Ever fantasize about fleeing the winter cold and getting in on the ground floor of a beachfront real estate deal in which you double...

The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Attorneys in Maryland temporarily shut down an alleged $100 million real estate scam in Belize, the FTC announced...

From the New York website: Picture this home purchase nightmare: After weeks of getting ready, you’re about to go to closing. Moving trucks are on...

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission are cracking down on misleading mortgage ads, such as those that impersonate the federal...

The Federal Trade Commission has shuttered Miami mortgage relief company Truman Foreclosure Assistance, after settling a mortgage fraud case that alleged the company regularly...

Recession-hammered homeowners’ credit scores are on the decline across the country, say scoring industry experts, and that makes more consumers vulnerable to scams that...

Bank of America will pony up $108 million to settle charges that Countywide Financial, which it acquired in July 2008, collected excessive mortgage-servicing fees...

A myriad of test kits, inspections and quick fixes on offer for contaminated Chinese drywall has drawn a warning from the Federal Trade Commission....

Palm Beach Gardens-based mortgage brokerage company First Universal Lending was issued a cease-and-desist order after 24 Arkansas residents were allegedly solicited and accepted unlicensed...