Real Estate News – April 3, 2011

Las Vegas judge blocks foreclosure by HOA collection agency (via LasVegasSun.com): http://bit.ly/h5Oh6T

California State Bar Seeks to Yank License of Anti-Foreclosure Attorney (via SanDiegoReader.com): http://bit.ly/fPtDt5

The former chief executive officer of bankrupt Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp pleaded guilty on Friday to his role in a $1.5 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the company’s collapse (via Reuters.com): http://reut.rs/h3zT3A

A teenager whose mother faced losing their home saved his family’s house just in time by winning £250,000 on a lottery scratchcard (via DailyMail.co.uk): http://bit.ly/gfnmoI

Angry and exasperated by faulty foreclosure documents, judges throughout Florida are hitting back by increasingly dismissing cases and boldly accusing lawyers of “fraud upon the court” (via PalmBeachPost.com): http://bit.ly/hw6rGv

The Senate will soon issue findings of a probe of the US mortgage meltdown that fueled the global financial crisis, with Goldman Sachs likely to face fresh embarrassment over its role, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (via AFP): http://bit.ly/e59AAD