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Fraudulent mortgage foreclosure scheme in Butte County warn district attorney and county-clerk reporter (Gridley Herald)
Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey and County Clerk-Recorder Candace Grubbs today, warned local property owners in the process of foreclosure, to beware of persons offering to save their property from foreclosure. The perpetrators are contacting owners of property against which a notice of default has been recorded,the first step in the foreclosure process. The scheme is supposed to work ...
2008-04-11 10:23:19 -
Speculator pleads guilty to mortgage fraud (Business First of Columbus)
A Columbus real estate speculator pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and fraud charges related to a mortgage fraud scheme that netted him more than $2.6 million.
2008-04-11 10:28:03 -
Korean immigrant-investor ventures out to West End (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Let other Korean investors pour money into Gwinnett County's new "Little Korea." Suna Om is an inner-city gal – a kind of Korean-American ambassador on the streets of the West End. The real estate developer bought a corner of the southwest Atlanta neighborhood for about $3.5 million last year and plans to build a Marriott in the business district. "I want to be the bridge between the West End ...
2008-04-11 10:52:51 -
Local Realtors face federal charges (Middletown Journal)
Two local Realtors and a Cincinnati man face federal charges for allegedly defrauding a mortgage company, WKRC-12 reported.
2008-04-11 11:16:40 -
Martha Kearney's week (BBC News)
The BBC's Martha Kearney recalls a strange encounter or two in the pub.
2008-04-11 12:35:21 -
Wells Fargo Introduces New Features to Help Commercial Card Customers Reduce Fraud, Control Spending (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wells Fargo & Company said today it will soon offer proprietary single-use accounts to its commercial card customers for business-to-business purchases. Both Visa and MasterCard commercial card customers will be able to use the pre-approved accounts that reduce fraud and control spending.
2008-04-11 01:30:00 -
The Fergus Falls Daily Journal (Fergus Falls Daily Journal)
With just two weeks left until the federal and state tax-filing deadline of April 15, state Sen. Dan Skogen, DFL-Hewitt, is reminding Minnesota taxpayers about the state Property Tax Refund Program, as well as new income subtractions that are available since the Legislature passed a tax bill on March 6.
2008-04-11 10:03:22 -
Citizens Advice Bureau's district manager David Gooding writes for the Observer (Rugby Observer)
THE CAB is seeing more people who are struggling to pay their mortgages due to increasing costs. Some who took out mortgages with an initial discount period that has now come to an end have seen their monthly payments rise dramatically, stretching their household budgets to breaking point.
2008-04-11 10:07:33 -
Related content (Business News Americas)
"Colombia is a country that is evolving very well and we would like to gain a little bit more market share there," he said. In October 2005, BBVA became Colombia's largest private lender after winning the auction for state-owned mortgage lender Granahorrar.
2008-04-11 10:41:57 -
Congressional inaction fueling subprime inferno (The Middlesboro Daily)
Imagine an enormous wildfire blazing through the country, incinerating house after house. Firefighters are exhausted. Reporters are out in droves, calling the play-by-play. Politicians don their blue jeans and lament the crisis for the cameras.
2008-04-11 10:56:09 -
MGIC Investment Corporation Schedules 1st Quarter 2008 Earnings Call (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MGIC Investment Corporation has announced plans to release its 1st quarter 2008 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, April 17, 2008.
2008-04-11 11:04:00 -
Revised: Fitch Rates Summit County Port Authority, Ohio's Bond Fund 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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2008-04-11 11:25:00 -
Clinton and Obama mostly the same on policy (CNews)
WASHINGTON - Democrats just can't decide whether Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a better presidential nominee, and there's some good reason for that. When it comes to policy, they are closely aligned.
2008-04-11 11:51:34 -
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-11 19:46 GMT: Triad says still OK with Freddie, Fannie (Interactive Investor)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Triad Guaranty Inc., burdened by recent ratings downgrades, said Friday it is still eligible to insure loans from government-backed mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2008-04-11 11:52:02 -
Triad Continues to Write Business; Negotiations with Investor Group are Progressing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SALEM, N.C., April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Triad Guaranty Inc. today said that despite rating downgrades it continues to be a qualified mortgage insurer with the GSEs and is continuing to write new mortgage insurance business.
2008-04-11 09:30:00