A&L to rein back mortgage lending (Financial Times)
Alliance & Leicester plans to reduce mortgage lending this year after it reported a 30 per cent slide in 2007 pre-tax profits in the wake of £185m writedowns on its Treasury assets.
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Six area individuals charged in $14 million mortgage fraud scheme (The Kansas City Star) A federal grand jury in Kansas has charged six Kansas City area individuals in a $14 million mortgage fraud that preyed on low-income homebuyers.read more...
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Orange County jury finds mom, daughter guilty in mortgage fraud (Orlando Sentinel) An Orange County jury today found a mother and daughter guilty of a mortgage-fraud ring that stretched from South Florida to Orlando.
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