6/7/13
The following is from a recent news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where you can read more...
11/1/12
The Mortgage Fraud Blog is a great way to glimpse the endless creativity of our real estate criminal class. One of yesterday’s posts focused...
7/23/12
According to Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily, Guaranteed Rate Inc. has filed a federal court suit against developer Warren Barr and others alleging a...
5/7/12
Late last week the US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced the indictment of seven individuals on mortgage fraud charges. According to...
2/9/12
A hat tip to the Mortgage Fraud Blog for alerting us to a news release last month from Attorney General Lisa Madigan: Attorney General...
12/16/11
Ken Harney, a nationally syndicated real estate columnist, writes in the Daily Herald: Could today’s seductive conditions in the housing market — severely marked-down...
11/23/11
We’ve occasionally focused on mortgage fraud on Chicago’s South Side, but the West Side has also had more than its share. Today’s new listings...
10/10/11
Back in early August the Feds announced (PDF) the indictment of fourteen individuals charged with engaging in mortgage fraud in the Englewood neighborhood. The...
9/23/11
I’ve visited Chicago’s South Side a dozen times during the past two months, and much of what I’ve seen is dispiriting. There are large...
8/2/11
From this morning’s e-mail: I … did flips and short sales on the south side until early 2007. By then, the vast majority of...
10/16/10
I found the above campaign video via The Welles Park Bulldog, one of the 100s of sites whose feeds we monitor for our Chicago...
8/18/10
“There’s no way any property in this neighbourhood should sell for that kind of money, even if it was in great condition.” – Emilio...