Article: Builder stops selling 2nd mortgages: Evergreen Homes, under fire, agrees to terms of state action in Summit court.

Byline: Marilyn Miller

Sep. 28--Evergreen Homes of Akron has been selling second mortgages without a license, in violation of state law, according to a complaint filed Wednesday. The company has agreed to the terms in the complaint, will stop selling the mortgages and will eliminate all future interest payments on the loans for potentially hundreds of area home buyers.

The Ohio Department of Commerce's Division of Financial Institutions filed the complaint Wednesday in Summit County Common Pleas Court.

"You have to have a license in the state of Ohio to sell a second mortgage. First mortgage loans are not regulated by the state of ...

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