Had a Florida bait and tackle shop covered up an offending fish painting with the U.S. flag, it could have avoided additional tickets under the Clearwater municipal sign ordinance.
In these days of crisis, a foreclosure takes place every 13 seconds in the U.S. So, doing the math, that means more than 400 foreclosures were initiated somewhere in the…
The federal Office of Thrift Supervision ignored inflated appraisals and lax lending standards that led to the failure of California-based IndyMac Bancorp, according to a report by the U.S. Treasury…
Updated: At first, it was a painting of game fish on an exterior wall of a Florida bait and tackle shop that drew adverse attention from sign code enforcement…
In an effort to increase the pool of potential homeowners, the city council of Houston was considering paying some personal credit card bills with taxpayer funds.
Several buyers who say they were somehow prequalified to purchase expensive Seattle condos utilizing mortgages they couldn’t possibly afford are now suing the bank that allegedly put them in this…
Wachovia Federal Savings Bank filed suit yesterday against a 57-year-old New York attorney, contending that he pocketed $1.8 million as part of an alleged mortgage fraud scheme concerning his deceased…
As President Barack Obama today announced a $75 billion federal mortgage bailout plan intended to help up to 9 million homeowners avert foreclosure, courts are already busy dealing with a…
Testifying yesterday in a co-defendant’s federal mortgage fraud trial in Tampa, Florida attorney John Yanchek admitted that he had repeatedly lied to banks to help his clients get loans that…
The ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates this morning passed a series of resolutions aimed at improving insurance protection for individuals and companies affected by natural disasters.
There’s a new foreclosure in the United States every 13 seconds. So, doing the math, during the 90-minute program “Foreclosing on the American Dream” at the Feb 13, 2009 9:34 PM CST
A jury reached a verdict yesterday in the trial of two tenants accused of illegally creating extra rooms that doomed two New York firefighters in the so-called Black Sunday blaze…
Lawyers and other “gatekeepers,” such as mortgage and real estate brokers, should be prime targets in upcoming criminal prosecutions of widespread fraud underlying the current economic crisis, officials said at…
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