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Follow our news on Twitter and Facebook. Updated for: Friday 5-18-2012
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Lenders sniffing out dishonest applicants |
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Thinking about fudging on your application for a mortgage? |
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What You Should Know About Real Estate Valuation |
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Estimating the value of real property is important to a variety of endeavors, including real estate financing, listing real estate for sale, investment analysis, property insurance and the taxation of real estate. |
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Va panel hears mortgage exec's appeal |
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A former mortgage company chief executive convicted of orchestrating a nearly $3 billion fraud scheme is asking a federal appeals panel to reverse his conviction and send the case back for a retrial. |
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Mortgage Lender Residential Finance Corp. Explains Benefits of HARP 2.0 |
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Eliminating appraisals -- Borrowers may be able to forgo a home appraisal. This saves hundreds of dollars and means a faster loan process. |
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Mortgage fraud scheme nets 29-month sentence for D.C. woman |
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A federal judge in Maryland sentenced a Washington woman to 29 months in prison Monday for her role in what prosecutors called a "massive mortgage fraud scheme" — one that ensnared more than 1,000 victims and took in $78 million. |
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Mortgage Q&A: Formula can gauge home equity |
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Q. My wife and I are in the process of a divorce and she wants to remain in the home that we jointly own. We have a mortgage balance of about $342,000. I think we could sell the house for close to $500,000 but she, of course, thinks it’s worth less than $450,000. |
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Mortgage borrowers face litany of questions |
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As a home buyer or refinancer, you’d expect to submit recent pay stubs and bank-account statements when applying for a mortgage loan. |
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Lenders are using a variety of tools to prevent mortgage fraud |
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Don't even think about fudging on your application for a mortgage by inflating your income a tad, checking the box to indicate you're going to live there when you're really not or exaggerating your job description. |
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Mortgage Industry Standardizes on RPost for E-Signatures, Registered Email Proof, and Encryption |
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RPost Services Now Deployed for 4000 Companies Dealing in Home and Commercial Mortgages, for Sending Important Messages and Documents With Time-Stamped Delivery Proof, Electronic Signoff, and Data Privacy Compliance |
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Deutsche Bank pays $202M in NY mortgage fraud deal |
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Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $202 million to settle civil fraud charges brought by the federal government over the practices of a subsidiary it acquired five years ago, authorities announced Thursday. |
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