A year after five of the nation’s biggest banks reached a pact with state and federal officials over claims of vast foreclosure abuses, the banks are taking credit for giving more than half a million ... Read more
The mortgage servicing company Lender Processing Services agreed to pay $35 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into foreclosure fraud, the Justice Department said on Friday. The ... Read more
A retired married couple committed suicide Tuesday and left a note saying they were going to lose their home, helping stoke an outcry over Spain’s tough eviction laws. The 68-year-old man and ... Read more
SEVERAL readers have surprised the Haggler by rising to the defense of McDonald’s and its in-store ad for the McRib sandwich — “It’s real pork!” — as described in our last ... Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States arm of the British bank HSBC Holdings agreed to pay $249 million to end a case-by-case review of past home foreclosures in the United States, bringing the total ... Read more
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will pay a combined $557 million to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes. ... Read more