Concurring Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter In the Matter of AppFolio, Inc.
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By
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner
Matter Number
1923016
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Court Orders Operators of Deceptive Rental Listing Websites to Pay $6 Million, Permanently Bans Them from Offering Rental Listings
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At the request of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, a federal court ordered the operators of several online rental listings websites to pay more than $6 million after the FTC alleged that they made false...
Court Temporarily Halts Operators of Rental Listing Websites from Making False Claims About the Availability of Apartments That Accept Section 8 Vouchers and Other Rental Properties
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At the request of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, a federal court has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting two brothers and their four California companies from using false or...
Apartment Hunters, Inc. et al. (Wetakesection8.com)
Type of Action
Â鶹´«Ã½
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
172 3007
FTC Action: Court Orders Ban Mortgage Relief Scammers from Mortgage Modification and Debt Relief Business
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The principals of a mortgage relief operation and their companies are banned from the mortgage loan modification and debt relief business under court orders obtained by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission...
Wyndham Settles FTC Charges It Unfairly Placed Consumers’ Payment Card Information At Risk
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Note: A conference call for media with Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, was held as follows. Date: Dec. 9, 2015 Time: 12:00 p.m. ET Rich and FTC staff took questions...
Â鶹´«Ã½ and State Agencies Stop Phony Mortgage Relief Schemes
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Note: A conference call for media with Katie Fallow, FTC Deputy Director for Consumer Protection, and CFBP Deputy Director Steve Antonakes was held on July 23, 2014. Katie Fallow and FTC staff took...
FTC Sends Refunds to Consumers Duped by Mortgage Loan Modification Scam
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is mailing refund checks totaling $499,701.84 to 229 consumers who paid the Lucas Law Center an advance fee for mortgage loan modifications the company falsely claimed it...
Pennsylvania Home Builder Settles FTC Charges of Deceptive Mortgage Advertising
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A Pennsylvania-based home builder that offers home financing has settled Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by advertising low-cost mortgages while hiding fees and not...
FTC Mails Refund Checks Totaling Nearly $3 Million to Consumers Victimized by Alleged Mortgage Relief Scam
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, through an administrator, is mailing checks totaling nearly $3 million to over 6,300 consumers who were victims of a mortgage relief scheme. Using names such as Prime...
Mortgage Lead Generator will Pay $225,000 to Settle FTC Charges That It Deceptively Advertised Mortgage Rates
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An online operation in the business of finding potential borrowers for mortgage companies will pay a $225,000 civil penalty to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers about...
FTC Warns Data Broker Operations of Possible Privacy Violations
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission sent letters to ten data broker companies warning that their practices could violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) after a test-shopping operation by the FTC...
FTC Warns Data Brokers That Provide Tenant Rental Histories They May Be Subject to Fair Credit Reporting Act
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has warned the operators of six websites that share information about consumers’ rental histories with landlords that they may be subject to the requirements of the Fair...
FTC Issues Revised "Green Guides"
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission issued revised “Green Guides†that are designed to help marketers ensure that the claims they make about the environmental attributes of their products are truthful and...
Â鶹´«Ã½ and State Agencies Target Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue and Loan Modification Scams
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, joined by California Attorney General Jerry Brown, today announced Operation Loan Lies, a coordinated national law enforcement effort to crack down on...
Dinamica Financiera LLC
Type of Action
Process Â鶹´«Ã½
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082 3103
Case Status
Closed
Business Blog
Don’t invite an FTC lawsuit: Invitation Homes required to end junk fees and start advertising actual rent amounts
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Are you a landlord? Work for a property management company? Or in the rental sector? Here’s a $48 million reminder to obey the law: the FTC’s settlement with Invitation Homes for adding junk fees...
Business Blog
How the FTC is showing its commitment to protecting renters’ rights
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Housing costs take a big bite out of most Americans’ budgets, especially consumers looking for a suitable place to live during a fluctuating rental market. That’s why the FTC has particular concerns...
Business Blog
Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing
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Landlords and property managers can’t collude on rental pricing. Using new technology to do it doesn’t change that antitrust fundamental. Regardless of the industry you’re in, if your business uses an...
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