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Clerks and Judges on the Appellate bench will often get a sense of whining from an unfavorable result in the trial court. And they are besieged by appeals that don’t amount to anything more than a motion for rehearing that should be filed with the trial court. The purpose of an appeal is to have […]
Authored by Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com, In our recent report, Banks Are Evil, we pulled no punches in making the accusation that the financial system is the root cause of injustice in today’s society.ADVERTISING It’s a good blood-boiler. You should read it if you haven’t already. Its main premise is this: In my opinion, it’s […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is planning to assess the effectiveness of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) mortgage servicing rule. The rule, introduced in January 2013 and which took effect in January 2014, was designed to assist consumers who were behind on mortgage payments. Among other things, the RESPA mortgage servicing rule […]
Millions of consumers lost their homes when the housing market bubble burst. But federal regulators say some of those people may have been able to stay in their homes had mortgage lenders fulfilled their requirements. To that end, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered two Citigroup subsidiaries to pay $28.8 million to resolve allegations that […]
You can’t blame a homeowner in Fresno, Calif., for viewing the thriving metropolis to its northwest with both envy and dismay. While San Francisco home values have surged since the recession, Fresno’s housing market is stuck in a rut. Less than 3% of homes in the city and its environs have returned to their pre-recession […]
By Kristine Phillips May 4 A man passes by a Wells Fargo bank in Oakland, Calif. (Ben Margot/AP) On “Hit the Streets Thursday,” Wells Fargo bankers and tellers, specifically those of Latino descent, scouted the streets and Social Security offices for potential clients. Their goal: Find undocumented immigrants, take them to a local branch and […]
Seasonal factors contributed to an 89,000-unit increase in the number of seriously delinquent properties in the first quarter from the fourth quarter of 2016. The quarter ended with nearly 5.5 million homes seriously underwater, compared with 5.4 million at the end of the fourth quarter and 6.7 million for the first quarter of 2016. “There […]
For Ruling PDF click here: 2017-Shrewsbury v Bank of NY Mellon The recent Supreme Court of Delaware case J.M. Shrewsbury v. The Bank of New York Mellon, CA No. N15L-03-108 (Del. 2017), provides a reminder of the importance of clearly documenting the assignment of loan documents. The Court’s holding requires that prior to the assignee of a […]
By Richard Bowen They’re Back! Fannie and Freddie Ride Again It looks as if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have not learned from their previous enabling of banks leading to the financial crisis. In fact, it looks as if the two are still using the same business model; they are lowering even further their underwriting […]
The ongoing saga of lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, got yet another layer on May 4, when 8,002 residents received foreclosure notices for failure to pay their water bills, according to the Washington Post. The notices came a few weeks after the city ended a program that assisted residents in paying bills for their contaminated […]
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