Still No Justice for Mortgage Abuses It has been six months since the big banks settled with state … [Read more...]
FHFA Announces New Streamlined Short Sale Guidelines to Prevent Foreclosures and Help Communities Stabilize, for a Price…
August 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
FHFA Announces New Standard Short Sale Guidelines for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Programs Aligned … [Read more...]
Standard Chartered Settles Iran Money-Laundering with New York State for $340 Million
August 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Bank Settles Iran Money Case Standard Chartered to Pay New York Regulator $340 Million; Other Probes … [Read more...]
Forced Placed Insurance | Ties to Insurers Could Land Mortgage Servicers in More Trouble
August 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Ties to Insurers Could Land Mortgage Servicers in More Trouble When banks buy insurance on the homes … [Read more...]
GAO Study Finds OCC Foreclosure Review too Hard for Us to Understand
July 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Apparently, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has been studying the possible reasons … [Read more...]
Understanding Elite Fraud and the Mortgage Meltdown with William K. Black – A MM Podcast
July 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you know anything about the Savings & Loan crisis, then you know William K. Black. If you … [Read more...]
Republican Filibuster Discloses that GOP Opposes DISCLOSURE
July 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On Monday evening, Senate Republicans filibustered to kill S.3369, the DISCLOSE Act… “A … [Read more...]
Attention Mortgage Servicers… Heed these words now, because it’s much later than you think.
July 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
According to the HOPE NOW Alliance, May was a very UP month. Everything went up in May. The number … [Read more...]
Mortgage Lenders Cringe at Substantial Foreclosure Litigation Costs Under QM
July 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Mortgage lenders cringe at substantial litigation costs under QM Mortgage bankers cringed at the … [Read more...]
Announcing the National Mortgage Settlement – My Favorite President Obama Speech of All
July 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It happened last February 9th. President Obama announced what would become soon … [Read more...]
President Obama, Bored With the Foreclosure Crisis. That Explains A Lot, Actually.
July 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Jean Braucher is the Roger C. Henderson Professor of Law at the University of Arizona law … [Read more...]
SUNTRUST BANK – You’d evict a 76 year-old woman who lived in home for 44 years over $41?
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SUNTRUST BANK… ~~~ It’s Friday afternoon and I’m tired… damn tired. ~~~ I … [Read more...]
SUNTRUST BANK – You’d evict a 76 year-old woman who lived in home for 44 years over $41?
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SUNTRUST BANK… ~~~ It’s Friday afternoon and I’m tired… damn tired. ~~~ I … [Read more...]
SUNTRUST BANK – You’d evict a 76 year-old woman who lived in home for 44 years over $41?
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SUNTRUST BANK… ~~~ It’s Friday afternoon and I’m tired… damn tired. ~~~ I … [Read more...]
SUNTRUST BANK – You’d evict a 76 year-old woman who lived in home for 44 years over $41?
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SUNTRUST BANK… ~~~ It’s Friday afternoon and I’m tired… damn tired. ~~~ I … [Read more...]
SUNTRUST BANK – You’d evict a 76 year-old woman who lived in home for 44 years over $41?
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SUNTRUST BANK… ~~~ It’s Friday afternoon and I’m tired… damn tired. ~~~ I … [Read more...]
SUNTRUST BANK – You’d evict a 76 year-old woman who lived in home for 44 years over $41?
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SUNTRUST BANK… ~~~ It’s Friday afternoon and I’m tired… damn tired. ~~~ I … [Read more...]
Loan Modifications Stop Foreclosures, Study Shows. DOER ALERT!
June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Center for Responsible Lending (“CRL”), a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that … [Read more...]
CAR- California Assn. of Realtors Tries to Kill Homeowners Bill of Rights
June 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
You know, I wasn’t going to say anything about the role of Realtors here, but now that the … [Read more...]
PRACTICE LAW, LOSE YOUR LICENSE: WHAT SB 94 MEANS TO YOUR PRACTICE By Alice M. Graham
June 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”1 Most of us like to think we are honest, … [Read more...]
OCC Raises the Stakes to Lure Homeowners? Right?
June 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Okay, so please forgive me for saying so, but there’s something very smarmy about this … [Read more...]
How Do You Take Your Catastrophe? Um, just a little at a time, please… with two Splendas.
June 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We really are, in large part anyway, a nation of petty, self-absorbed, badly behaved … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Warren Asks Netroots Nation a Question. Problem is, I think the answer is NO.
June 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
So, I guess a couple of weeks ago, Elizabeth Warren was a speaker at Netroots Nation, which I … [Read more...]
Things I think homeowners should know about loan modifications & HAMP-2
June 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you already know who I am… great. If you don’t, you can find out after you read this, but … [Read more...]
