State AG Enforcement

A coalition of state attorneys general has called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to quickly distribute $4.2 million in delayed redress payments to victims of a shuttered sales training firm’s deceptive marketing practices and illegal debt collection methods.

After suing MV Realty in 2023, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is pursuing legal action against the realty company’s CEO, who is also CEO of another real estate company being criminally investigated for predatory practices.

A lawsuit by Colorado’s attorney general against MV Realty seeks to release all customers from unfair brokerage contracts with the company, which has faced similar legal action in multiple other states.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha reached a $213,000 settlement with a national property management company, resolving allegations of deceptive and unfair housing application and screening practices.

The state of Ohio, through Attorney General Dave Yost, filed suit against United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC over allegations it violated the state’s Residential Mortgage Lending Act and Corrupt Sales Practices Act by deceiving homebuyers.

MV Realty, a Florida-based real estate company that has faced legal action in several states, has been hit with an injunction requested by the Florida attorney general’s office, which has investigated the company for deceptive practices.

More than 170 Colorado homeowners have been released from “onerous” agreements with California-based real estate company HomeOptions after a settlement was reached by the state’s attorney general.

An Oakland-based realty company charged with engaging in a predatory real estate scheme impacting more than 500 California homeowners has reached a settlement with California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has reached a settlement with MV Realty, which he sued in September 2024 over misleading agreements that deceived homeowners. The settlement bans MV from doing business in Minnesota, among other penalties.

Multiple real estate operators and their companies are the target of a lawsuit filed by Arizona’s attorney general, alleging an organized fraud scheme that targeted homeowners facing foreclosure. The lawsuit names title companies and law firms that allegedly took part in the fraud.