RESPA Updates

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. This week, Dr. Lacefield reviews the first five points of a ten point test to determine if your operation is legal or in danger of being cited by HUD as […]

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. Dr. Lacefield discusses the decision by Ohio’s state government to address sham business operations. In August, the Ohio Department of Insurance released a draft rule that would tighten […]

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. Dr. Lacefield reviews this HUD case where six title companies in Texas being fined for financing virtual home tour programs to certain real estate agents as an incentive to refer […]

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. This week Dr. Lacefield reviews two court cases against Countrywide based on RESPA claims filed by two brothers in Georgia. The court dismisses one case but refuses to dismiss the […]

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. The latest video continues the discussion of the new HUD/RESPA forms for Good Faith Estimate and Mortgage Package Offer. Dr. Lacefield reviews the rules and tolerances for these new items. […]

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. This week’s video begins a discussion of the new HUD/RESPA forms for Good Faith Estimate and Mortgage Package Offer. Dr. Lacefield reviews the rules and tolerances for these new items. […]

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. In this week’s video, Dr. Lacefield discusses an Atlanta branch of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate under investigation for RESPA violations that settled with HUD for a $250K payment. View […]

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. This week, Dr. Gary Lacefield discusses a pending lawsuit implicating a Re/Max branch in California and United Title Company, alleging they violated RESPA rules by fostering kickbacks, constructive fraud and […]

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. A civil lawsuit in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the subject of this week’s video. After several companies were fined by HUD, homebuyers felt they were owed money for inflated and excessive […]

More tips on RESPA law, guidelines and violations for real estate agents and loan originators from former HUD investigator and RESPA expert, Dr. Gary Lacefield. This week Dr. Lacefield discusses a 30-month probe into Stewart Title of California, Inc. The company reached a settlement of $750,000 plus costs of $160,000 for inducements to agents. View the […]