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Mortgage Meltdown: Strategies for Defense and Settlement: Short Sales Borrowers, whether they are in foreclosure or not, are advised to write letters to their lenders claiming violations of law and their closing documents. The various causes of action and the advice to get an “audit” done of your loan have been detailed here […]
DO NOT Walk Away From Your Home Submitted by Harry on Thu, 02/21/2008 – 01:38. There are a lot of people out there that are in such dire financial straits that when it comes to their home they might feel the best thing is to just walk away. After having been served with a foreclosure […]
By slowing down the progression of foreclosures in the courts, judicial sales and bankruptcies, states can effectively bring the fall of housing to a point of equilibrium where at least the opportunity will arise for recovery. It is distinctly possible, particularly with the effect of inflation and devaluation of the dollar, that the numbers […]
The latest reports show that devaluation of the dollar combined with other economic factors has launched what will be the worst round of inflation we have seen in our lifetimes. And it will most probably feed itself into a frenzy despite all efforts to soften the blow. The 1.1% increase in production costs is only […]
THE BOTTOM LINE: YOU HAVE RIGHTS AND YOU SHOULD EXERCISE THEM. DON’T TAKE THIS NONSENSE LYING DOWN. GO TO YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL OR WHATEVER AGENCY PROTECTS CONSUMER RIGHTS AND LET THEM BATTLE IT OUT. GO TO THE BANKING COMMISSION IN YOUR STATE AND LET THEM BATTLE IT OUT. THAT MERELY MEANS BORROWING FROM THE WORDS […]
The bottom line is that regardless of who steps into the oval office next January, nothing will actually change unless the dynamics of political participation by U.S. Citizens changes. It isn’t enough to vote. It isn’t wise to trust any leader to do the right thing. And it isn’t wise to trust that once a […]
In both cases — housing prices and CDO/CMO prices, there was no intervening factor that caused the decline. No meteor hit the earth, no world war broke out, no material event occurred to account for these changes. It is therefore impossible to come to any conclusion except that the fair market values of the houses […]
I doubt that anyone is oging to let the lenders off the hook. I also doubt that regulation changes will be timely. I think ther eason we look to third party libaility is two-fold: Better to have defendants pointing the finger at each other than at the Plaintiff Better to awaken these third parties that […]
IN THIS STORY FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, IT IS CLEAR THAT FLOUNDERING FEDERAL POLICY-MAKERS ARE AVOIDING THE ESSENTIAL ISSUE — WE HAVE TRILLIONS OF “DOLLARS” OF DERIVATIVES OUT THERE THAT ARE HUGELY OVERVALUED BECAUSE OF FRAUDULENT APPRAISALS SUPPORTING THE APPEARANCE OF A RISING HOUSING MARKET. And now many other securities and loan arrangements are […]
Trouble for American Consumer is building and the perfect storm threatens our tenuous economy. DEEP RECESSION LOOMS WITHOUT FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN OUR POLITICS AND ECONOMIC POLICIES The inevitable outcome was always the same: eventually we would hit the the top, like in any Ponzi scheme. Consumers, who maxed out their credit cards, and maxed […]


