Mortgage applications to buy a home jump to two-year high

US mortgage applications to purchase a home jumped to the highest level since early 2023 last week, even as borrowing costs barely budged. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s index of home-purchase applications advanced 9.4% in the week ended July 4, according to data out Wednesday. MBA’s measure of refinancing jumped by a similar amount to the […]

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Lawsuit claims Xactus, Equifax, others violated Fair Credit Reporting Act

A plaintiff in California is claiming that Xactus and Equifax did not conduct a “reasonable” investigation into claims of identity theft, which harmed her credit and violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.  The suit was filed in late May in the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, California, by plaintiff Junnan Guo, who is representing

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