Getting the closing instructions and the closing documents, including the wire transfer receipts and wire transfer instructions, one is able to piece tog ether that escrow was never properly closed. This could mean that escrow is still open — leaving open the option of a three day rescission. Dan points out in response to me […]

Tags: Bogan v. Wiley (1949), closing of escrow, conditions precedent to closing escrow, delivery of note, escrow agent, failure of delivery of an instrument, Jeannerette v. Taylor (1934), POSSESSION VERSUS AUTHORITY OR RIGHT TO ENFORCE THE INSTRUMENT], Sousa v. First California Co. (1950), Todd v. Vestermark (1956)
Posted in Corruption, foreclosure mill, Modification, Motions, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |

With tens of thousands of cases running many years before foreclosure is started and with many cases ripe for dismissal for lack of prosecution, the Banks are in a full court press attempting to get modifications or even going to trial on cases they know are problematic at best. I am receiving scores of reports […]

Tags: "modification" agreement, dismissal of action, failure to prosecute, laches, statute of limitations
Posted in foreclosure mill, Modification, Motions, Pleading, Servicer |

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS A LEGAL ANALYSIS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT APPLY TO CASES ON WHICH YOU ARE WORKING. IT IS REALLY MEANT FOR ATTORNEYS WHO ARE REPRESENTING PARTIES IN FORECLOSURE LITIGATION. No lay person should assume that anything in this article is true or applies to their case. Nobody should use this information […]

Tags: ABN AMRO merger with BofA, ABN AMRO merger with Citi, Bank of America, Bank of America as trustee, Citimortgage, Citimortgage as trustee, Federal reserve order on BOA-LaSalle Merger, LaSalle bank, LaSalle Bank as trustee, servicer, US BANK, US Bank as trustee, US Bank website
Posted in Corruption, expert witness, foreclosure mill, Modification, Motions, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |

Editor’s note: in preparing a complex motion for the court in several related cases I ended up writing the following which I would like to share with my readers. As you can see, the issues that were once thought to be simple and susceptible to rocket docket determination are in fact complex civil cases involving […]

Tags: ABN AMRO, acquisition, authority to represent, Bank of America, demand letter, foreclosure, foreclosure defense issues, LaSalle bank, merger, modification, notice of acelleration, Notice of Default, Power of Attorney, reinstatement, rocket docket, sec.gov, servicer, sucessor by merger, trustee, US BANK
Posted in Corruption, Eviction, evidence, expert witness, foreclosure mill, Modification, Motions, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |

One of the rewarding aspects of what I do is to see more and more people not only hopping on board, understanding securitization, but adding to the body of knowledge I have amassed. In the following article Bill Paatalo, who has done the loan level accounting for many of our readers, expands upon a topic […]

Tags: Auction, Bill Paatalo, credit bid, default, foreclosure sale, Notice of Default, Notice of Sale, redemption, reinstatement, standing
Posted in Corruption, Eviction, evidence, expert witness, foreclosure mill, Modification, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |

EDITOR’S NOTE: The dots are starting to get connected. Here JP Morgan who said they were the successor for everything that was WAMU turns out to be arguing that this didn’t actually happen and that some money is still left in the WAMU “estate.” The issue that is not raised is what else is in […]

Tags: Chase, complex litigation, FDIC, foreclosures, JP Morgan, JPM, rocket docket, WAMU, WAMU estate
Posted in Corruption, evidence, expert witness, foreclosure mill, Modification, Motions, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |

Editor’s Note: In answer to the many inquiries we get, I am ONLY licensed in the State of Florida. The reason you see my name pop up in other states is that I am frequently an expert witness and trial consultant on cases, working for the lawyer who is licensed in that state. My law […]

Tags: accounting, CALIFORNIA, Chase, Florida, loan level accounting, sanctions against banks, securitization report, Servicer advances, title report, US BANK
Posted in Corruption, Eviction, evidence, expert witness, foreclosure mill, Modification, Motions, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |

When I first got into this mortgage mess I called counsel for Aurora on a foreclosure case pending in California. I asked him how the currently self-designated entity pursuing foreclosure could justify its actions. His answer was “we are the holder.” So I asked him again why a company that has no financial stake in […]

Tags: appraisal fraud, Daiwa Products, Davis vs. West, for value, Inc. v Nationsbank, Kind v Gittman, N.A, U.S. v Second National Bank of North Miami, UCC 3-305
Posted in Corruption, Eviction, evidence, expert witness, foreclosure mill, Modification, Motions, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |

Reported figures on the financial statements of the “13 banks” that Simon Johnson talks about, make it clear that around 96% of all loans originated between 1999 and 2009 are subject to claims of securitization because that is what the investment banks told the investors who advanced money for the purchase of what turned out […]

Tags: ABN AMRO, Access Mortgage, Citi, Citimortgage, CPCA Trust 1, docket, Fannie, First National, Freddie, Ginny, IRS AMNESTY, LaSalle bank, MERS, note holder, REMIC, securitization, VA
Posted in Corruption, Eviction, evidence, expert witness, foreclosure mill, Modification, Motions, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |

Probably the most misunderstood aspect of the securitization process is that the banks are able to claim there was no securitization when in fact there was. This is especially true in GSE’s like Fannie, Freddie, Ginny and the VA. When you are researching loans you hit a brick wall when you get to the GSE. […]

Tags: Fannie, Ginny, government guaranteed mortgage loans, GSE, ownership of the loan, securitization, VA Loans
Posted in Corruption, evidence, expert witness, foreclosure mill, Modification, Motions, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |