SEE The Economics and Incentives of Yield Spread Premiums and Credit Default Swaps March 23, 2010: Editor’s Note: The YSP/CDS paper is intentionally oversimplified in order to demonstrate the underlying economics of securitization as it was employed in the last decade. To be clear, there are several things I was required to do in order …
Upon finding that a portion of those payments should be applied to the subject loan, the declaration of default would be invalid because it would either be wrong inasmuch that the third party payments would at least be prepayments of future monthly payments, or wrong because the third party payments reflected an inaccurate accounting of …
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Editor’s Note: Here is where the foreclosure or mortgage analysts get separated — the ones who understand the process of securitization and the ones who don’t. I received this from a pro se litigant in a case where Wells Fargo identified itself as the creditor/lender (as usual, not true). In fact Wells denied that the …
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“Without your blog I would not have found the right lawyer in my state.” – Meghan in RI “Some of the most rewarding work of my career.” – Chris Brown Esq. While we understand the many reasons borrowers pursue their cause on a ProSe or ProPer basis, it has been our position since the …
How to Find “Who Owns The Note” – Who has an “Insurable Interest” !!!! It is basic insurance law that in order to become named as a loss payee – that is, to get an insurance policy issued to you to indemnify you against loss – you have to have an “insurable interest.” MERS doesn’t …
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More and more authorities are holding that in order for a claimant to prove itself to be the real party in interest to support a proof of claim or motion for relief from stay in bankruptcy, as well as to prove itself to be a holder in due course, they have to prove the entire …
Editor’s Comments: Everyone now has heard of credit default swaps but very few people understand what they mean and fewer still understand their importance in connection with the securitization of residential mortgage loans and other types of loans.The importance of understanding the operation of a CDS contract in the context of foreclosure defense cannot be …
the obligation created when the debtor entered the transaction may well be satisfied in whole or in part by the U.S. Taxpayer, insurers, or counterparties in credit default swaps. Wall Street attempts to frame the argument as giving a free house to the unworthy homeowner. The TRUE argument is what to do with all the …
see Bradsher Cramdown in Chapter 13 This case is an example of why forensic audits need to go much further than they currently do. Brad Keiser’s Workshop on forensic analysis will focus on the important issues that are usually missed in TILA or other reviews. As the case points out, the usual rule is that …
the bailout and insurance money was paid not to the investors or the borrowers, it was paid to the investment bankers who never were at risk. I’m beginning to think that the ultra-sophisticated investors have some dog in this race that prevents them from entering the foreclosure market directly to recover or settle their investments …
See Judge Long’s Decision – Make sure you shepardize 384283_Ibanez Larace motion to vacate memorandum Oct2009Misc 384283 and Misc 3867551 when a foreclosure is noticed and conducted for one party by another, the name of the principal must be disclosed in the notice. the plaintiffs themselves recognized that they needed assignments in recordable form explicitly …
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So in Chapter 11 for the big boys they address reality and treat the value of the property the way it is. But in individual little guy petitions for relief in bankruptcy court, they stick you with the entire amount of the Note even if the security is only worth 20% of the “principal.” And …
Since this question keeps popping up I figured I would take a shot at it. The theory is that by asking for a jury verdict you are taking the matter out of the hands of a politicized judge and putting it in the hands of what is likely to be a very angry jury pool …
“Reducing the loan’s principal balance is more valuable because it lowers monthly payments and restores equity. Various studies show that having equity also reduces the likelihood of redefault on a modified loan. It’s not just the moral thing to do. It also would help avoid the spillover effects of the next expected round of defaults. …
The mistake I detect from those who are not faring well in court is the attempt to treat preliminary motions and hearings as opportunities to prove your entire case. Don’t talk about conspiracy and theft, talk about evidence and discovery. every debtor is entitled to know the identity of the creditor, the full accounting for …
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In virtually all cases you will not find a person with any relationship to the creditor, investor, or pool. This is because servicers, trustees and other firms in the securitization chain are proceeding on their own initiating foreclosures without instructions, knowledge or any documentation from the creditor, investor or pool. Editor’s Note: Greyhawk is of …
Wall Street didn’t merely siphon off unearned money, wealth and guarantees from homeowners, bank depositors and taxpayers. They screwed up title on what appears to be more than 60 million transactions — so even refi’s might now have rendered the title to be uninsurable or unmarketable. Big Banks Accused of Short Sale Fraud No surprise …
Using the voluminous amount of feedback to Livinglies.wordpress.com, some observations about the words you use in litigation and in your correspondence, QWR and DVL might well be of some assistance. CREDITOR: It seems that using the word creditor has much more power than lender, pretender lender or even holder in due course. I’ve been told …
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Editor’s Note: READ this Tampa Tribune article ALL THE WAY through. It exposes the cracks you should exploit. The clerical staff of foreclosure mills, sometimes charged with the responsibility of fabricating documents, has no idea what they are doing. The paralegals don’t know anything about the loan, the securitization, or anything else. The junior lawyer …
Many Thanks to Sal for pointing out the statute from California. It is time to use the presence of MERS on the originating loan paperwork as an OFFENSIVE TACTIC. Most states have some version of the statute below. It is simply common sense. A creditor is not a creditor unless they are owed something. A …
see how-to-negotiate-a-short-sale see how-to-negotiate-a-modification See Template-Lawsuit-STOP-foreclosure-TILA-Mortgage-Fraud-predatory-lending-Set-Aside-Illegal-Trustee-Sale-Civil-Rico-Etc Includes QUIET TITLE and MOST FEDERAL STATUTES — CALIFORNIA COMPLAINT See how-to-buy-a-foreclosed-house-its-a-business-its-an-opportunity-its-a-risk This is general information and assumes that you have access to the rest of the material on the blog. Foreclosures come in various flavors. First of all you have non-judicial and judicial foreclosure states. Non-judicial basically means …
