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Boiler rooms, foreclosure mills: The story of America’s mortgage industry

By Michael Hudson

October 7, 2010

The news about the nation’s foreclosure scandal has been coming fast and furious, driven by tales of backdated documents, false affidavits a

Excerpts from this story referencing "Center for Public Integrity":

"… far from alone, at Ameriquest and other lenders around the country.As the Center for Public Integrity documented in its 2009 report, Economic Meltdown: The Subprime 25, many of …"

Obama won't sign notary bill that might speed home foreclosures

By Michael Hudson

October 7, 2010

The White House announced this afternoon that President Barack Obama would not sign a bill to ease restrictions on interstate commerce, whic

Where’s the HAMP loan data?

By Julie Vorman

October 27, 2010

The Treasury Department should stop dragging its feet and release some of the specific loan-level data it has collected from mortgage servic

Some foreclosure rescue scams involve lawyers, mortgage errors

By Julie Vorman

August 17, 2010

Desperate U.S. homeowners facing foreclosure are being duped by con artists. The scammers employ a variety of schemes such as a “forensic mo

Reform Roundup: What the foreclosure lawyers did edition

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

Data confirms that securitized mortgages less likely to be modified

By Amy Biegelsen

February 10, 2011

Government data analyzed by Federal Reserve economists shows what many home owners have already learned the hard way: Consumers have a muc

Borrower Nightmares: Disabled homeowner alleges broker, bank sold her mortgage she couldn’t afford

By Ben Hallman

September 2, 2011

Queens woman fights foreclosure on her childhood home

Excerpts from this story referencing "Emigrant Mortgage Co.":

"… he said. But that wasn’t the loan that the broker had asked the lender, Emigrant Mortgage Co. of New York to approve, Mosunic’s lawsuit alleges. An hour later, Mosun …"