Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Scams push foreclosure fraud to the limit, taking victims’ homes

Matt Sedensky, national writer, New York, for detailing a devastating but little-known outgrowth of the housing crisis: Deed-theft scams that trick mostly elderly and vulnerable people into signing over title to their homes, typically in gentrifying areas, leaving them homeless or facing years of legal wrangling to undo the fraud. http://apne.ws/2oERZ4U

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