My Brooklyn Report

In a move designed to protect homeowners, the New York City Department of Finance on July 13th 2010 announced a new program that will become the first line of defense in preventing Mortgage Fraud and House Theft. The Notice of Recorded Document program was created to provide notification via mail, email or SMS text message [...]

House Theft isn’t new. It’s a crime that knows no racial, economic or neighborhood boundaries. Real Estate is attractive to the criminally inclined.

In a City that still employs a fundamentally flawed deed recording process, it’s a miracle that there aren’t more victims of this heinous crime that’s intentionally perpetrated on the weak and elderly.

Margaret Franklin happens to be one of many victims that have had their homes stolen. What’s painful about this story is that Margaret was hospitalized and dying of cancer when she was targeted.