Ohio billboard warns Amish of scam
Geauga County, Ohio, officials have erected a billboard warning Amish people to “be skeptical of door-to-door mortgage salesmen.” The Geauga Department of Community and Economic Development said the billboard …
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3 charged in mortgage scam called 'economic parasites' (The Palm Beach Post) In a wide-ranging mortgage scam, two real estate investors and a mortgage broker used inflated appraisals, straw borrowers and phony loan applications to fleece big-name lenders of millions, federal prosecutors
Clean look, fair price will help your home sell in S. Fla.'s tepid market If you're bumper-to-bumper behind Helen Kolker's Honda Odyssey, you can at least pass the time with a little house-hunting. Attached to the back and sides of her minivan are signs
Existing home sales fall "Though mortgage rates are at historically low levels, some borrowers are facing restrictive lending practices in declining markets" Sales of existing homes fell in March, after registering a modest
Unions Criticize AFL-CIO Leadership Associated Press Unions Criticize AFL-CIO Leadership 05.16.2005, 06:29 PM Some of organized labor's largest unions criticized the AFL-CIO's leadership Monday, contending the federation's proposal for organizing ...via
Activist tries to 'arrest' Rove at mortgage bankers convention (USA Today) A woman tried to "arrest" Karl Rove for treason while the former White House aide was appearing at a meeting of the Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday in San Francisco, according
Mortgage-Insurer Defaults Hit Record (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Mortgage insurers saw defaults rise to a new monthly record in November, according to data published Monday by an industry trade group.read more...