Several people are issuing statements about servicer advances, now that they are known. They fall into the category of payments made to the creditor-investors, which means that the creditor on the original loan, or its successor is getting paid regardless of whether the borrower has paid or not. The Steinberger decision in Arizona and other […]

Tags: broker-dealer, creditor, investment bank, Investor, mortgage loans, pooling and servcing agreement, Prospectus, Servicer advances
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Danielle Kelley, esq., my law partner frequently says she likes to start with the jury instructions because that is where everything is boiled down to their simplest components. I think it is wise to make references to the standard jury instructions (plus the fact that they were introduced as an amendment to the Florida rules […]

Tags: admissible evidence, BREACH, commercial litigation, contracts, elements of contract, financial injury, florida standard jury instructions, implied contracts, loss
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Modifications are like a dirty word in the marketplace. Frustration, chicanery, luring borrowers into default, and crating modifications that are bound to fail so that the banks can get that ever precious foreclosure sale. But there is another side to it, as our guest writer David Abellard points out below. And while I think the […]

Tags: Abellard, home loans, interest rate reduction, Krasker, modification, mortgage modification, princnipal reduction
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Click to tune TONITE in on The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Thursdays LET’S PROCEED STEP BY STEP. – Based upon actual documentation filed with the SEC 1. let’s assume that the mortgage is defective because it was not perfected. The note described a party who was not the creditor […]

Tags: 10-K annual report, assignments, date of assignment, date of transaction, Fannie Mae guarantee, Fannie Mae Master trustee, mortgage bonds, payments on behalf of investors, payments to investors, Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Prospectus, Servicer advances
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The issue is what are the elements of the loan contract? Who are the parties? And who can enforce it? I would agree that an overpayment at closing from the source of funds is rare. What is not rare and in fact common is that the wire transfer instructions that accompany the wire transfer receipt […]

Tags: acceptance, borrowers, closing table, consideration, contract law, debt, documentation, homeowners, investors, lenders, Mortgage, note, offer
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There have been multiple questions directed at me over the issue of consideration arising from presumptions made about a note and mortgage that appear to be facially valid. Those presumptions are rebuttable and indeed in many cases would be rebutted by the actual facts. That is why asserting the right defenses is so important to […]

Tags: adequacy of consideration, consideration, contract law, credit bid, creditor, creditor bid, discovery, foreclosure sale
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Wells Fargo Manual “Blueprint for Fraud” Hat tip to my law partner, Danielle Kelley, Esq., for sending me the manual and the reports on it. Anyone desirous of a consultation on the application of what is on this blog, must either be a lawyer or have a lawyer who is licensed in the jurisdiction in […]

Tags: Bank of America, business records exception, Chase-Wamu merger, competency of witness, conflict of interest, hearsay, hearsay upon hearsay, JPM CHASE, Master Servicer, REMIC trusts, sub servicer, Urban Lending Solutions, WAMU Loans
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Wells Fargo Investigated by 4 Agencies for Manual on Fabricating Foreclosure Documents Wells Fargo is under investigation for a lot of things these days, just as we find in Bank of America and other major “institutions.” The bottom line is that they haven’t been acting very institutional and their culture is one that has led […]

Tags: Bank of America, fabrication manual, fabrication of foreclosure documents, fraud, identity theft, Investigation, trust, Wells Fargo
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  I was asked a question a few days ago that runs to the heart of the problem for the banks in enforcing false claims for foreclosure and false claims of losses that should really allocated to the investors so that the investor would get the benefits of those loss mitigation payments. This is the […]

Tags: and deed of trust, Donald Duck, investment banks, investors, loss mitigation, loss sharing, Mortgage, Pooling and Servicing Agreement, promissory note, Prospectus, third party payments
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Damage awards for wrongful foreclosure are rising across the country. In New Mexico a judge issued a $3.2 million judgment (including $2.7 million in punitive damages) against Wells Fargo for foreclosing on a man’s home after his death even though he had an insurance policy through the bank that paid the remaining balance on his […]

Tags: compensatory damages, contingency fee, discovery, FDIC, foreclosure, insurance, loss sharing, mortgage insurance, New Mexico, Pleading, punitive damages, Wells Fargo
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