Archive for 'Servicer' Category
Apr 1, 2010

The Federal Reserve Board has issued an interim final rule under Regulation Z to implement the recent Truth in Lending Act (TILA) amendment that requires new owners and assignees of mortgage loans to notify consumers of the sale or transfer. While mostly helpful in foreclosure defense,  the rule leaves open the question of ownership of […]

Mar 31, 2010

NEWS REPORTS HAVE BEEN SPORADICALLY REFERRING TO THE OLD DERIVATIVES BEING RE-PACKAGED AND SOLD AGAIN. This is called resecuritization. It takes the old pools, or what’s left of them, puts them together with other old pools, and creates a brand new Special Purpose vehicle that issues brand spanking new mortgage backed bonds. The backing in […]

Mar 31, 2010

SEE states-look-beyond-borders-to-collect-owed-taxes states-ignore-obvious-remedy-to-fiscal-meltdown tax-impact-of-principal-reduction accounting-for-damages-madoff-ruling-may-affect-homeowner-claims taxing-wall-street-down-to-size-litigation-guidelines taking-aim-at-bonuses-based-on-23-7-trillion-in-taxpayer-gifts payback-timemany-see-the-vat-option-as-a-cure-for-deficits As we have repeatedly stated on this blog, the trigger for the huge deficits was the housing nightmare conjured up for us by Wall Street. Banks made trillions of dollars in profits that were never taxed. The tax laws are already in place. Everyone is paying taxes, […]

Mar 30, 2010

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. appears in many ways including as servicer (America Servicing Company), Trustee (although it does not appear to be qualified as a “Trust Company”), as claimed beneficiary, as Payee on the note, as beneficiary under the title policy, as beneficiary under the property and liability insurance, and it may have in actuality […]

Mar 30, 2010

You will need to check the date of the signing by both of these ladies. You see Maria Leonor Gerholdt’s notary commission expired on 5/26/09 and Mary Jo McGowans’ expired on 7/3/07. Here’s their respective info from FL http://notaries.dos.state.fl.us/notidsearch.asp?id=1086223 http://notaries.dos.state.fl.us/notidsearch.asp?id=1012235

Mar 26, 2010

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 […]

Mar 25, 2010

Editor’s Note: Recontrust appears to be wholly owned by Bank of America. This particular deal looks like a “reconstituted” mortgage backed security comprised of new securities which are “backed” by old mortgage backed securities which in turn are backed by a list of “loans” which may or may not exist, and which certainly have at […]

Mar 22, 2010

SEE The Economics and Incentives of Yield Spread Premiums and Credit Default Swaps March 23, 2010: Editor’s Note: The YSP/CDS paper is intentionally oversimplified in order to demonstrate the underlying economics of securitization as it was employed in the last decade. To be clear, there are several things I was required to do in order […]