Gladys Walker, a retiree on Social Security, owed less than $1,000 in overdue property taxes on her modest Florida home. So why did Bank of

The largest private landowner in Loudoun County, Virginia, Greenvest LC — the focus of a series of bruising development battles — has defaul

Banks and mortgage servicers accused of foreclosing homes improperly are being put under the microscope by regulators, who will recommend in

Reports of suspected mortgage fraud — fueled by the current economic crisis — are up in 2008, according to two new reports by the FBI and th

In the years before the current economic collapse, it seemed as though everyone was getting in on the subprime mortgage frenzy. Usually, it

Angelo Mozilo, founder and former CEO of Countrywide Financial — the No. 1 subprime lender in America, according to a Center for Public Inte

Just how effective is the Obama Administration’s effort to help homeowners stave off foreclosure? It’s hard to know, in part because detaile

A District nonprofit organization that says it helps cash-strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure is under federal investigation for instead h

It’s foreclosure Friday at Financial Reform Watch as we take a closer look at one of the groups responsible for the latest scandal to engulf

IStar Financial, a New York-headquartered lender, will take ownership of more than 4,100 acres of Loudoun County land previously assembled b