TALLAHASSEE, FL – As part of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory on foreclosure rescue services and foreclosure-related loan modification ...

If you can’t pay your mortgage, you may be able to have it modified. Here’s what to look for.

The U.S. Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) has announced that it has shut down additional online loan modification scams that prey on vulnerable ...

Think you're knowledgeable about the housing market and home financing process? You may consider yourself an expert on mortgages (take this real estate quiz to prove it), especially if you're ...

You've probably seen the pitches on TV and the Internet or found them stuffed in your mail: official-looking communications complete with logos and letterheads that look vaguely like those used by the ...

The Justice Department, U.S. Treasury and other agencies say they are taking more aggressive action to confront “bottom feeders” of the mortgage industry who prey on borrowers facing foreclosure. The ...

WASHINGTON | Top federal and state officials on Monday announced a broad crackdown on mortgage modification scams, accusing "criminal actors" of preying on desperate borrowers caught up in the ...

Not all reverse mortgages are scams, but people exploring them should be extremely wary. Many reverse mortgage scams — carried out by unscrupulous parties from financial advisors to contractors — can ...

Mortgage-relief scams target blacks, Latinos: Since the housing crisis began, nearly half the victims of mortgage loan-modification scams have been of African-American, Latino or Asian descent, ...

A horde of scam artists are preying on St. Louis homeowners facing foreclosure, consumer protection officials say. They're leaving their victims poorer — and still facing foreclosure. Founded in 2016, ...

Fed agencies ramp up efforts against those preying on struggling homeowners. April 6, 2009 — -- The Obama administration has already unveiled its plan to stem the rising home foreclosure rate, ...