That is exactly what it was like at the height of the frenzy a few years back. What was meant for good was turned into a system advancing fraud. The fall out is all around us. Many of the foreclosures happening today can be traced back to the pizza delivery guy making $8,000 a month. [...]

House Bill 2040 is headed to the Governers desk. This bill makes mortgage fraud a felony. According to Inman News: House Bill 2040 would make deliberate misrepresentations to lenders — such as inflated appraisals or falsified borrower incomes used to obtain loans that exceed a home’s true worth — class four felonies, punishable by up [...]

Well, maybe the headline is a bit too harsh. However, the debate is real. There has been some lively discussion over at The Phoenix Real Estate Guy blog post titled “Buying a Higher FICO Score?!?“. This is the post with the thread.  I suggest reading through, there are some really insightful comments. I commented on this [...]