Six things to know about the arrests of Tal and Oren Alexander

It’s hard to imagine a more dramatic fall from grace than that of Oren and Tal Alexander, the once star brokers who’ve been yanked from the top of the New York City real estate world and jailed. The pair — along with Oren’s twin brother Alon — were arrested early Wednesday morning and charged with t

Longbridge, Mutual of Omaha attempt to reach settlement over deceptive marketing accusations

An ongoing lawsuit between two major reverse mortgage lenders, Mutual of Omaha Mortgage and Longbridge Financial, over marketing practices could come to an end if both parties can reach a settlement agreement prior to going to trial. But such an outcome isn’t guaranteed, and Mutual of Omaha has requ

HUD takes a closer look at senior finances, housing affordability pain points

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Office of Policy Development and Research recently published a report that more closely examines the housing needs of older Americans and the pain points that have exacerbated their needs stemming from a national housing crisis. The materi

First American launches real-time fraud alert system

Every season is fraud season — and title firm First American is not messing around. On Wednesday, the Big Four title company announced the launch of Order Insights, a real-time fraud alert system. The tool is available to all First American policy-issuing title agents and is now included with AgentN