Tez Romero

Tez Romero

Mortgage Professional America

Mary Tez Romero-Maquipotin

Senior Legal Researcher

3+ years experience14,479 Total views on Mortgage Professional America in 2025

Mary's specialty topics

Legal Cases Regulation Compliance

Tez Romero is a Senior Legal Researcher at Key Media. Since joining the company in 2023, she has covered legal and regulatory developments across a range of industries and jurisdictions.

For Mortgage Professional, she reports on court decisions, newly filed lawsuits, regulatory developments, and legislative changes affecting mortgage brokers, lenders, servicers, and the broader mortgage industry. Her coverage focuses on the legal, compliance, and consumer protection issues shaping the mortgage sector.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“The mortgage industry operates at the intersection of lending, regulation, and consumer protection. Covering the legal and regulatory developments shaping that balance gives me the opportunity to help readers understand not only what is changing, but why it matters.”

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Featured content from Mary

Class action accuses Fairway, Hallmark of loan originator kickback scheme Borrowers accuse D.R. Horton, DHI Mortgage of hiding true FHA loan costs UWM sues California broker over eight allegedly fraudulent loans

Previous experience

  • Key Media — Legal Researcher

Education

  • Juris Doctor, Holy Name University
  • B.S. in Business administration Major in Marketing Management, Holy Name University

Read the latest stories by Mary

A $2.6M mystery on his mortgage - now two servicers face a federal suit

Two servicers, one massive unexplained figure, and a stack of unanswered letters

A $2.6M mystery on his mortgage - now two servicers face a federal suit

Borrower Sues Mr. Cooper, All Three Bureaus Over Post-Bankruptcy Credit Wreck

Paid off mortgage, kept the house, still got tagged derogatory on all three reports

Borrower Sues Mr. Cooper, All Three Bureaus Over Post-Bankruptcy Credit Wreck

Borrower stops paying, so Fannie Mae sends in a receiver

Three missed payments, unpaid taxes, and silence. Fannie Mae isn't waiting around

Borrower stops paying, so Fannie Mae sends in a receiver

Borrower sues Gold Star Mortgage a day after ransomware gang claims data theft

Over 10,000 documents allegedly stolen. The lawsuit arrived 24 hours later

Borrower sues Gold Star Mortgage a day after ransomware gang claims data theft

Rocket Mortgage says broker faked borrower records on two loans

Two loans, $1.38m in exposure, and documents the lender says never checked out

Rocket Mortgage says broker faked borrower records on two loans

Fannie Mae sues guarantors over deteriorating Texas apartment complex

A $2.76M multifamily loan, 15 unfit units, and a mechanic’s lien that triggered full recourse

Fannie Mae sues guarantors over deteriorating Texas apartment complex

Homeowner sues Rocket Mortgage over disputed vacancy entry at occupied home

A vendor secured and winterized the property while it was still furnished and occupied

Homeowner sues Rocket Mortgage over disputed vacancy entry at occupied home

Mortgage Bankers Association sues to block New Jersey's new disparate-impact rule

The industry says the state's new rule leaves lenders one way out - and federal law bars it

Mortgage Bankers Association sues to block New Jersey's new disparate-impact rule

Borrowers sue Lennar, alleging breaches exposed Social Security numbers

Two breaches in two months, and tens of thousands of homebuyers caught in the fallout

Borrowers sue Lennar, alleging breaches exposed Social Security numbers

Investors sue over Greenland downtown LA hotel EB-5 raise

A landmark downtown LA property, $110m in immigrant capital, and a repayment that never landed

Investors sue over Greenland downtown LA hotel EB-5 raise