Very recently the unclean hands doctrine is being applied to borrowers in situations in which a lender's conduct concerning a real estate mortgage is challenged by the borrower.
Roswell Friend, 22, went for his last run on August 18, 2011. Images of him running were captured by security cameras at Temple University -- where he had been a student.
Those who default on their student loans are at risk of having their bank accounts drained and wages garnished — more than 30 years after the fact, ...
For homeowners trying to get reparations in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, it's been a hit-or-miss experience. This week, another group of Americ...
WASHINGTON — The federal government proposed new rules on Tuesday that will give homeowners more ways to avoid foreclosure and get an accurate a...
You'd think that if debt collectors were suing you, they'd want to make a big deal out of it, right? Wrong: Their preferred method of delivery was a plain, first-class letter. Why? Because the mere fact of mailing was considered proper notice.
Well, that was fast. Two states have already announced that they won't be using all of their share of the $25 billion allocated in Thursday's hist...
Less than 20 percent of homeowners who theoretically qualify for a government mortgage modification are actually eligible, according to data released ...
Bankruptcy laws need to be as liberal and generous to the borrower as possible. This ensures that the lenders, the wealthy and the investment banks, actually accept their share of the risk.
WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands of homeowners who took out mortgages with Countrywide Financial Corp. will soon receive their slice of a $108 mill...
LOS ANGELES -- The number of homes taken back by lenders in the first half of this year fell 30 percent compared with the same 2010 period, the result...
The most distressing content most of us have ever seen on Facebook falls within the realm of the overshare: your boss's Vegas stag party pics, or your...
NEW YORK (AP) — Wells Fargo is hoping to make its student loans more attractive to families. The San Francisco-based bank says it is now offering...
WASHINGTON - The number of loan modifications and mortgage repayment plans completed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac declined in the first quarter o...
WASHINGTON (Dave Clarke) - Lenders would be required to make sure prospective borrowers have the ability to repay their mortgages before giving th...
Will homeowners see a penny of the reimbursements that the government has ordered 16 mortgage lenders to pay? Not likely, foreclosure victims and hous...
Some lawmakers, judges and regulators are trying to rein in the U.S. debt-collection industry's use of arrest warrants to recoup money owed by borrowe...
In a report released today, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission found that "reckless" Wall Street firms, an abundance of cheap credit and "weak" f...
The great American Dream of owning a home has never looked so impossible to achieve: roughly 1.65 million homes are in the foreclosure pipeline, housi...
The news is now filled with SEC accusations that Goldman Sachs defrauded investors who bought mortgage-backed securities, allegations Goldman Sachs st...
So far, more than 650,000 borrowers have been enrolled into the initial, or "trial," phase of the program and have seen their payments lowered by an a...
What is the point of microfinancing the poor build up small businesses if it is only to eventually provide wealthy, Western-owned businesses and individuals with even a larger share of the world's wealth?
