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22 Jul 2008, 12:53 pm
Oren Bar-Gill has noted this problem in the context of subprime mortgages, but it is equally a problem with credit cards. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 5:07 pm
Usury is defined as "the charging of interest for a loan or forbearance on money in excess of the legal maximum. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 10:09 am
Usury is defined as "the charging of interest for a loan or forbearance on money in excess of the legal maximum. [read post]
2 Sep 2021, 6:52 am by Ralph T. Wutscher
The Maryland Court of Appeals – the state’s highest court – recently reversed a trial court’s dismissal of a putative class action alleging that a mortgage servicer and loan owner violated the Maryland Usury Law and Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act by charging property inspection fees in connection with residential mortgage loans. [read post]
21 May 2012, 6:22 pm by Matthew Parham
 However, unlike previous attempts to invoke standing as an issue where securitized debt is concerned, state courts have long held with respect to usury that attempts to "launder" usury will not be tolerated, and state courts will look behind the form of a transaction that has been contrived to create a non-usurious appearance that deviates from a usurious economic substance. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 12:00 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced its intent to bring charges against Wachovia Corp. for assessing usurious fees against its investors for collateralized debt obligations (some of which containing mortgages). [read post]
11 Mar 2013, 1:41 pm by Lauren Willis
  The economic and psychological dynamics that affect pricing, on the other hand, are importantly different for small loans than mortgages. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 5:11 am by Greg Blankinship
While this penalty may have been unfair and usurious, it was typically disclosed to consumers. [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 1:33 pm
A few months ago, the First Department appellate court invalidated a $1.13 million loan because it found its charges and interest to violate New York's criminal usury laws. [read post]
23 Oct 2023, 11:00 pm by Sherica Celine
Consumer mortgage protections are aimed at preventing exploitative fees charged by financial institutions. [read post]
12 Jul 2018, 12:32 pm by Alan S. Kaplinsky and James Kim
Thus, in recommending that “all lending in New York” be subject to New York usury laws, the NYDFS appears to be taking the position that no online lender partnering with a bank can permissibly rely on the bank’s federal law power to export interest rates to charge the interest the bank is permitted to charge on loans the bank has assigned to the online lender when such interest exceeds New York usury limits. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 8:32 am by Arina Shulga
Usury laws regulate within each state the maximum interest rate that may be charged on a money loan. [read post]
12 Sep 2019, 11:40 am by Jeremy T. Rosenblum
”  In support, it quotes a Senate report addressing another usury exemption, applicable to residential mortgage loans by specified lenders, which was enacted at the same time as Section 27(a): “[L]oans originated under this usury exemption will not be subject to claims of usury even if they are later sold to an investor who is not exempt under this section. [read post]
”  In Madden, the Second Circuit ruled that a nonbank that purchases loans from a national bank could not charge the same rate of interest on the loan that Section 85 of the National Bank Act allows the national bank to charge. [read post]
14 Sep 2019, 7:39 am by Rich Vetstein
  Under the Massachusetts criminal usury law, however, a lender cannot charge more than 20% interest without first registering with the Attorney General’s Office. [read post]
5 Nov 2017, 6:02 am by Wolfgang Demino
Removal or impairment of the preferential treatment of national banks with respect to state-law usury liability would make lenders who must already abide by state-specific usury restrictions more competitive. [read post]