The risks from falling home prices - 2005-04-02
When I interviewed for the job that first brought me to New England in 1994, I had meetings with seven different executives.

Four of them were underwater on their mortgage, meaning that if they had to liquidate their home in the Boston suburbs, they would have to bring money to the table to pay off their lender because the home had declined in value.
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Mortgage fraud investigation is a tale of family ties - 2005-04-02
The federal investigation started last summer with a dead man, a slice of Hollywood property and a burned speculator who turned whistleblower, according to court records.

City officials said Milano is under "criminal investigation." The investigation is linked to a $5.5 million mortgage fraud case involving her brother and his wife, Scott and Samantha Johnson, of Parkland. The couple pleaded guilty in February and are cooperating, court records show.
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