CFPB Fines Reverse Mortgage Firms for Deceptive Advertising
December 12, 2016
The CFPB last week fined three reverse mortgage lending companies for allegedly deceptive advertisements, including claiming that consumers could not lose their homes. The CFPB ordered American Advisors Group (Orange, CA), Reverse Mortgage Solutions (Houston), and Aegean Financial (El Segundo, CA) to cease their allegedly deceptive advertising practices, implement systems to ensure they are complying with all laws, and pay civil penalties. The bureau claimed that the companies ran ads that misrepresented that consumers could not lose their homes and that they would have the right to stay in their homes for the rest of their lives. The companies also were accused of falsely telling potential customers that they would have no monthly payments and that a reverse mortgage would ...