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Making Home Affordable Program, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
092 3147
Federal Register Notice
16 C.F.R. Part 321: Mortgage Acts and Practices -- Advertising Rule: Final Rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose
Date
FTC Returns Nearly $108 Million to 450,000 Homeowners Overcharged by Countrywide for Loan Servicing Fees
Date
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 450,177 refund checks worth almost $108 million to homeowners who were allegedly overcharged by Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. As part of the FTC’s efforts to...
FTC Will Not Enforce Provisions of MARS Rule Against Real Estate Professionals Helping Consumers Obtain Short Sales
Date
The Federal Trade Commission today issued a statement announcing that it will forbear from enforcing most provisions of its Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (MARS) Rule against real estate brokers...
Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc., a corporation, et al., FTC
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0623061
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds FTC Order in RealComp Matter
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz issued the following statement regarding this week’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upholding the FTC’s order in the RealComp...
Plain Language Guidance
Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Rule: A Compliance Guide for Business
Date
Homeowners facing foreclosure are often desperate for a way to hold on to their homes. Some companies claim they can help fight off foreclosure by negotiating new mortgage terms with lenders or...
File
Plain Language Guidance
Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Rule: A Compliance Guide for Lawyers
Date
Many people who have trouble paying their mortgages seek legal assistance to save their homes or avoid foreclosure. Services consumers ask lawyers to perform run the gamut: representing clients who...
File
Federal Loan Modification Law Center, LLP, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
092 3070
Federal Register Notice
16 C.F.R. Part 322: Mortgage Assistance Relief Services; Final Rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose
Date
FTC Issues Final Rule to Protect Struggling Homeowners from Mortgage Relief Scams
Date
Homeowners will be protected by a new Federal Trade Commission rule that bans providers of mortgage foreclosure rescue and loan modification services from collecting fees until homeowners have a...
Federal Housing Modification Department, Inc., also d/b/a Nations Housing Modification Center and Loan Modification Reform Association, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
092 3124
FTC Approves Fidelity National Financials Proposal to Sell Rights to Michigan Title Plant Assets to Data Trace Information Services, Inc.; FTC Approves Agilent Technologies Application to Modify an Agreement Related to its Varian Acquisition
Date
FTC Approves Fidelity National Financial’s Proposal to Sell Rights to Michigan Title Plant Assets to Data Trace Information Services, Inc. Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade...
FTC Proposes Rule to Ban Deceptive Mortgage Ads
Date
The Federal Trade Commission moved to further strengthen its longstanding enforcement program aimed at preventing deceptive mortgage advertising, proposing a rule that would ban misrepresentations for...
Loss Mitigation Services, Inc., d/b/a Direct Lender and DirectLender.com, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
092 3073
Fidelity National Financial Settles FTC Charges that its Acquisition of LandAmerica Subsidiaries Reduced Competition in Title Information Markets
Date
To settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its 2008 acquisition of three LandAmerica Financial, Inc. subsidiaries was anticompetitive, Fidelity National Financial, Inc. will sell several title...
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