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  2. Mortgage fraud - Wikipedia

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    Mortgage fraud by borrowers from US Department of the Treasury [7]. Mortgage fraud may be perpetrated by one or more participants in a loan transaction, including the borrower; a loan officer who originates the mortgage; a real estate agent, appraiser, a title or escrow representative or attorney; or by multiple parties as in the example of the fraud ring described above.

  3. Mortgage Fraud Hits New High - AOL

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    According to a new report from the Lexis Nexis Mortgage Asset Research Institute, fraud and misrepresentation in the mortgage market reached record proportions in 2010, costing an estimated $1.5 ...

  4. Owner-occupancy - Wikipedia

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    Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live. [1] The home can be a house , such as a single-family house , an apartment , condominium , or a housing cooperative .

  5. Housing tenure - Wikipedia

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    Housing tenure is a financial arrangement and ownership structure under which someone has the right to live in a house or apartment.The most frequent forms are tenancy, in which rent is paid by the occupant to a landlord, and owner-occupancy, where the occupant owns their own home.

  6. Mortgage Fraud: The Untold Story of the Housing Meltdown

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    Was the financial crisis caused by "systemic failure" or mortgage fraud? Or a combination of the two? And why are so many American homeowners still paying the price? When Travis Paules worked as a ...

  7. Mortgage fraud on the rise: who are the real losers? - AOL

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    The FBI says that 2008 is shaping up to be a "record year" for mortgage fraud, with nearly 30,000 "suspicious activity reports" filed in the first half, compared with 46,000 for all of 2007 ...

  8. Foreclosure rescue scheme - Wikipedia

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    Equity stripping or equity skimming is a variation on lease-buyback and is one of the most common types of foreclosure rescue schemes. [4] In it, the perpetrator assumes ownership of the house while allowing the former owner to continue living there, provided that s/he pay rent to the perpetrator, who is the new owner.

  9. Real Estate Fraud: The Story of the Ponzi Scheme Widow - AOL

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    The ultimate victim of a real estate Ponzi scheme mastermind, who allegedly defrauded millions of dollars from his clients, could turn out to be his own wife of 38 years. The lesson for homeowners ...