Let's see if you can pass a fairly simple ethics test: ...more

June 19, 2008

The Pasco County real estate market might be showing signs of life. The recent passage of the Amendment No. 1 overhaul of the state's property tax system could be applying the medicine, several local real estate professionals believe. ...more

February 23, 2008

Countrywide Financial Corp. says Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties are among the riskiest communities nationwide in which to make mortgage loans. ...more

January 30, 2008

Countrywide Financial Corp., its stock pummeled this week by rumors of bankruptcy and lackluster housing market forecasts, said Wednesday the percentage of borrowers who missed payments on home loans rose last month, signaling worsening trouble for the nation's largest mortgage lender and the entire mortgage sector. ...more

January 10, 2008

Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults surging by double-digit percentages in the past year and prompting warnings of worse to come. ...more

December 24, 2007

Today, Jane and Enrico Parsons prepare to sit at a table in their attorney's office and sign a document that could keep their lives from crumbling. ...more

November 13, 2007

TAMPA - A Brandon mortgage broker has pleaded guilty to aggravated white collar crime and other charges in a fraud scheme that bilked more than $400,000 from more than 20 people, officials said. ...more

November 5, 2007

Hundreds of customers lined up to withdraw their savings from a British mortgage bank Saturday, ignoring government assurances that their money was safe despite the bank's request for an emergency loan. ...more

September 16, 2007