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Florida among top states for mortgage fraud

| 10/1/2018

Florida among top states for mortgage fraud

Florida remains one of the top three states for mortgage application fraud risk. That's according to Core-Logic's latest Mortgage Fraud Report. Among the top 25 metro areas, the Tampa Bay area ranked eighth in the risk-of-application fraud. Reports say that type of fraud is increasing as the lending market shifts from re-financings to purchase loans. New York, New Jersey and Florida remain the top three states for the risk of mortgage fraud, according to the financial services company CoreLogic. Read more at WTXL.

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» CoreLogic's 2018 Mortgage Fraud Report (PDF)

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