As more Floridians face losing their homes to foreclosure, more crooks emerge to take advantage of them, and the state's attorney general says the problem has become a crisis. ...more

March 27, 2009

The state's top mortgage regulator is keeping his job, at least for two more weeks. The governor and Cabinet this morning gave Financial Regulations Director Don Saxon until Aug. 12 to come back with proposals to ensure convicted felons are not being licensed as mortgage brokers. ...more

July 29, 2008

Florida's top mortgage regulator will likely get at least a temporary reprieve today from calls for his ouster over revelations that his office licensed thousands of mortgage brokers with criminal backgrounds. ...more

July 29, 2008

A second group called on Tuesday for Florida's top mortgage regulator to step down, a day after the state's chief financial officer asked for his resignation. ...more

July 23, 2008

Federal authorities, responding to the subprime-mortgage crisis, have formed a task force to determine whether lenders or Wall Street firms participated in fraud. ...more

May 6, 2008