Archive for 'bubble' Category
Dec 28, 2010

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary see MD Foreclosure INDEMNITY AGREEMENT EDITOR’S NOTE: WHETHER IT IS IN WRITING OR NOT, VIRTUALLY ALL TITLE INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT FROM THE MEGA-BANKS ARE ISSUING DIRECTIONS AND RESTRICTIONS REGARDING INSURING TITLE ON PROPERTY INVOLVING ANY ALLEGATION OF SECURITIZED MORTGAGES AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY […]

Dec 28, 2010

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary COVER-UP CONTINUES EDITOR’S COMMENT: Confused? Ally, wholly owed by GMAC, which is 80% owed by our Federal government has agreed to pay $462 MILLION on “repurchase demands” (i.e. legal damages) to Fannie Mae (FNMA, wholly owned by our Federal Government) for losses attributable to $292 […]

Dec 28, 2010

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary EDITOR’S COMMENT: Wray has it right. This is the way it should turn out. And if the shoe was on the other foot it would happen because consumers usually take the hit. Yet it seems unlikely that this scenario will play out in the manner […]

Dec 28, 2010

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Foreclosureblues Bank Slammed With Another Class Action By JOE HARRIS ShareThis ST. LOUIS (CN) – The seemingly endless string of class actions against Bank of America’s foreclosure policies continued here in Federal Court. The class claims that BofA and BAC Home Loans Servicing refuse to participate in foreclosure prevention […]

Dec 28, 2010

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary EDITOR’S COMMENT: This is why we should think before we speak and make sure we are using terminology correctly. This crisis will not be over until we realize that there are important differences between the obligation, the note, the mortgage, the mortgage bond, the CDO, […]

Dec 27, 2010

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary EDITOR’S NOTE: This is going to happen for many municipal, county and state government obligations, having a far reaching effect as people awaken to the severity of the current economic crisis and the fact that this time is different from all other times. Officials in […]

Dec 27, 2010

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary EDITOR’S COMMENT: The piece below is a cut and paste from the FNMA site without any editing. The latest round of finger pointing has put Fannie and Freddie in the path raising even more obstacles to identifying the creditor, and the holder of any right […]

Dec 27, 2010

Leslie F. Seidman Chairman, FASB EDITOR’S COMMENT: You probably don’t know the name Seidman, much less  Leslie Seidman. But back in the 1960’s when the accounting rules were first being changed (causing Briloff to write the book Unaccountable Accounting), the Seidman accounting firm was one of the few who understood the significance and moral hazard […]

Dec 27, 2010

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary ALL HANDS ON DECK!!!! According to the Florida Bar News, they are now working on a CLE course that will be 3.5-4.0 credits without charge, and JUDGES and LAWYERS are going to be encouraged to attend. Terry Hill is the director of the Bar’s Programs […]

Dec 27, 2010

REUTERS: MBIA wins key ruling in Bank of America case STATISTICAL SAMPLING APPROVED AS EVIDENCE FOR WHOLE CASE Two states sue Bank of America on mortgage servicing Fri, Dec 17 2010 UPDATE 4-Two states sue Bank of America on mortgage servicing Fri, Dec 17 2010 UPDATE 2-U.S. SEC expands mortgage probe – sources Fri, Dec […]