Bank refunding illegal mortgage fees to state residents - 2005-03-24
A New York bank that illegally charged Connecticut residents a fee to process mortgage-release papers is refunding those fees, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday.

In a joint announcement with Banking Commissioner John P. Burke and Department of Consumer Protection
Commissioner Edwin R. Rodriguez, Blumenthal revealed that North Fork Bank will refund or forgive $106,000 in those fees charged to about 1,300 consumers, mostly in New Haven County.
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Can't Be Sure of Credit Status When Refinancing Mortgage - 2005-03-24
Humorist Mason Cooley once said, "Every path to a new understanding starts in confusion." That quotation applies to e-mails I got from confused readers who recently ordered their credit scores to gain a better understanding of where they stood before refinancing their mortgage.

But when a mortgage lender pulled the credit scores not long after the couple did, some of their scores were significantly lower, ranging from 598 to 649.
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