Feds Make Major Fraud Sweep Hundreds of real estate brokers and two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were charged with deceiving clients. Bob Orr reports. 06/20/2008
MoneyWatch Alexis Christoforous reports on the Bear Stearns execs charged with hedge fund fraud; the arrests of 400 real estate brokers for mortgage fraud; and GM will reduce production of its trucks and SUVs. 06/20/2008
Tighter Rules For Lenders A Federal plan to regulate mortgage lenders aims to stop another subprime crisis from occurring. But, as Nancy Cordes reports, little assistance is being offered to those affected by the current one. 03/29/2008
Home Unsold, Mortgage Brokers Open ... The downturn in the housing market appears to have driven two N.Y. homeowners to desperate, illegal measures when their property went unsold. Police say the couple, both mortgage brokers, turned ...09/10/2007
Mortgage Mania Plunging interest rates have turned homeowners into "serial refinancers" leaving mortgage brokers frantically trying to keep up with incoming calls from consumers. 07/26/2002
Web Security Fails Again A security breach in software used by many mortgage brokers has caused the loan applications of at least 700 Americans to be divulged on the Internet. 11/16/2000
Housing Markets Go From Hot To Cool For the first time since the census bureau started counting, the population in sunny Broward County, Fla., is falling, Kelly Cobiella reports. And the credit crunch can mean some once-booming ...
03/20/2008
Renters Caught Up In Foreclosure Crisis Thirty-eight percent of foreclosures now involve rental properties, and that means banks are booting out a lot of renters. Ben Tracy reports victims are left with few good options.
03/27/2008
Housing Prices Go Thru The Roof If you're looking to sell, it might be good news, but the dramatic climb in median home prices in the U.S. in the past few years has would-be homeowners and renters really feeling the pinch. CBS ...
06/15/2006
SEC Finds Credit Raters Had Conflicts... The three main credit-rating agencies failed to rein in conflicts of interest in giving high ratings to risky securities backed by subprime mortgages, federal regulators said Tuesday.
07/08/2008
"Short Sales" Climb As Homeowners ... With house prices plummeting, foreclosures are on the rise. And as families try to avoid the stigma of foreclosure, there's a rising number of what's called "short sales." Anthony Mason explains, ... 06/24/2008
How To Stop "Recycling Debt" Early Show financial adviser Ray Martin answers viewer questions on that, whether to put money toward paying down the mortgage or toward retirement, and whether to cash out a 401(k) to pay off a ... 06/14/2008
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