The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Monday that Scott Bessent, the recently appointed secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will also serve as acting director for the CFPB following the firing of Rohit Chopra over the weekend. “On Jan. 31, 2025, President Trump designated Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent as…
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Homes were sold by the actor Macaulay Culkin and the estate of the arts patron Anne Bass.
The hits keep coming for now-defunct residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock. After the company failed to have new council file an appearance, the court dismissed EasyKnock’s defamation lawsuit against law firm Feldman & Feldman last Monday. Originally filed by EasyKnock in Nov. 2021 in federal court in Houston, the suit accused Feldman & Feldman of defaming…
The current environment of mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) is evolving. There is constant movement in the mortgage industry with the desire for growth and expansion. It is easy to become blinded by the end goal of increasing loan volume and quality origination talent. Thus, it has never been more important to focus on due…