Tag: home loans

Why didn’t they start this years ago, before the collapse? The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal inquiries into 14 companies as part of a wide-ranging investigation of the troubled mortgage industry, F.B.I. officials said Tuesday. The F.B.I. said it was looking into possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations in connection with […]

Things are getting worse. Major banks and mortgage companies yesterday sharply accelerated an industry consolidation that is set to change the landscape of American lending, while a convergence of events exposed fresh worries about the U.S. economy. New indications emerged yesterday that the spiraling subprime mortgage crisis is spreading from home loans to credit cards, […]