NHEMA Sues OTS
The National Home Equity Mortgage Association sued a government agency Friday over new regulations affecting prepayment and late fee rules on mortgage loans.

Alonso vs. WaMu
A California judge stopped Washington Mutual Home Loans, Inc. on Oct. 8 from taking further action to foreclose on the home of a Yorba Linda family after a delinquent mortgage payment came up $51.56 short.

In Re. Heimmermann vs First Union
Mortgage loan originators can breath a collective sigh of relief now that an Alabama appeals court has overruled a previous decision in a case that effectively said that yield spread premiums (YSP's) were unlawful.

Mortgage Broker Charged In Predatory Case
Case is first where lender charged for broker's actions
MortgageDaily.com July 30
Judge Ran Mortgage Company From Bench
Georgia man, wife took fifth 80 times at hearing
MortgageDaily.com April 25
Class Action Take Two
Servicing issues accompanying Washington Mutual's acquisitions
MortgageDaily.com January 31
Friends, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Language in documentation with other parties determines level of recovery in fraud cases
MortgageDaily.com January 10
Minnesota Vs. Countrywide, et al
Attorney General alleges borrowers forced to use LandSafe appraisals
MortgageDaily.com December 21