Justice Department Reaches Settlement with National Mortgage Lender to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination

WASHINGTON, DC – December 8, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — PrimeLending, a national mortgage lender with 168 offices in 32 states at the end of 2009, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American borrowers between 2006 and 2009.