Real Estate

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2024 A class action lawsuit alleges RentGrow routinely sells screening reports to landlords that contain inaccurate and outdated eviction information about prospective tenants.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June 18, 2024 A class action claims National Tenant Network regularly provides landlords with inaccurate, outdated eviction and criminal record information about prospective tenants.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 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.

February 27, 2023 Property owners have filed the latest class action against Norfolk Southern over the catastrophic February 3 train derailment that released toxic chemicals into the environment in and around East Palestine, Ohio.

February 9, 2023 A class action alleges Wausau Homes works with “improperly vetted” local contractors to provide deficient and defective homes that prove to be “nightmares” for would-be homeowners.

February 9, 2023 Norfolk Southern Railway Co. faces a class action in the wake of a Feb. 3, 2023 train derailment that sparked a fire and released toxic chemicals into the air, soil and water around East Palestine, Ohio.

February 6, 2023 A class action alleges Somerset County (NJ) and its public works dept. “acted recklessly” by failing to close floodgates prior to and during anticipated flooding brought on by Hurricane Ida in Sept. 2021.

December 20, 2022 A class action alleges State Farm Fire & Casualty Company subjects claims filed by Black homeowners insurance policyholders in certain states to greater suspicion than those filed by white policyholders.

December 14, 2022 A proposed class action claims Capital Home Mortgage has recorded telephone conversations with potential buyers without notice or consent.

December 2, 2022 A class action alleges MortgageDepot and U.S. Bank have routinely charged illegal processing fees to borrowers who make monthly mortgage payments online or by phone.

November 3, 2022 A class action alleges RealPage has aided a collection of lessors who have illegally agreed to artificially inflate the prices of student housing in college towns nationwide.

October 20, 2022 Five plaintiffs allege “a cartel” of lessors has for at least the past six years colluded to artificially raise the prices of multifamily residential real estate in the U.S. to above competitive levels.

October 17, 2022 A class action alleges those responsible for overseeing Myrtle Beach’s Renaissance Tower knew for years about steadily worsening damage to the structural steel supporting the now-evacuated high-rise.

August 10, 2022 Nearly 20 residents of a Newport News, Virginia apartment building have filed a proposed class action against the building’s owners over their apparent failure to maintain two elevators.

August 8, 2022 A lawsuit claims Nationstar Mortgage (who does business as Mr. Cooper) charged mortgage borrowers in certain states unlawful fees for releasing their mortgages.

June 13, 2022 Wells Fargo faces a proposed class action that alleges the bank has unlawfully rejected the majority of home loan applications submitted by African American and Black consumers.

April 4, 2022 Timeshare seller Westgate Resorts, Ltd. faces a class action that alleges it has repeatedly violated a federal law intended to protect members of the U.S. military from predatory lending.

March 18, 2022 The companies responsible for military housing at Fort Belvoir in suburban Washington, D.C. face a class action lawsuit over the allegedly “shameful” conditions they’ve allowed to proliferate on the base.

February 21, 2022 A Georgia resident alleges Wells Fargo Bank’s mortgage origination and underwriting practices “intentionally and disproportionately” discriminate against African American home loan applicants.

January 25, 2022 A group of Hawaii landlords faces a class action after thousands of tenants were evicted in Nov. 2021 due to contaminated drinking water linked to underground fuel storage by the U.S. Navy.

December 21, 2021 A class action alleges a Philadelphia apartment complex was not properly licensed or certified by the city to collect rent during various periods within the last four years.

December 16, 2021 A class action seeks an injunction barring the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance from refusing to accept new applications for the state’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program.

November 18, 2021 Zillow faces a securities class action following the announcement that it will wind down its Zillow Offers home-flipping business.

November 9, 2021 A class action alleges Equifax has harmed mortgage borrowers receiving COVID-19 relief from Wells Fargo by reporting nonpayment as a negative remark on their credit scores.

November 3, 2021 A class action alleges Bank of America has used a fee-maximizing automated servicing platform to charge defaulted or at-risk-of-default borrowers for multiple, repetitive property inspections.

October 29, 2021 A proposed class action alleges Citibank has unlawfully failed to timely present to county clerks in New York proof that mortgages have been satisfied.

October 12, 2021 A class action alleges Amplify Energy Corporation and two subsidiaries could have prevented the environmentally disastrous Oct. 2021 Southern California oil spill.