California’s attorney general will now be able to take swifter action against wayward city councils refusing to follow low- and moderate-income housing solutions in their communities.
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California’s Attorney General is meeting resistance from landlords reluctant to follow — or simply unaware of — the rules.
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The president of a mortgage foreclosure consultant company was convicted of 100 felony counts for operating a mortgage fraud scheme in California.
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The California Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the city of Elk Grove for preventing the development of low-income housing.
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This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) sentenced a broker to 5 years and 4 months in prison and ordered him to pay restitution for creating forged and fraudulent records to obtain more than $8 million in mortgages for his clients in order to earn fees for himself.
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This is the second time the state has sued Huntington Beach over housing law violations.
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California’s housing shortage is the latest battleground between state-led initiatives and local governments.
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Use this first tuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a...
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On Wednesday, October 2, New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo.
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The five Big Banks involved in the nationwide mortgage settlement have nearly fulfilled their financial commitment to American homeowners. However, they’ve largely failed to make the reforms required by…
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The National Mortgage Settlement monitor, Joseph A. Smith, is beginning to exercise his powers by implementing…
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Do you think the Homeowner Bill of Rights will help homeowners? Yes (46%, 97 Votes) No (42%, 87...
Read MoreDo you think the remaining settlement cash should go to: solely helping those harmed by foreclosure; or (79%, 83 Votes) filling in holes in the state budget? (21%, 22 Votes) Total Voters: 105 Earlier this year California...
Read MoreThis article reviews the recent national foreclosure settlement and forecasts its effect on California homeowners still facing default and foreclosure.
Read MoreA public agency considered undertaking a large development project and conducted a closed session to discuss the deal. The agency posted an agenda of the closed session with a description of the broad range of items to be...
Read MoreMultiple vehicles were improperly parked in a privately owned parking lot. An opinion was requested of the California Attorney General on whether: an owner of a private parking lot can issue parking citations requiring money to...
Read MoreCalifornia was the first of the 50 states to announce its withdrawal from national negotiations with the Big Banks over their mortgage practices which gained widespread public attention since the folding of the housing market....
Read MoreMortgage Electronic Registry Systems, Inc. (MERS), a private company that electronically tracks the ownership of home loans within its own database records, is fighting with various counties nationwide to evade a hefty lawsuit....
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