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We receive reports for our consumer advocacy and watchdog website Household – HSBC Watch. What we are hearing form homeowners does not correspond with what we are seeing in the news. The discrepancy prompted us to investigate. What we found is disturbing. The news seems to speak to investors and the [...]
We receive input from many of you and we are wondering about Saxon Mortgage once again. It seems insurance companies bill Saxon well ahead of time, but 30 days later Saxon sends letters to the homeowner. The letters say that hazard insurance has not been paid. Yes, there may be a transition [...]
We receive reader input almost every day. Last summer we wrote about mortgage lenders and servicers that call customers, often before the due date. Many of those lenders are gone, erased from the financial landscape altogether. Nobody will miss them. But it seems Saxon Mortgage has joined this group. Calling [...]
This was submitted by a reader: LONDON (AP) – The British government injected an unprecedented 37 billion pounds ($63 billion) into some of the country’s leading banks Monday to avoid a full-scale collapse of the sector.
In return for the rescue, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Lloyds TSB Group PLC and HBOS PLC [...]
Who is the biggest subprime lender in America? It is not an American bank. It is HSBC, which is headquartered in London. HSBC stands for Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Corp. HSBC was quick to appeal the initial bailout proposal that banks must be US-based. HSBC is also eligible [...]
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