Editor’s Note: The significance of this announcement is that the bondholders, who were insured directly by AMBAC (as opposed to the investment bankers who bought “bets” like credit default swaps) are receiving 25 cents on every dollar they funded as creditors for the funding of loan to homeowners (debtors/ borrowers). This supports and corroborates two […]

Tags: Ambac Financial Group Inc., Andrew Frye, appraisal fraud, Bloomberg, bondholders, credit default swaps, creditors, damages, debtors, default, discovery, foreclosure defense, forensic analysis, full accounting, HERS, insurance, Insurance Commissioner, Jody Shenn, Obligation, payment, principal reduction, Sean Dilweg, securitized residential mortgage
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Editor’s Note: Better late than never. It is a step in the right direction, but 30% reduction is not likely to do the job, and waiting for mortgages to become delinquent is simply kicking the can down the road. The political argument of a “gift” to these homeowners is bogus. They are legally entitled to […]

Tags: Alan M White, ARIZONA, assistant secretary of the Treasury, Bank of America, BOA, BofA, Brad Hunter, Commerce Department, countrywide, credit cards, David Streitfeld, debt forgiveness, forgiveness of debt, Fremont Investment and Loan, Housing and Urban Development, inspector general, Jack Schakett, Louise Story, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Metrostudy, Michael S. Barr, Neil M. Barofsky, New York Times, predatory lending, preumptively unfair, principal reduction, redefault, Scottsdale, Steve Walsh, Supreme Judicial Court, TARP, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Valparaiso University School of Law, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, White House
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The Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank in St. Petersburg, FL, posted a piece about two NPR correspondents who bought a toxic asset. Thought some of you might be interested in learning more about it. ACS Posted by Mallary Jean Tenore at 6:33 AM on Mar. 22, 2010 National Public Radio reporters David Kestenbaum and […]

Tags: Adam Davidson, Alex Blumberg, Amy Stevens, animated video, Caitlin Kenney, Chana Joffe-Walt, Craig Schiffer, David Kestenbaum, interactive time line, Mallary Jean Tenore, NPR, Planet Money, pooled, Poynter Institute, story for "Morning Edition, toxic asset, We Bought a Toxic Asset, You Can Watch it Die
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March 25, 2010 U.S. Plans Big Expansion in Effort to Aid Homeowners By DAVID STREITFELD The Obama administration on Friday will announce broad new initiatives to help troubled homeowners, potentially refinancing several million of them into fresh government-backed mortgages with lower payments. Another element of the new program is meant to temporarily reduce the payments […]

Tags: David Streitfeld, LOAN MODIFICATION, Mortgage, New York Times, Obama administration, principal reduction, TARP
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Confirming Juan Pardo MERS/Ocwen cross employment. Have a dozen docs confirming this from NH/MA registries of deeds. Also, have confirmation of one Carla Tinoco, witnessing and notarizing Pardo’s MERS docs. Ms. Tinoco is also a confirmed Ocwen employee as she has appeared as Doc prep for Ocwen. Ms. Tinoco’s FL Notary registration also confirms business […]

Tags: 1661 Worthington Rd., 33409-0000, Atlantic Bonding Company, Carla Tinoco, Certificate:DD 912557, cross employment, FL, HERS, Juan Pardo, Juan Pardo MERS/Ocwen cross employment, MERS, Ocwen, Ste. #100, WEST PALM BEACH
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To start the program, Treasury will ask banks, like Citigroup or JPMorgan Chase, to identify pools of residential and commercial real estate loans that they will be willing to sell through an auction. Private investors will bid against each other, setting a market price. No bank will be required to participate. Editor’s Note: it’s starting. […]

Tags: Citigroup, EDMUND L. ANDREWS, ERIC DASH, F.D.I.C., GRAHAM BOWLEY, JPMorgan Chase, mortgage modification, New York Times, principal reduction, related assets, Toxic Asset Plan, Treasury Department, troubled mortgages
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The entities foreclosing don’t have ANYTHING at stake. They have no stake and yet they are still getting homes for nothing Editor’s Note: The federal plan is good as to its intent but unnecessary if the law was applied. Sure the bailout SHOULD apply to anyone who got stuck with one of these securitized mortgages. […]

Tags: American International Group, ARIZONA, Arizona Housing Department, Cave Creek, cloud on title, earned forgiveness, free home, Glendale Arizona, homeowner bailout, loan products, Louise Story, Michael Trailor, netvaluecentral, New York Times, Phoenix, securitized mortgages, Wall Street
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Editor’s Note: Principal reduction can be achieved in more ways than one. Here Non-profit Lenders see the clear opportunity to buy mortgages from dubious sources and then enter into new mortgages with the homeowner thus preventing eviction and restoring the homeowner to non-distress status. The problem here is that title is not clear and eventually […]

Tags: clear title, distressed homeowners, JOHN LELAND, modification, mortgage modification, Non-profit lenders, Ny Times, Post-foreclosure relief, principal reduction, quiet title, title problems
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USE THIS AS A GUIDE FOR DISCOVERY, FORENSIC ANALYSIS AND MOTION PRACTICE TO COMPEL DISCLOSURE see for this example SHARPS%20CDO%20II_16.08.07_9347 Comments in Red: THIS IS A PARTIAL ANNOTATION OF THE PROSPECTUS. IF YOU WANT A FULL ANNOTATION OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY OTHER YOU NEED AN EXPERT IN SECURITIZATION TO DO IT. THERE ARE THREE […]

Tags: ANNOTATION, as Fiscal Agent, as Note Registrar, as trustee, bank of new york, BOND, Cayman Islands, Class A-1 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes, Class A-2 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes, Class A-3 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes, Class B Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes Due, Class C Secured Deferrable Interest Floating Rate Notes, Class D-1 Secured Deferrable Interest Floating Rate Notes, Co-Issuer, Deed of Covenant, DEED OF TRUST, DELAWARE, DEUTSCHE BANK, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., Directive 93/22/EEC, exempted company, expert, Fiscal Agency Agreement, Inc., investors, Ireland, Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Irish Stock Exchange, issuer, jurisdiction, limited liability, LLC, Member State of the European Economic Area, Moody's Investors Service, Mortgage, Motion Practice, New York Branch, NON-RECOURSE OBLIGATIONS, Offering Circular, operating agreement, promissory note, Prospectus, Prospectus Directive, RISK FACTORS", securitization, Senior Notes, Sharps CDO II Ltd, Standard & Poor's, the Trustee, Total Return Swap, total return swap transaction, TRS Counterparty, Trust Agreement, trustee, UNITED STATES
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NPR Report: How We Found Our Toxic Asset There’s no store where you can buy toxic assets; you have to know a guy. We know Wit Solberg, a former Wall Street trader. Solberg left Wall Street to set up his own shop, Mission Peak Capital, in Kansas City, Mo. He and a dozen guys sit […]

Tags: CUSIP: 41161PUA9, Fla., Kansas City, Mission Peak Capital, OOMLT, Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, Sarasota, toxic assets, Wit Solberg, ZIP code 34232
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