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Home mortgage disclosure act data available The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) announced that the 2007 data compiled under the Federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act are available from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC). The data covers mortgage lending transactions throughout the nation at 8,610 financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage […]
From Mario Kenny — see comments posted to blog As we have stated repeatedly, the logistics were simple: (a) inflate the value of the mortgage backed securities with fraudulently obtained Triple AAA Ratings and (b) inflating the value of the home with fraudulent and negligent use of false comparable and ignoring time factors. The economics […]
AP IMPACT: US diluted loan rules before crash – Gov’t rejected tougher mortgage rules in 2005 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the […]
NATION’S HOUSING Civil rights complaint targets Wall Street rating firms Moody’s and Fitch’s high ratings of subprime mortgage bonds disproportionately harmed black and Latino home buyers, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition alleges. By Kenneth R. Harney November 30, 2008 In what is apparently the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations […]
As we have repeatedly said publicly and privately, the securitization process extended throughout the credit world. Hardly anything was not packaged in some securitized zone. Thus most assumptions about the liability on such debt are wrong as to whether there is any outstanding balance, who owns the loan, etc. Of particular interest is the student […]
Current Trends in Residential Mortgage Litigation BYLINE: Daniel A. Edelman*; *DANIEL A. EDELMAN is the founding partner of Edelman & Combs, of Chicago, Illinois, a firm that represents injured consumers in actions against banks, mortgage companies, finance companies, insurance companies, and automobile dealers. Mr. Edelman or his firm represented the consumer in a number of […]
It’s along time since I wrote this piece on March 1, 2007 — before I even started the blog. I believed then as I do now that the safety of our nation, the soundness of our economy and the happiness and freedoms of our children and grandchildren depend entirely upon our actions today. In this […]
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History shows that the descriptions and predictions in this piece I wrote 1 1/2 years ago were unfortunately on target. What I didn’t realize at the time, was that many if not most of the money was at that time going for “refi’s” that homeowners did not solicit or want. There was a knock on […]
The start of every case, as I see it, is the collection of facts and documents, so that a complete mortgage evaluation and status report can be prepared by an independent third party who can serve as an expert witness if the need arises. The current “cottage industry” of TILA audits is insufficient but a […]


