What are the Five Most Frequently Seen Examples of Mortgage Fraud?
Question: What are the five most frequently seen examples of Mortgage Fraud?
Answer: 30 to 45% of a lender’s total loss is due to mortgage fraud. The best defense in combating mortgage fraud is a good offense. Train your people to know the types of mortgage fraud schemes that exist, how to identify them and how to properly report them. The 5 most common mortgage fraud schemes are:
Identity theft.
Application misrepresentation.
Property flipping.
Straw buyers.
Equity skimming
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