Broker sentenced for mortgage fraud - 2004-03-26
A Pompano Beach woman has been sentenced for her involvement in what the government summarized as a mortgage fraud scheme in which a dozen Florida families lost their homes and equity.


Her sentence follows a conviction for grand theft on March 15. According to investigators with the state's Office of Financial Regulation, which said it helped the Broward County State Attorney's Office in the investigation.
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Mortgage lending set to rise again - 2004-03-26
Mortgage lending looks likely to recover following a subdued month in February, figures showed yesterday.

The British Bankers' Association said just £13.55bn was advanced last month, the lowest figure since March 2003, although it added that February was usually the slowest month of the year and the fall was "largely expected".
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