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Securitization for Lawyers: How it was Written by Wall Street Banks

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Kickbacks at Fannie, Freddie Explain a Lot

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ALL ABOUT FIS

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES GET COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION ANALYSIS – CLICK HERE EDITOR’S NOTE: There might be some discoverable information in the records of GSE’s like Fannie and Freddie. I note in particular that there are specific requirements for appraisals. I’d like to see whether the fraudulent appraisals differed in any respect from the fraudulent …

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APPRAISERS AND CREDIT RATING COMPANIES ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT TOO

COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION SEARCH, REPORT, ANALYSIS ON LUMINAQ EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1983 the nominal value of credit derivatives was zero. Today it is over $600 TRILLION. None of this would have been possible without the active complicity of credit rating companies who as quasi public agencies “assured” the quality of securities sold to both …

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A Sleuth Targets Credit Ratings: Why Not Appraisals?

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary EDITOR’S NOTE: Since the ratings were a symbolic flag to be recognized internationally as “inspected for safety” it hardly seems that the basic mortgage transaction would not be examined as part of the fraudulent ratings of bogus mortgage backed securities. If there was no valid …

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REUTERS: BANK OF AMERICA HIT WITH THREE NEW LAWSUITS FOR "MASSIVE" FRAUD

ONE ON ONE WITH NEIL GARFIELD COMBO ANALYSIS TITLE AND SECURITIZATION Bank of America Corp’s Countrywide mortgage unit is being sued for Fraud! Investors claiming they were victimized by Bank of America’s Countrywide in a “massive fraud” when they bought mortgage-backed securities. “Investors now seem to be conforming their allegations to those set forth on …

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Harrington: eloquent account of the law of unintended consequences of APPRAISAL FRAUD

SEE ALSO securitization-understanding-the-risks-and-rewards?page=1 Subprime debacle – the truth emerges: Part 2 Posted by Anthony Harrington, October 28, 2010 Recommend this Article 0 Comments Login to add your comment Anthony Harrington Amongst the real horrors perpetrated during the subprime disaster, such as the many outright frauds practised on US homebuyers who should never have been re-mortgaging …

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Ratings, Appraisal Fraud Unraveling: Testimony Reveals Cover-up

SERVICES YOU NEED “According to testimony last week, from January 2006 to June 2007, Clayton reviewed 911,000 loans for 23 investment or commercial banks, including Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley.” It’s like slapping some paint on a 30 year old Chevy and selling it as a Rolls …

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HELOC LOANS WORTHLESS

12debt.html?_r=1&ref=business EDITOR’S NOTE: It is ironic how reality eventually catches up with illusion. While we have been pounding on the issue of principal reduction as the only realistic way out of the recession, and while the financial industry has been busy convincing people that principal reduction is somehow immoral, the contraction of home prices back …

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WORLD HUNGER PROVIDES PROOF OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES INFLATING PRICES

One of the hardest things for people to get their minds around is how borrowers were defrauded. The nagging question keeps coming to mind “But you DID sign the loan and take the money, didn’t you?” Yes you did, but you did it because of a representation and virtual guarantee from several parties at the …

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FRAUD IS THE CENTRAL PROBLEM

It is hard to state this strongly enough. The entire mortgage backed securitization structure was based upon FRAUD. An intentional misstatement of a material fact known to be untrue and which the receiving party reasonably relies to his detriment is fraud. BOTH ends of this deal required fraud for completion. The investors had to believe …

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Discovery and Motion Practice: Watch Those Committee Hearings on Rating Agencies

REGISTER NOW FOR DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE WORKSHOP MAY 23-24 Editor’s Note: As these hearings progress, you will see more and more admissible evidence and more clues to what you should be asking for  in discovery. You are getting enhanced credibility from these government inquiries and the results are already coming out as you can …

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Obama Moves Closer to Principal Reduction Mandate

Editor’s note: This is red meat for investors and borrowers seeking restitution for losses caused by improper appraisals, ratings and representations concerning loan and property values, loan viability, securities fraud, deceptive lending practices, TILA violations etc. Obama Bank Policy Signals $1 Trillion in Writedowns April 3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. regulators may force Bank of America …

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Appraisal Fraud from the Appraiser's Perspective

Ease of entry was a key in the jump from 11,000+- in CA in 1990, to over 21,000 by 2007. From Steve Smith This comment is not made to defend the actions of any appraiser, or the appraisal industry itself, but to add some dimension of what was going on transactionally. Sadly, appraisers were Conditioned …

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Case-Shiller Still Predicts Massive 45% Fall From Today’s Values

Editor’s Note: This might not be as far-fetched as you think. Median income is dropping like a rock. Housing prices have historically been closely related to median income. I don’t know about the percentage drop, but another crash in real estate values seems likely. median income is still out of whack with housing prices indicating …

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Appraisal Malpractice as State Court Action — Albright Case 561 So 2d 1326 5th DCA

Appraisal negligence and/or fraud is overlooked by many. Appraisers are usually licensed and insured. Filing a complaint with the licensing board as well as sending a demand letter to them to forward to their carrier could produce some substantial results. And remember that the originating “LENDER” supposedly has a committee or person verifying the appraisal …

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Foreclosure Defense: Over-appraisal argument: Why Would They DO that?

From: rainmaker@zoomtown.com > To: ngarfield@msn.com > Subject: Just a thought…opposing arguments > > On the whole idea with an inflated appraisal and the $amount delta between real and legit, if I’m opposing counsel I argue that that the only one an inflated appraisal benefited was the seller of the property, not anyone in the chain …

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