As promised, federal authorities have amped up criminal mortgage fraud prosecutions. ...more

November 6, 2009

At the peak of the housing boom, an unemployed Tampa day trader managed to get two mortgages worth more than $300,000, despite having no income, authorities say. ...more

November 4, 2009

As promised, federal authorities have amped up criminal mortgage fraud prosecutions. ...more

November 3, 2009

CHICAGO (AP) — Capmark Financial Group, one of the nation's largest commercial real estate lenders, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting bad debt. ...more

October 25, 2009

One of our most distinguished contributors to the Hernando Today letters to the editor posed a most significant question today, asking, "Why do Elected Officials refuse to listen to us?" ...more

October 24, 2009

Two plans to attack the credit crisis are careening into each other. The Obama administration is trying to reignite lending by enticing private lenders to buy the toxic assets that have been stuck on the balance sheets of banks. ...more

March 28, 2009

These days, you access an ATM at the grocery, the pharmacy, the gas station, the hardware store, the office, even the ballpark. You can check your Bank of America balance on your iPhone. You can text Chase, and Chase will text you back. ...more

February 22, 2009

Money used to be like religion or sex: It wasn't talked about in polite company. ...more

November 9, 2008

The reason most people object to a bailout of our financial elite is that no provision addresses the root cause of the problem. ...more

October 6, 2008

The FDIC's agreement to share potential multibillion-dollar losses on Wachovia Corp.'s mortgage loans with buyer Citigroup Inc. is a way for the government to ensure a solution at the least cost to taxpayers, banking experts say. ...more

September 30, 2008