Some 9.02% of purchase-mortgage applications were turned away in 2024, compared to 9.49% in the previous year, an analysis of HMDA data showed. (Includes data table.)

Two operators of peer-to-peer lending platforms, Block and Early Warning Services, saw an unusual surge in consumer complaints filed with the CFPB during the first quarter. (Includes two data tables.)

The bulk of the complaints submitted to the CFPB last year involved inaccurate information on credit reports. Transunion, Equifax and Experian, as usual, were the most-complained about companies. (Includes two data tables.)

Complaints filed with the CFPB increased by 23.0% in the third quarter. And for the first nine months of the year, complaint volume nearly doubled on an annual basis, led by issues with credit reports. (Includes two data tables.)

Consumer ire toward financial services and products doesn’t seem to be abating, with complaints to the CFPB hitting a record high in the second quarter of 2024. (Includes two data tables.)

Consumer complaints filed with the CFPB against the financial services industry increased in all most categories in the fourth quarter of 2023. (Includes two data tables.)

Consumer complaints filed with the CFPB increased during the third quarter, with credit cards and credit reports jumping from already high levels. Gripes about student loans also saw a big jump during the quarter. (Includes two data charts.)

Consumer criticisms related to mortgages declined in the third quarter of 2023, falling to the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2011. (Includes two data tables.)

Consumer complaints filed with the CFPB regarding credit reporting were sharply up in the six months ending June from a year ago. Criticisms about mortgages and student loans saw declines. (Includes two data charts.)

Consumer complaints to the CFPB related to mortgages were down sharply from the early months of the year, with huge drops in every category, according to a new Inside the CFPB analysis.