Victims of “deed theft” scams seek legislative protection…
New Yorkers who lost their homes to fraudulent “foreclosure bail-out” scams are in Albany today to press the Senate to pass the Home Equity Theft Protection Act.
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Dream Job: Lynn Jawitz Lynn Jawitz lives in a striking home a 19th-century Upper East Side townhouse that she lovingly restored, winning an interior design award in the process. via New York Post
West Brom integrates with Mortgage Brain (Mortgage Introducer) The integrated system will enable Mortgage Brain users to source any product from the West Brom for Intermediaries range which includes prime, non-prime and buy-to-let mortgages.read more...
Financial services firms establish mortgage program in D.C. (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) Several financial services companies and organizations announced a $200 million commitment to launch a mortgage program that makes 30-year fixed-rate mortgages available to eligible D.C. residents with little or
Chanhassen broker pleads guilty to racketeering in $2.5 million mortgage fraud case (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) The owner of a Chanhassen mortgage brokerage has pleaded guilty to a Hennepin County charge of racketeering in a $2.5 million mortgage fraud case.read more...
Mortgage rules could be strengthened (AP via Yahoo! News) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that he did not believe the growing number of mortgage defaults would seriously harm the economy.read more...
Banks Surf Net in Search of New Clients In their search for new clients, local banks are expanding the promotion of their financial services on the web.read more...