Foreclosure

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The former Countrywide Financial Corp., whose subprime loans helped start the nation's foreclosure crisis, made hundreds of discount loans to buy influence with members of Congress, congressional staff, top government officials and executives of troubled mortgage...

BISMARCK -- North Dakota banking officials are cautioning owners of flood-damaged homes about the consequences of giving up and walking away. Several Minot banks said Friday they aren't seeing customers who want to abandon their homes and their mortgages. But most of the city's...