Mortgage broker Townstone Financial is set to pay a $105,000 penalty to resolve redlining allegations in Chicago. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a proposed order to resolve its case against Townstone for discriminatory lending practices and redlining in predominantly Black Chicago neighborhoods. The order would stop Townstone from “taking any actions that violate the…
Fairway Independent Mortgage must pay nearly $10 million to settle allegations of redlining in Birmingham, AL. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused Fairway of withholding credit from predominantly Black neighborhoods, a form of illegal lending discrimination. According to the Bureau, Fairway refused to act on data showing it didn’t serve majority-Black neighborhoods in the area…
Citadel Credit Union is introducing new lending initiatives after settling a redlining allegation from the Department of Justice. The credit union will pay $6.5 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in redlining in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods around Philadelphia. “This redlining settlement marks the Justice Department’s very first resolution involving a credit union,…
Veros Real Estate Solutions, an enterprise risk management and collateral valuation services company, released new research that shows its Automated Valuation Model does not discriminate based on redlining. Experts have recently sounded the alarm on bias in home appraisals. Studies have shown that homes occupied by Black Americans are consistently undervalued compared to similar homes…
By KIMBERLEY HAAS Officials at the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday that they have secured over $31 million from City National Bank to resolve allegations of redlining in Los Angeles County. City National is the largest bank headquartered in Los Angeles and among the 50 largest banks in the country. This is the…
By Randall Bloomquist In the mortgage public-policy cosmos, studies alleging racial bias in lending are like comets. They blaze across the industry skyline on a regular basis, drawing attention from the media and outrage from fair housing activists. The latest flare came from a report alleging Black applicants are nearly twice as likely to be…
Lawyers for the Chicago mortgage company Townstone Financial accused the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of targeting their client because of their political views – and not their business practices, as laid out by the agency earlier this week. Specifically, the lawyers say, “(CFPB Director Kathy) Kraninger is saying in this lawsuit that financial institutions are…
By Jim Perskie More than 50 years after redlining was outlawed, the practice still has a profound impact on the wealth and property values in neighborhoods across the country, according to a report released by Redfin on Thursday. The typical homeowner in a neighborhood that was “redlined” for mortgage lending by the federal government has gained…
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said Wednesday it will not move forward with revisions to the nation’s anti-redlining law announced moments earlier by the Comptroller of the Currency. Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. Otting announced the finalization of a rule to “strengthen and modernize Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations,” saying the rule would make…
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