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 ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Three Sacramento-area attorneys have been arrested for running what prosecutors say was a loan modification scam that allegedly bilked homeowners out of thousands of dollars ...

“I was running around the house trying to grab things that I needed ... just throwing things in bags," ...

USDA loans: With a USDA loan, you can modify your mortgage with an extended term of up to 40 years, reduce the interest rate ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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 ...

Mortgage scam concept depicted by a figure of a house inside a steel trap. If there’s one thing you should know going into the home-buying or refinancing market this year, it’s this: Mortgage scams ...

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Loan modification programs are initiatives designed to help borrowers who are struggling to make their mortgage payments. These programs provide an opportunity to restructure the terms of a mortgage ...

If there’s one thing you should know going into the home-buying or refinancing market this year, it’s this: Mortgage scams are evolving faster than ever. From phishing tactics to impersonation of ...