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  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Trabuco Canyon's Lila Rizk Guilty in Massive Real Estate Fraud

    UPDATE: At her sentencing in a Los Angeles federal court today, Trabuco Canyon's Lila Rizk received a three-year prison term for her role in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that caused tens of millions of dollars in losses to federally insured banks.​A federal jury on Aug. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    $3.6 Million Fraud Plot Used Several Mortgages on Same House

    Not the home in question but an amazing facsimile.​A married couple from Fountain Valley and a Newport Coast mortgage broker are scheduled to be arraigned in a Santa Ana courthouse this morning for their alleged roles in a $3.6 million fraud scheme that involved several mortgages being taken out o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    AG Jerry Brown Goes After OC Mortgage Loan Modifiers

    AG Jerry Brown and his suede-denim secret police are coming after OC loan modification companies. ​ California Attorney General Jerry Brown is cracking down on 133 Orange County-based home loan modifiers, reports Orange County Register "Mortgage Insider" Matthew Padilla. Anyone who read Clockwork' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Even Swanky Hotel Owners Can't Afford Their Mortgage

    Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., a San Clemente-based real estate investment trust, will default on the June mortgage payment for its swanky W Hotel San Diego property and turn over the 258-room downtown hotel to lenders, after failing to lower interest payments.The hotel has been hurt by "significant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    It's a Quick Read 22: Weekend and Monday Edition

    Orange County Register: Robbins: The chance of dying in Orange County from a natural disaster is relatively low. This is based on a study Fox News cheerily lables "the death map." . . . Wisckol: A 59-year-old Aliso Viejo woman's description of kissing President Barack Obama on his cheek at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Welcome to the Poorhouse: Problem Makers Become "Solvers"

    One reason I find myself in the financial fix I am in is because I took took a gamble. The plan hatched with my mortgage broker was to temporarily pay a low, low mortgage--that did not lower my principal--to free up enough cashflow to pay down my credit-card debt. This would improve my credit score ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Welcome to the Poorhouse: From My Bank to Your Ears

    Every thirteen seconds, an American loses his/her home. In 2008, more than 2.3 million families faced foreclosure. If the government doesn't intervene in a muscular way, an estimated 6 million owners will lose their homes in the next three years. Those sobering stats begin a Nation piece that actual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine Foreclosures Are Up and Mortgage Delinquencies Are WAY Up

    Home foreclosures continue to wrack the Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine area, increasing 0.40 percent in December 2008 compared to the previous year. The rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans rose from 0.90 percent in December '07 to 1.30 percent 12 months later, according to First ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    OC Homewreckers Hung Out to Dry

    According to a Department of Justice press release and reported by the Register, Charles Head, a 33-year-old from La Habra and several accomplices have been charged with illegal activities purportedly using the latest mortgage scam to come through the pipeline. One can only expect more scams to ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 10, 1998

    Tourists Trapped

    According to a Department of Justice press release and reported by the Register, Charles Head, a 33-year-old from La Habra and several accomplices have been charged with illegal activities purportedly using the latest mortgage scam to come through the pipeline. One can only expect more scams to ... More >>

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