A group of Florida homeowners has filed a federal class action lawsuit against D.R. Horton, the nation’s largest homebuilder, and its lending arm, DHI Mortgage Co., alleging the companies duped first-time buyers with misleading sales tactics that left homeowners paying hundreds more each month than expected.

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the lawsuit claims D.R. Horton and DHI Mortgage worked together to promote “affordable” monthly payments that didn’t include full property tax costs, a practice attorneys are calling a “Monthly Payment Suppression Scheme.”

Once the homes were sold and the mortgages transferred, homeowners say they were blindsided when their payments suddenly spiked.

Attorneys with Varnell & Warwick, P.A., Clarkson Law Firm, P.C., a

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