Throughout the week we armed brokers with tips on how to avoid fraud in their business, looking at some of the biggest fraud cases of the past 12 months and talking to industry experts on how big a problem fraud is for the mortgage market.
Fighting fraud: No such thing as too much information
Gavin Earnshaw, head of compliance at Pink, talks brokers through the value of credit checks when fighting fraud.
Valuation fraud remains a threat to the industry
The financial crisis started with a mortgage crisis, and xit2’s Mark Blackwell says the industry shouldn’t forget the fact.
CML director highlights fraud in transaction chain
Collusion among groups in the property transaction chain helped to drive up fraud in the housing market, Council of Mortgage Lenders director general Paul Smee argued yesterday.
Mortgage fraud set to rise in 2013
Attempted mortgage fraud will increase next year by 13% as more individuals seek to hide poor financial records, a credit ratings agency has predicted.
Common frauds and how to spot them
Gavin Earnshaw, head of compliance at Pink, guides brokers though some common frauds and offers tips to avoid being caught out.
The red fraud flags mortgage brokers need to spot
Nick Mothershaw, Experian’s director of identity and fraud solutions, urges brokers to do their homework first before optimistically firing off a client’s application.
Marketwatch: Fraud detection on the frontline
We asked our commentators to describe one of the most unusual/complex frauds they had ever careers in the mortgage/property industry.
Regulation alone won’t stamp out fraud
Housing Minister Mark Prisk might, on the face of it, expect more attention than Lord Justice Leveson, according to xit2’s Mark Blackwell.
The top ten fraud stories of 2012
Assuming conmen take time off for Christmas it is almost the end of fraudulent activity for the year. Julia Rampen looks back at the last 12 months of fraud.
