Officials Falling Behind on Mortgage Fraud Cases (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Reports of suspected mortgage fraud have doubled since 2005, and government agencies say they cannot keep up. .
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Freddie Mac to buy outside businesses (Reg Req'd) Mortgage giant seeks to speed products to market Freddie Mac is opting to buy businesses that can help it speed mortgage products to the market faster than its long-standing practice
Journey to Latvia Talbot's spilled all over the Riga Radisson Hotel last week. Brooks Brothers had a go too, from the looks of it.via
Balt. Accuses Mortgage Firm Of Predatory Lending Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's administration plans to file a lawsuit Monday in federal court alleging a mortgage lender engaged in predatory lending. The suit alleges Wells Fargo Bank violated
Federal and State Agencies Announce Pilot Project to Improve Supervision of Subprime Mortgage Lenders (Federal Reserve Board) Three federal agencies and two associations of state regulators will cooperate in an innovative pilot project to conduct targeted consumer-protection compliance reviews of selected non-depository lenders with significant subprime mortgage
Coming Home Beth Hulfish had always been nostalgic for the house where she'd grown up. When she got the chance to reclaim it, she jumped at it.read more...
Senators Introduce Legislation to Curb Mortgage Fraud (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) April 25 (Bloomberg) -- Two U.S. senators, citing a rising number of home foreclosures and consumers struggling with subprime loans, unveiled legislation to establish stiff penalties for lenders that commit