This Mortgage Broker Spells T-r-o-u-b-l-e

Q: I went through a mortgage broker when I purchased my house. I just closed on July 30. A week after I closed, I received a letter stating that the company that they sold my loan to went out of business. My mortgage broker asked me to send my first payment to them while they [...]

Tooting My Horn

Marlys Harris, she of Money Magazine, has interviewed me for my views on the proposed changes to RESPA. Be sure to read her article in the December issue of Money. This comes on the heels of my interview with NPR’s Marketplace.

Have RE/MAX and First American Title Violated RESPA Regs?

Talk about RESPA violations: A legal dispute between RE/MAX International Inc. and First American Residential Group Inc. over a $600,000-a-year marketing agreement has attracted the attention of Colorado regulators, who want to know more about how First American benefited from the deal and why it decided to pull the plug on the agreement last year. [...]