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. But our ANP reporter attending the meeting found the bankers in a celebratory mood. The reason? A massive lobbying campaign against bankruptcy reform legislation known as “cram-down” appeared [...]
Criminal fraud may be the most underreported aspect of our current financial crisis. In this “Road to Ruin” report, former subprime lenders from Ameriquest, once the country’s largest lender, describe a system rife with fraud. They describe how a “by-any-means-necessary” policy pushed employees to cut corners and falsify documents on bad mortgages and then sell [...]
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Aek Chabi 49th Epi (originally telecast 091207)
Congress is considering a mortgage lending bailout, but most Americans agree its the wrong approach by a 2-1 margin. The housing market is adjusting to an oversupply of housing stock and the failure of some high risk borrowers to meet their mortgage agreements. After years of steady growth in housing prices and a historic expansion [...]