When a California appeals court judge sought a $1 million mortgage and a $900,000 credit line to refinance his 8,200-square-foot home in January 2004, a loan officer for Countrywide Financial…
In the final salvo in a bizarre case of puppy love in a small Texas town, a former mayor pleaded no contest yesterday to a misdemeanor count of filing a…
News of the failed romance of late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and comedienne Sarah Silverman had an unexpected effect on a Northeastern automotive lemon law firm.
As mortgage foreclosure filings in June rose 53 percent from the previous year’s figure, and bank seizures of such homes rose 171 percent, experts say the U.S. is in its…
Existing privacy laws concerning Internet advertising are in good shape, a Federal Trade Commission official said in a hearing today before the Senate Commerce Committee, and any gaps can be…
A real estate listing service that focuses on for-sale-by-owner properties is now offering to home sellers what it says is a nationwide first—an opportunity to purchase prepaid legal services for…
The attorney general of Florida has sued Countrywide Financial Corp. over its mortgage lending practices, contending that they were deceptive and unfair and not properly disclosed in securities filings.
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