4 Articles match "Florida","Fraud","May"

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• FBI: Mortgage Fraud Begets Foreclosure
  
  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.” 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. Six of those states also appeared in RealtyTrac’s list of states with the highest foreclosure rates in 2006. The FBI also lists Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri,
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Florida Homeowners Overconfident Despite Foreclosures?
  
  Results of a new study released last week by Attorneys Title Insurance Fund (The Fund) suggests that Florida homeowners are feeling pretty good nowadays about the value of their homes and the potential for those values to rise further in the future. Their least concern: falling victim to mortgage fraud -- even though the survey says that Florida is the top state in the nation for such fraud (something that is, unfortunately, always associated with real estate investors working in the foreclosure arena). Their biggest concern: being hit by a hurricane. Between those
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Burning Down the House
  
  Foreclosures nationwide are heating up, especially in once-supercharged real estate bubbles like Florida, California, Nevada and Arizona. Foreclosure fraud — and now arson and insurance fraud — are becoming issues in Michigan and across the country. As foreclosures continue to rise, tragic stories like the case against the Gaines Township woman may grow as well. For many real estate investors, the foreclosure market is smoking. But in Michigan, where foreclosures are widespread and a hot market for real estate investors, people are burning down the homes to avoid
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality
  
  Could it be that the nice person carefully writing down your social security number and financial information has committed fraud, is barred from selling loans in another state or never took a mortgage financing class? The short answer is that it’s set up to reduce mortgage fraud and assure that state-licensed loan officers meet minimum educational requirements. National Registration For Loan Officers Becomes Reality By Peter G. Miller     What do you know about your loan officer?
  www.realtytrac.com - Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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