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.
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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.
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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.
July 16, 2020 A MA resident claims she received from PHH Mortgage/Ocwen Loan Servicing a misleading default/right to cure notice that resulted in a void foreclosure of her home.
July 15, 2020 Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. and Capital One, N.A. face a class action over what a consumer alleges are “systematic,” unauthorized credit inquiries.
July 10, 2020 A class action claims 10 property management companies "routinely and deliberately" prevented those 50 and older from viewing Facebook ads for rental properties in the Washington D.C. metro area.
July 10, 2020 A class action claims Nationstar Mortgage has violated California law by failing to pay interest on mortgage borrowers' funds held in escrow.
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June 26, 2020 Hundreds allege they were "lied to and misled" by Westgate Resorts and affiliates into buying into near-unusable timeshares without being apprised of their full legal rights.
June 19, 2020 A lawsuit alleges Dovenmuehle Mortgage Inc. imposed unlawful requirements and restrictions on those seeking to obtain a mortgage forbearance during the COVID-19 crisis.
June 16, 2020 The manager of a number of off-campus housing complexes has continued to charge rent despite that students were forced to move out due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a lawsuit claims.
May 22, 2020 A class action says Carrington Mortgage Services has charged improper 'pay-to-pay' fees for payments made online or by phone.
April 1, 2020 A lawsuit alleges Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc. has enticed consumers into purchasing timeshares through sales presentations loaded with “material misrepresentations.”
March 20, 2020 A class action claims mortgage servicer Arvest Central Mortgage Co. charged unlawful “pay-to-pay” fees for online and over-the-phone mortgage payments.
March 17, 2020 A Texas man claims in a proposed class action that Specialized Loan Servicing LLC has charged unlawful fees for mortgage payments made over the phone.
February 3, 2020 A class action lawsuit claims Berkshire Hathaway trained and encouraged realtors to place illicit spam calls to owners of expired listings without obtaining consent.
January 28, 2020 JPMorgan Chase is facing a class action over the bank's alleged failure to pay interest on mortgage borrowers' escrow accounts.
December 20, 2019 A lawsuit claims Zillow, Inc. has harmed real estate listing agents by steering prospective homebuyers to its own “premier agents” who “have no connection to the listed property.”
December 20, 2019 Graceland Properties faces a class action that claims the portable building company failed to pay dealers the commissions promised in its contracts.
December 17, 2019 A class action has been filed over Wells Fargo's "wholly insufficient" efforts to remedy those whose mortgage loan modifications were wrongly denied due to the bank's negligence.
October 31, 2019 Re/Max faces a class action that claims it encouraged and trained agents to cold call sellers of expired property listings without the recipients’ consent.
![Class Action: The Estates, Others Conspired to Manipulate Foreclosure Sales in NC [UPDATE]](/media/newswire-thumb-foreclosure.jpg)
October 25, 2019 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that The Estates LLC and several co-conspirators have engaged in a “bid-rigging” scheme to manipulate foreclosure sales in North Carolina.
October 22, 2019 A lawsuit claims that Freedom Mortgage Corporation’s alleged “pay-to-pay” fees on mortgage payments violate state and federal law.
![Class Action Accuses M&T Bank of FDCPA Violations Over “Pay-to-Pay” Fees [UPDATE]](/media/newswire-thumb_12.png)
August 19, 2019 A class action filed in California accuses M&T bank of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by adding "pay-to-pay" fees to mortgage payments.
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August 19, 2019 A proposed class action out of California alleges Facebook’s advertising platform violates the Fair Housing Act by allowing advertisers and publishers to discriminatorily exclude protected classes of people from seeing ads for their properties.
August 15, 2019 Re/Max Real Pros is facing a suit over Telephone Consumer Privacy Act violations for allegedly calling consumers without obtaining prior consent.
May 14, 2019 HomeAway.com is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the vacation rental website violates its contracts with property owners by acting against them—and in favor of guests—in disputes.
May 8, 2019 Two homeowners have filed suit against Nationstar Mortgage LLC, which does business as Mr. Cooper, after the mortgage servicer allegedly made several unauthorized electronic fund transfers from their account.
March 22, 2019 Ocwen Loan Servicing and Wells Fargo Bank have been sued after allegedly failing to follow the terms of a Massachusetts property owner's mortgage contract.
March 12, 2019 Two consumers claim U.S. Bank directed customers to submit notices of error for mortgages to a non-functional P.O. box.
January 11, 2019 The operating companies of Lithonia, Georgia apartment complex Wesley Stonecrest are staring down a proposed class action that alleges they unlawfully withheld a former tenant’s security deposit.
December 7, 2018 [UPDATE] A proposed class action claims Wells Fargo's voluntary remediation for consumers who were wrongly denied mortgage loan modifications for which they should have been qualified is insufficient to compensate the borrowers for their losses.
October 29, 2018 Members of three affiliated Native American tribes who own land on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation claim a group of oil and gas companies have failed to pay them for the use of a pipeline that runs through their land.
August 27, 2018 A consumer has sued Ocwen Loan Serviving, Experian Information Solutions and Trans Union over what she claims are violations of the FCRA and RESPA.
August 10, 2018 A lawsuit claims Offit Kurman unlawfully demanded that condominium owners pay a sizeable debt stemming from repairs made to their partially collapsed condo building.
June 29, 2018 Nationstar Mortgage, LLC is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the company failed to provide a complete and accurate explanation of charges associated with a woman’s mortgage loan.
June 28, 2018 A lawsuit claims Bluegreen Vacations Limited sales reps do not know the identity of the owner or location of timeshare properties for sale during customer pitch meetings.
June 25, 2018 A lawsuit claims Shuster Management's tenant lease rider effectively 'seeks to limit housing for individuals of a certain national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, and race.'
June 12, 2018 A consumer alleges Euclid, Ohio operates an unlawful scheme by which the city effectively strong-arms property owners into paying the city’s inspection fees.
June 11, 2018 A proposed class action claims the approximately 137 homes located in Orange County, Florida’s Emerson Park subdivision have suffered damage due to negligence on the part of the homes’ developers and contractors.
June 6, 2018 PNC Bank and an individual attorney who does business as ALAW have been named in a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a couple who claims the defendants demanded unlawful 'estimated' fees as part of a mortgage reinstatement quote.
