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Feds Sue Houston-Area Developer For Predatory Lending

HOUSTON — Federal authorities on Wednesday sued Houston-area developer Colony Ridge, accusing it of luring Latino home buyers into seller-financed mortgages and setting them up to default and face foreclosure. “Colony Ridge set out to exploit something as old as …

Florida Moratorium on Residential Evictions, Foreclosures Extended

Scores of Floridians struggling with rents and mortgages were given another reprieve when Gov. Ron DeSantis again extended a moratorium against residential evictions and foreclosures. The governor did so Monday night, just hours before a previous extension was to expire …

JPMorgan Chase Sued by Los Angeles Over Foreclosures

Los Angeles is suing JPMorgan Chase for mortgage discrimination that the city says led to a wave of foreclosures that blighted neighborhoods, reduced property taxes and increased the need for costly city services. The city attorney’s suit, filed Friday in …