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Mortgage alert: Borrowers change how they cheat

The good news: Fewer borrowers are lying on their mortgage applications. The bad news: The remaining cheaters may be pulling a more dangerous scam. Instead of inflating their home prices, they are now inflating their incomes and assets, according to … Continue reading

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Housing Foreclosures Start to ‘Flare-Up’ Again

In California, foreclosures slowed dramatically last year due to a new law designed to protect homeowners, the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, and due to the $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement with mortgage servicers over so-called “robo-signing” foreclosure paperwork fraud. … Continue reading

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Bay Area man sent to prison for $2.9 million fraud

By The Associated Press Associated Press June 18, 2012 06:43 PM Copyright Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Monday, June 18, 2012 Article source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/18/state/n184348D61.DTL

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