For a large lender, CRA provided expert testimony during a class action claim which asserted that underwriting of the mortgage disparately impacted minorities. Our expert— tasked with assessing whether statistical evidence supported the class action—testified that minorities were not unfairly priced and that the loan product was not disadvantageous to minorities. Plaintiffs demanded damages in excess of $100 million. The class was settled for less than a million.
The mortgage market in 2024: Highlights from the data reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
The information collected and reported under HMDA covers each mortgage application submitted to and mortgages purchased by the reporting institution and is...