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Indiana Piles On

Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter has brought a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp., making it the latest of a half dozen states going after the nation’s former number one mortgage lender for improper lending practices (see Reuters article here). This … Continue reading

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SEC Requests Subprime Mortgage Docs from National City

From a story published in the Louisville Courier-Journal: “The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested documents from National City Corp. relating to the sale of its former subprime mortgage unit and other matters as part of an informal probe, … Continue reading

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