HSBC may be involved in more fraud. They claim they monitor mortgage fraud but this one suspects they may be perpetrating it instead. Here is a customer report:
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Nebraska residents experiencing problems with HSBC’s Household Finance, Decision One Mortgage, and Benficial Finance are encouraged to contact the Nebraska Department of Banking. One may do so online here.
Radian Guaranty announced Monday results of a recent survey of adults nationwide, of whom two-thirds own their current home and 47% have a home mortgage. The study revealed that 52% of the participants said they were no more than somewhat knowledgeable about the mortgage options available to them at the time they purchased their homes, according to the announcement.
Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:31 p.m. ET
By ROBERT TANNER AP National Writer
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — Like many homeowners around here, Janet Kisling owes a pile of debt on little more than a pile of debris. She has a $1,000-a-month mortgage on a home that is uninhabitable.
Of Decision One, HSBC writes: “While Decision One makes the final credit decision on these loans, the mortgages are sourced by a network of independent brokers, rather than retail branches open to consumers.” HSBC goes on to make a final distinction: “The lending model of HSBC Mortgage follows a substantially different business model, and offers a different product mix, than HSBC Consumer Lending or Decision One.”

