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FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
The correlation is apparent in the report’s list of the top states for mortgage fraud: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. An illegal property flipping scheme involves fraudulent appraisals and loan documents for a straw buyer who never intends to pay off the loan. If not caught, the flipper pockets the profit produced by the artificially inflated The FBI recently came out with its 2006 Mortgage Fraud Report , which somewhat anticlimactically concludes that there is “a strong correlation between mortgage fraud and loans which result in default or foreclosure.”
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Mortgage Reform to Calm Foreclosure Storm
In an attempt to address the recent downturn in the real estate market — evidenced by rising foreclosures and falling home prices and which many believe may threaten to undermine the overall economy — the House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that imposes more stringent regulatory oversight of the mortgage industry. Requires creditors to determine, based on verified and documented information, that a consumer has a reasonable ability to repay the loan, according to its terms, and all applicable taxes, insurance, and assessments. Called The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, the bill ( H.R.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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May Home Prices Down 4.8 Percent
Home prices were down again in May, but a few regions of the country experienced a ever-slight uptick in prices from the previous month, giving officials at the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) a chance to be cautiously optimistic in the press release announcing the numbers. "It Nationwide, the OFHEO report showed home prices in May were down 0.3 quot;It is very hard to draw conclusions from a one-month number, especially in these uncertain times; but the numbers in the Pacific, East and West North Central Divisions may be good signs," said OFHEO Director James B.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • May Home Prices Down 4.8 Percent
    Home prices were down again in May, but a few regions of the country experienced a ever-slight uptick in prices from the previous month, giving officials at the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) a chance to be cautiously optimistic in the press release announcing the numbers. "It Nationwide, the OFHEO report showed home prices in May were down 0.3 quot;It is very hard to draw conclusions from a one-month number, especially in these uncertain times; but the numbers in the Pacific, East and West North Central Divisions may be good signs," said OFHEO Director James B.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
    The correlation is apparent in the report’s list of the top states for mortgage fraud: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. An illegal property flipping scheme involves fraudulent appraisals and loan documents for a straw buyer who never intends to pay off the loan. If not caught, the flipper pockets the profit produced by the artificially inflated The FBI recently came out with its 2006 Mortgage Fraud Report , which somewhat anticlimactically concludes that there is “a strong correlation between mortgage fraud and loans which result in default or foreclosure.”
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
    READ MORE
  • Mortgage Reform to Calm Foreclosure Storm
    In an attempt to address the recent downturn in the real estate market — evidenced by rising foreclosures and falling home prices and which many believe may threaten to undermine the overall economy — the House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that imposes more stringent regulatory oversight of the mortgage industry. Requires creditors to determine, based on verified and documented information, that a consumer has a reasonable ability to repay the loan, according to its terms, and all applicable taxes, insurance, and assessments. Called The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, the bill ( H.R.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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