MORTGAGE FRAUD
Reports of suspected mortgage fraud rose 42 percent last year, and U.S. banks now take a much closer look at loan applications. The most common type of fraud: misrepresentation of income or assets followed by forged documents, misrepresentation of a borrowers' intent to occupy a property, and inflated appraisals.
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