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Kenneth Harney: Despite 2009 restrictions, mortgage and appraisal fraud spiked

For anyone who assumed that the toughened real-estate appraisal rules imposed on the mortgage market last year would mean less monkey business in home valuations, here's a shocker: Fraudulent appraisals soared in 2009, according to a lending-industry study released this week, and they now represent...
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