Data shows mortgage fraud is increasing, so it is important to know what is considered to be mortgage fraud and how to avoid common schemes and scams.

Merchants Bank of Indiana revealed it had fewer bad loans attributable to mortgage fraud in its most recent quarter. The regional bank wrote down about $30 million in loans in the third quarter, ...

A loan summary from the Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union in May 2021 reads: “Property Use: Vacation Home.” Additionally, public records in Fulton County, Georgia, reviewed by NBC News show that no ...

The Trump administration has spent months accusing political opponents of mortgage fraud — targeting Federal Reserve board ...

Mortgage fraud happens when someone omits or falsifies information in connection with the process of buying a house. This can be from predatory lenders trying to defraud borrowers or from borrowers ...

The Trump administration’s latest allegations of mortgage fraud have raised questions about a long-standing housing issue known as owner-occupancy mortgage fraud. But that type of fraud can be ...

WASHINGTON — In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday, lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook disputed allegations by a Trump administration official that she committed mortgage ...

A Federal Reserve Board governor, Lisa Cook, as she fights President Trump’s attempt to remove her from the central bank’s board of directors, has explicitly denied allegations of mortgage fraud for ...