Mortgage fraud bills sent to Schwarzenegger

As financial carnage from the housing crash continues across California, state lawmakers have sent several bills that crack down on mortgage fraud to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk.

In recent days, the Assembly and Senate have jointly passed bills to ban loan modification companies from asking for upfront fees and make mortgage brokers put their customers’ financial needs ahead of their own commissions.

They’ve also limited the size of pre-payment penalties and added California to the roster of states ... Read more