A round of more than two dozen late-December pardons by Donald Trump included his 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort. So reports CNBC.

LendingHome, a lender that focuses on fix-and-flip loans to residential real estate investors, has secured the ninth biggest proptech funding round of 2020, as The Real Deal reports.

Northwestern University’s Bluhm Legal Clinic has filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of 45 homeowners, trying to void reverse mortgages that were allegedly fraudulently procured by Chicago mortgage originator Mark Diamond. So reports CBS 2 Chicago.