Top 5 States for Mortgage Fraud (US News & World Report)
The sunny state of Florida takes dubious honors.

Top 5 States for Mortgage Fraud - U.S. News & World Report
Top 5 States for Mortgage FraudU.S. News & World Report, DC - 4 hours agoCalifornia ranks second, followed by a three-way tie for third place among Illinois, Maryland, and Michigan. The majority of reports submitted for Florida …

Marco Community Bank sues mortgage lenders (Naples Daily News)
As with many financial institutions, Marco Community Bank suffered significant losses due to unpaid loans and foreclosures over the past two years. But Marco Community Bank is among one of the smallest to date to file a lawsuit against the mortgage lenders who may be responsible for the situation.

City Pacific's grim picture - The Age
City Pacific's grim pictureThe Age, Australia - Sep 1, 2008Another risk element to net assets is the $71 million in second mortgage loans booked as current assets. The City Pacific business model relies on …

Senator Durbin explains new textbook legislation (Daily Vidette)
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) spoke on the second floor of the Bone Student Center Tuesday, to announce that his College Textbook Affordability Act legislation was signed into law last month. The law, which goes into effect in July 2010, aims at lowering the costs of students’ textbooks “so that you don’t have a mortgage on the rest of your life,” Sen.