsuit against Centerspace over a November 2021 cyberattack that compromised the personal data of thousands.

November 4, 2024 Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $185 million to settle a class action that alleged the bank placed customers’ mortgages into forbearance without consent.

October 15, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Essex Management Corporation illegally charges tenants several hidden “junk” fees each month.

October 15, 2024 A class action alleges the property owner and management company for the Axel Brewers Hill building have unlawfully collected rent from tenants while the property is unlicensed.

October 2, 2024 At least three class action lawsuits have been filed over a massive chemical plant fire in Georgia.

September 13, 2024 Property manager Greystar unfairly charges tenants a “junk” utility administrative fee each month, a proposed class action lawsuit alleges.

September 5, 2024 A class action alleges several companies have conspired to artificially inflate, fix or manipulate the price of finished PVC pipes sold in the U.S.

August 12, 2024 A class action claims Yardi Systems has unlawfully used Ohio residents’ data without consent to advertise subscriptions to its property research platform.

July 22, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Renters Warehouse of taking unlawful deductions from tenants’ security deposits for ordinary wear and tear.

July 16, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Airbnb knowingly facilitates unauthorized hosts who post illegal short-term rentals.

July 11, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges the Omaha Housing Authority has deprived low-income tenants of their federally protected rights to rent exemptions and grievance hearings.

July 3, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges RentGrow routinely sells screening reports to landlords that contain inaccurate and outdated eviction information about prospective tenants.

June 26, 2024 Zillow and Redfin face class action lawsuits over their alleged use of secret tracking pixels on their respective websites for video home tours.

June 19, 2024 A class action accuses Greystar Management Services of several violations of Florida law, including illegally withholding tenants’ security deposits.

June 18, 2024 A class action claims National Tenant Network regularly provides landlords with inaccurate, outdated eviction and criminal record information about prospective tenants.

June 6, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Nestlé Purina's Denver pet food manufacturing facility releases noxious odors that invade nearby residential properties.

June 5, 2024 AIR Communities faces a proposed class action lawsuit over alleged violations of the Massachusetts Security Deposit Law.

May 30, 2024 Coldwell Banker faces a class action that alleges the real estate firm has unlawfully collected, stored and used employees’ fingerprint scans.

April 22, 2024 CalAtlantic Group and Lennar Corp. face a class action lawsuit wherein homeowners allege the companies built their house with serious structural defects that plague other houses built by the construction firms.

April 1, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Keller Williams Realty has unlawfully amended the terms of its profit-sharing program.

March 14, 2024 A class action alleges the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development has denied thousands of homeowners mortgage insurance premium refunds.

January 25, 2024 LoanDepot faces a proposed class action lawsuit over a January 2024 data breach that reportedly impacted roughly 16.6 million people.

January 18, 2024 Several Signature Club residents in Maryland allege they have suffered property damage, sewage backup and noxious odors as a result of inadequate private sewage and wastewater systems.

January 5, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Navy Federal Credit Union has discriminated against racial minorities by disproportionately denying mortgage applications that would have been approved for similarly situated white Americans.

December 19, 2023 A class action alleges 47 local trade associations, real estate brokerages and MLSs have conspired to perpetuate an anticompetitive scheme in the Texas real estate market.

November 1, 2023 A class action alleges the Union Pacific Railroad Company has known for decades yet concealed that it has mishandled and released into the environment toxic chemicals from its Wichita, Kansas industrial site.

October 10, 2023 A class action claims Bridge Property Management has charged unlawful rental application and administrative fees to prospective tenants in Colorado.

October 10, 2023 A proposed class action alleges a coterie of real estate companies have conspired to fix and raise mobile home lot rental prices.

May 11, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Bank of America has collected unlawful payment processing fees from borrowers who make monthly mortgage payments online or by phone.

April 26, 2023 A class action claims PHH Mortgage and NewRez have ignored their statutory duty to adequately fulfill mortgage borrowers’ requests for certain account information.

April 14, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Atlas Real Estate Group “lost control” of the private data of more than 4,000 consumers during a November 2022 cyberattack.