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Bills address state mortgage fraud problems (The Fresno Bee)
Posted by mortgage 796 days ago (Editorial)
Editorial: Crack down on mortgage fraud (The Sacramento Bee)
Posted by mortgage 796 days ago (Editorial)
California is the No. 1 state for mortgage fraud, according to the FBI's annual mortgage fraud report for 2008.
Norwegian towns sue Citigroup over subprime loss (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Posted by mortgage 907 days ago (Editorial)
Seven Norwegian towns, some clustered around the Arctic Circle, have sued US banking giant Citigroup for more than 200 million dollars of losses plus damages linked to the sub-prime mortgage crisis, their lawyer said Tuesday.
Worse than subprime? Other mortgages are imploding slowly (Detroit Free Press)
Posted by mortgage 952 days ago (Editorial)
WASHINGTON ? Call it son of subprime. Experts warn that a new wave of mortgage foreclosures may be coming soon and could rival the default rates for subprime mortgages and slow efforts to find bottom in a prolonged national housing slump.
Franklin Credit hitting the streets to urge mortgage paybacks (BizJournals)
Posted by mortgage 956 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
The subprime mortgage company that brought Huntington Bancshares Inc. to its knees is pounding the pavement in an attempt boost collections on mortgages it services for the Columbus bank.
New Consumer Agency Would Revamp Mortgage Oversight (Nasdaq)
Posted by mortgage 956 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A proposed new consumer protection agency would have vast powers to overhaul U.S. mortgage lending practices, upending current federal rules aimed at protecting home buyers.
Live Blogging Ken Lewis on Capitol Hill (New York Times)
Posted by mortgage 962 days ago (Editorial)
Bank of America ?s chief executive, Kenneth D. Lewis, testified Thursday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is looking into his bank?s acquisition of Merrill Lynch . Mr. Lewis told lawmakers that he was pressured by the government to complete the deal.
SEC Charges Ex-Countrywide CEO Mozilo with Fraud (SmartPros Accounting)
Posted by mortgage 962 days ago (Editorial)
June 5, 2009 (Associated Press) WASHINGTON - Angelo Mozilo, the man who rode the housing boom to build Countrywide Financial Corp. into a California colossus of high-risk mortgage lending, has been charged with civil fraud and illegal insider trading by federal regulators who accuse him of deceiving shareholders and profiting on confidential information.
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