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Home Fraud Alert Flip Scheme

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There is a new fraud scheme that is being perpetrated primarily by the “selling Real estate agent or broker”. The scheme also involves a loan officer and a title company. There is nothing legal about this scheme and participants risk significant civil and criminal penalties by engaging in this illicit fraud scheme designed to defraud […]

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The Delinquency Risk Is Rising

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The outlook for surging mortgage delinquencies worsens in a market that has taken several crushing blows. As the housing markets have deteriorated over the summer and a liquidity squeeze challenged credit markets, delinquencies and defaults have jumped. A forecast predicts that these numbers will climb even higher over the next six months. In addition about […]

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Countrywide Bank Surviving Mortgage Meltdown

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California-based lender Countrywide Financial has challenging times ahead amid the skyrocketing default rate in subprime mortgages. The lender announced late last week it would eliminate up to 12,000 jobs nationwide or 20% of its workforce in order to cut costs and deal with the mortgage industry turmoil. Last month the nationwide lender borrowed over 11.5 […]

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Fed Urges Loan Holders to Avoid Default

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September 7, 2007.  The Federal Reserve in addition to banking regulators issued special guidelines urging loan servicing companies to work with borrowers currently in danger of defaulting on their home mortgages. The new guidance which is not mandatory provides hope that companies that collect payments on mortgages would consider the Fed’s advice. More and more […]

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