Clarissa Garza and Claudia Larsen

Clarissa Garza and Claudia Larsen are associate editors for RISMedia.

Posts by Clarissa Garza and Claudia Larsen

U.S. Veterans Sue Veterans United Home Loans, Alleging RESPA Violations, Steering

Three mortgage companies have been accused of violating the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) in a new lawsuit filed in the Western District of Missouri. The newly filed Peyton v. Veterans United Home Loans takes aim at the mortgage company as well as Realty Search Solutions (aka Veterans United Realty) and the Mortgage Research…

Peculiar Properties: The Recycle House That Turned Trash Into a Treasure

Editor’s Note: Peculiar Properties is a new series highlighting just that—peculiar properties, from former military assets to repurposed funeral homes and anything in between. Contact our editor Clarissa Garza at cgarza@rismedia.com if you have a property peculiar enough to be featured. In the small town of Chester, Connecticut, one home easily stands apart from the…

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eXp Releases Open-Source Seller Disclosures

Leo Pareja has a knack for turning moments of uncertainty into opportunities to uplift the industry.  In an exclusive RISMedia interview, the eXp Realty CEO reflected on the sweeping changes he implemented after the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) settlement, and compared his decisions then with his new initiative to open-source seller disclosures across the…