risky mortgages

Accusations that Goldman defrauded customers who bought investments tied to risky mortgages have only just begun to reverberate through the financial world.

Wall Street may have discovered a way out from under the bad debt and risky mortgages that have clogged the financial markets.

Wall Street may have discovered a way out from under the bad debt and risky mortgages that have clogged the financial markets.

Wall Street may have discovered a way out from under the bad debt and risky mortgages that have clogged the financial markets.

The would-be solution probably sounds familiar: It's a lot like what got banks in trouble in the first place.

Many of the same people who dispensed risky mortgages during the real estate bubble have reconstituted themselves into a new industry focused on selling loan modifications.

Some of the very people who made a killing in subprime mortgages are now offering loan modifications for desperate homeowners, sometimes with unsavory tactics.