RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: NPR's business news starts with a foreclosure investigation.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: Some of those signers who are supposed to review the paperwork closely for the lender were reportedly signing thousands of documents a week. Banks are on track to take back a record 1.2 million homes this year.
Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department is investigating reports that mortgage lenders may have improperly evicted homeowners. Several of the nation's biggest lenders halted evictions after media reports showed that they were using so-called robo-signers to push through foreclosure paperwork.