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Google could be adding mortgage info soon

Add Google Mortgage to the list of potential services that might soon appear on Google's Web site.

The New York Times noticed a lawsuit pending between LendingTree, an online mortgage quote service, and a company called Mortech, which helps LendingTree run its site. The connection to Google is that apparently, Mortech is gearing up to sell that technology to Google, which LendingTree thinks is a breach of the deal between Mortech and LendingTree.

LendingTree believes that Google is planning to launch the service in late August or early September--basically now--according to the complaint. Google is supposedly going to offer … Read more

LendingTree sues mortgage firms over security breach

LendingTree on Monday told customers that their sensitive information was leaked in a security breach and that it has sued three lending companies as a result.

Several former employees of LendingTree are believed to have taken company passwords and given them to a handful of lenders who then accessed LendingTree customer data files, the company said.

The data includes customer names, Social Security numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and income and employment information, but not credit card information, LendingTree said in an e-mail to customers and on a frequently-asked-questions page on its Web site.

The outside lenders are believed … Read more