Sentence examples for practices of mortgage from inspiring English sources

The administration, economists said, did little to curb the practices of mortgage brokers, who are regulated by the states.

According to some, the housing bubble came crashing down in the fall of 2008 partially due to the predatory lending practices of mortgage banks.

The city of Los Angeles accused banking giants Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. of a "continuous pattern and practice" of mortgage discrimination that led to a wave of foreclosures, reduced property tax revenue and increased costs for city services.

The lawsuits, filed on Dec. 13, accuse the banks of engaging in a "continuous pattern and practice of mortgage discrimination in Miami" since at least 2004 in violation of the U.S. Fair Housing Act of 1968, according to a court filing.

The city alleges that Bank of America "engaged in a continuous pattern and practice of mortgage discrimination in Los Angeles since at least 2004" by demanding different terms or conditions on loans that "vulnerable" borrowers could not afford, according to the complaint filed Friday in federal court.

On Wednesday, 50 state attorneys general announced they were investigating the practices of the mortgage servicing industry, while Florida's attorney general subpoenaed the nation's largest mortgage processor, L.P.S., as part of a broader investigation.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development said Wednesday that it would investigate the lending practices of certain mortgage lenders to see if any prospective borrowers had been illegally denied a mortgage because they were pregnant or on short-term disability.

Shortly after the article ran, the housing department said it would investigate the lending practices of certain mortgage lenders to see if any would-be borrowers had been illegally denied a mortgage because they were pregnant or on short-term disability.

Attorney General Tom Miller leads a 50-state bipartisan mortgage foreclosure working group, as part of a coordinated national effort by states to review the practices of the mortgage servicing industry.

On Wednesday, 50 state attorneys general announced that they were investigating the practices of the mortgage servicing industry.

They should not be distracted and wasting one second of thought on whether the criminal practices of their mortgage lender back home would foreclose on their home, and put their family on the street.