by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Real Estate, Series - Foreclosure Fraud, Wrongful Foreclosure
Here, the fifth in a series of posts explaining the hows and whys of ForeclosureGate and the Florida Home Loan Fraud crisis: more and more fraudulent acts are discovered as investigations begin into widespread mortgage fraud. As discussed in Part 4 of this series,... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Foreclosure Fraud, Series - Foreclosure Fraud, Wrongful Foreclosure
Here, the fourth in a series of posts explaining the hows and whys of ForeclosureGate and the Florida Home Loan Fraud crisis: blatant acts of fraud are performed by lenders, lawyers, and others who should know better. As the number of homeowners defaulting on their... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Homestead, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Loan Modification, Real Estate, Short Sales, Underwater Mortgage
Earlier this week, RealtyTrac released its second quarter U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report which confirmed the statistics released earlier by Moody’s Investor Service (discussed in last week’s post) insofar as pre-foreclosure short sales are increasing in... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Series - Foreclosure Fraud, Wrongful Foreclosure
This is the third post in a series of posts explaining the hows and whys of ForeclosureGate and the Florida Home Loan Fraud crisis: In a rush to get paperwork filed to foreclose on defaulted mortgages, lenders cut corners and ignored the law, sometimes intentionally.... by Larry Tolchinsky | Appraisal Fraud, Florida Foreclosures, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Wrongful Foreclosure
The Federal Bureau of Investigation keeps track of all sorts of crime, including Mortgage Fraud, and every year since 2006 it releases its annual report on how bad mortgage fraud is in the United States. This week, the FBI’s 2010 Mortgage Fraud Report was...