posted by Jerry on Feb 21
Your real estate agent says it’s no big deal, but IT IS a big deal. Even lying on your application is already a mortgage fraud perhaps because you don’t know that much and it seems that you doubt about being approved on your Crosby mortgage loan application.
Another term for mortgage fraud is ‘creative financing’ because the individual ‘customizes’ some information on the application or real estate document. This kind of fraud actually started in the 1970s. During those times, if the lender discovered that there was some false information on your application, you could immediately find yourself in jail and more often than not, it required immediate full payment of your loan or pay six-figure fines.
There are various mortgage fraud activities. An individual who claims a property that s/he actually doesn’t have is one example of a fraud activity that is very common in mortgage loan applications. Another example is when an individual gives an inflated appraisal in order to obtain a mortgage for more than Homes in Decatur IL is actually worth. If the borrower pretends to be the person who is actually buying the property, this is surely a type of mortgage fraud. An individual pretends to provide financial help to a financially stressed homeowner in order to skim off equity from the property.
Since mortgage fraud refers to many activities done by buyers, sellers, agents, and even mortgage lenders themselves, here are some of the mortgage fraud indicators according to Fannie Mae’s Mortgage Fraud Overview (2007):
1. Loan participants/Motivations
2. Information discrepancies
3. SSN discrepancies
4. Document discrepancies
5. Undisclosed Mortgages
These indicators in Fannie Mae’s report was further broke down into Loan application, Credit Report, Employment and Income Verification and Appraisal. Be informed with these red flags so you can guard yourself as well as your investment and cash and if you are specifically involved in any real estate transactions. Fannie Mae suggests that you know the people with whom you do business with, educate yourself with the common mortgage schemes, ensure that every document is accurate, and report any suspicious mortgage fraud activity that you know