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  1. March 25, 2024

    LoanDepot Settles Appraisal Bias Suit After Scholar's Death

    Mortgage company loanDepot has agreed to make policy changes and pay an undisclosed amount to resolve a Black couple's lawsuit claiming their Baltimore home was undervalued because of their race, just a couple of weeks after plaintiff Shani Mott, a scholar at Johns Hopkins University, died of cancer.

  2. August 04, 2023

    Md. Judge Won't Toss Black Couple's Appraisal Bias Suit

    A Maryland federal judge has mostly refused to dismiss a Black Baltimore couple's suit accusing an appraiser and a mortgage lender of undervaluing their home because of their race.

  3. April 24, 2023

    MBA Says Lenders Not Liable In Appraisal Discrimination Suits

    The Mortgage Bankers Association has filed an amicus brief supporting a lender defendant in relation to an appraisal discrimination lawsuit, saying lenders cannot be responsible for the alleged actions of an independent appraiser.

  4. March 13, 2023

    US Says Lender Misinterpreted FHA In Appraisal Bias Suit

    The federal government told a court Monday that a mortgage company incorrectly applied the Fair Housing and Equal Credit Opportunity Acts in a bid to dismiss a Black couple's lawsuit alleging the lender and others violated both laws when the homeowners sought to refinance their Baltimore home loan.

  5. January 25, 2023

    Maryland Appraiser Says Racism Suit Ruined His Reputation

    A Maryland appraiser is countersuing a couple for defamation and $500,000 in damages for allegedly appraising their Baltimore home at a lower value than it was worth because they are Black.

  6. December 13, 2022

    Black Couple Didn't Prove Discrimination, Appraiser Says

    A Maryland-based home appraiser told a federal court that an African American couple did not adequately prove their allegations that they received a lower-than-expected appraisal on their home due to racial bias by him and his company.

  7. August 18, 2022

    Black Couple Says 'Whitewashed' Home Got Higher Appraisal

    A married couple from Baltimore have accused mortgage company loanDepot and a Maryland-based appraiser of racial discrimination, saying they only received a higher valuation on their house after "whitewashing" it to remove all indications that they and their three children are Black.