Map: Lenders Line up on Victory Drive

May 15, 5:50 a.m.

The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers in a World of Hurt

May 13, 9 a.m.

Many people know the dangers of payday loans. But “installment loans” also have sky-high rates and work by getting borrowers — usually poor — to renew over and over. We take you inside one of the biggest installment lenders, billion-dollar World Finance.

For Most Homeowners, Gov’t Foreclosure Deal Brings A Few Hundred Bucks

April 10, 3:44 p.m.

Bank regulators finally announced the details of a settlement with the biggest banks over foreclosure abuses. Most borrowers will receive $500 or less. And the details are confusing.

Feds Replace Flawed Foreclosure Review With Vague $8.5 Billion Settlement

Jan. 8, 10:13 a.m.

Banking regulators admitted the Independent Foreclosure Review was a big expensive mess and shut it down. But many details about the $8.5 billion settlement that replaces it remain murky.

As Foreclosure Crisis Drags On, So Does Flawed Government Response

Dec. 31, 2012, 11:33 a.m.

A look at the government’s response as the foreclosure crisis enters its seventh year.

Cheat Sheet: BofA Supplied Default Answers for ‘Independent’ Foreclosure Claims Reviewers

Dec. 17, 2012, 10:01 a.m.

The Independent Foreclosure Review, the government’s main effort to compensate homeowners for harm by banks, is supposed to be independent from the banks. But in Bank of America’s case, it wasn’t.

Exec Who Allegedly Enabled Fraud Runs Chase’s Effort to Compensate Foreclosure Victims

Nov. 9, 2012, 1:18 p.m.

A former Countrywide and Bank of America executive named by Justice Department lawyers as facilitating a scheme to defraud Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now heads JPMorgan Chase’s involvement in the Independent Foreclosure Review.

Read the Documents Treasury Has Been Keeping Secret

Nov. 8, 2012, 1:05 p.m.

Secret Documents Show Weak Oversight of Key Foreclosure Program

Nov. 8, 2012, 1:05 p.m.

The Obama administration trumpeted its
flagship program to prevent foreclosures, known as HAMP. But it provided shockingly
ineffective oversight.

Where Are the Foreclosure Deal Millions Going in Your State?

Oct. 23, 2012, 3:27 p.m.

We contacted every state to see how they are spending the money they received from the foreclosure settlement. Here’s the most comprehensive breakdown available anywhere.

Doubts About Independent Foreclosure Review Spread

Oct. 19, 2012, 8:59 a.m.

Evidence emerges that the largest banks might be influencing the determination of who was victimized by their own practices.

Is BofA’s Foreclosure Review Really Independent? You Be the Judge

Oct. 11, 2012, 7:56 a.m.

Bank of America and federal regulators say the Independent Foreclosure Review is just that — independent. But documents and interviews indicate it’s not.

Foreclosure Fail: Study Pins Blame on Big Banks

Sept. 11, 2012, 12:35 p.m.

A study by government and academic researchers finds that approximately 800,000 homeowners missed out on mortgage modifications because of big banks’ poor performance.

The Bailout: By The Actual Numbers

Sept. 6, 2012, 8:16 a.m.

While Democrats paint a glowing picture of the bailout, our Bailout Tracker database tells the whole story. A look at the biggest losses and gains stemming from the TARP and Fannie, Freddie bailout.

Big Foreclosure Compensation, But Only for the Right Wrongs

July 3, 2012, 1:01 p.m.

Last month, the government released information on the compensation victims of the banks’ foreclosure practices might receive. For homeowners, it turns out that it’s crucially important just how the bank messed up.

Guiding You Through the Govt’s Foreclosure Compensation Maze

June 6, 2012, 10:55 a.m.

The government promises that harmed homeowners will get compensated —but its programs are confusing. We help navigate them.

Where Are the Foreclosure Deal Millions Going in Your State?

May 22, 2012, 11:26 a.m.

We contacted every state to see how they are spending the money they received from the foreclosure settlement. Here’s the most comprehensive breakdown available anywhere.

Billion Dollar Bait & Switch: States Divert Foreclosure Deal Funds

May 22, 2012, 11:26 a.m.

Under the foreclosure settlement with big banks, states got $2.5 billion to help homeowners. But a comprehensive, state-by-state breakdown shows that almost a billion is going to general use.

Excerpt: At Goldman Sachs Servicer, ‘Total Disaster’

April 11, 2012, 7:53 a.m.

An employee at a mortgage servicer that was owned by Goldman describes the internal chaos that harmed thousands of homeowners and undermined the government’s flagship foreclosure prevention program.