Keyword: Foreclosure

May 11, 2009

Road to Ruin: Mortgage Fraud Scandal Brewing

By Lagan Sebert

Criminal fraud may be the most underreported aspect of our current financial crisis...

Apr 30, 2009

Mortgage Bankers Celebrate Victory

By Lagan Sebert

You would think this year's Mortgage Bankers Association annual meeting would be a rather solemn affair -- given the criticism the industry has endured in recent months...

Apr 15, 2009

Road to Ruin: Burned by Brokers

By Lagan Sebert David Murdock

Economists, politicians, and pundits refer to "toxic assets" as if they are some unspeakable stew bubbling in a barrel behind an old warehouse...

Jan 07, 2009

Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis

By Lagan Sebert

The financial crisis seems as if it emerged from nowhere and struck as hard and fast as lightning...

Dec 19, 2008

Congress Ignored Critical Bailout Oversight

By Danielle Ivory Lagan Sebert

On December 19th, Henry Paulson urged Congress to release the second half of the $700 billion of the bailout money...

Nov 21, 2008

Bank Eat Bank: Bailout Encourages Mergers

By Danielle Ivory Lagan Sebert

With newfound bailout money in their wallets, big banks have been rushing to gobble up smaller ones...

Oct 17, 2008

Foreclosed Home Front: One Mother’s Struggle

By Steven Greenstreet

Today Jocelyn Voltaire will lose her home ...

Oct 15, 2008

No Debate: Hempstead is Struggling

By Steven Greenstreet

Today a horde of journalists descends on Hempstead, NY, to cover the third and final presidential debate...

Oct 10, 2008

Cutting back in Quakertown, PA

By Mike Fritz

All over the country Americans are spending less because of the sputtering economy...

Oct 07, 2008

Fallout on Main Street: Shops Feeling the Pinch

By David Murdock

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