InternetSite Tries to Laugh at Foreclosure

Losing your home? This site tries to make you laugh about it while selling you T-shirts.

NEW YORK -- Borrowers who have lost their homes, thousands of dollars and their good credit ratings can at least have a laugh thanks to real estate agent and Web site creator Lisa LaShawn. LaShawn is taking aim at what she considers predatory lenders responsible for a wave of U.S. home foreclosures with the Web sites IHateMortgageBrokers.com and AngryMobTshirts.com. Visitors to the sites can sign an online petition demanding better regulation of the mortgage industry or buy T-shirts with messages such as "Beware of the mortgage broker" and other more vulgar options. In a sign that mortgage brokers are the new lawyers -- the professionals everyone loves to hate -- one design says "I hate lawyers" but with "lawyers" crossed out and replaced by "mortgage brokers." "Many foreclosure... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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