http://www.wrubellaw.com/articles/unclean_hands.html A defendant in a Palm Beach County foreclosure accused loan servicer Bank of America N.A. of having unclean hands in a case set to come before Circuit Judge Peter Blanc. Sandra Dolman claimed she defaulted on her mortgage after the bank charged at least four times market value for forced-placed insurance through its then-subsidiary, Balboa Insurance Co. Those charges…[...]

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But foreclosure starts increased in 15 states March 16, 2017 Kelsey Ramírez Foreclosure activity dropped in February to an 11-year low, according to new data from ATTOM Data Solutions, a fused property database. This decrease marks the lowest point since November 2005, and the 17th consecutive month of annual decreases. But despite this drop, 10 states still saw an increase…[...]

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In a highly unusual turn of events, the Per Curium opinion overturning the trial court's dismissal was overturned on Motion for Rehearing en banc --- including all the 4th DCA judges. Changing its course, the full court of the 4th DCA corrected the erroneous unanimous decision of the same court, which held that proof of the validity of the indorsement…[...]

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Tonight LIVE 6pm Eastern: The Neil Garfield Radio Show with California Attorney Patricia Rodriguez Posted on March 16, 2017 by Neil Garfield | Edit Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays In this episode Los Angeles Attorney Patricia Rodriguez joins Neil Garfield.  Topics will include best litigation practices, the…[...]

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Attorney Patricia Rodriguez will join Neil Garfield Live Tonight on the Neil Garfield Show at 6pm Eastern (3pm Pacific).  Please read Patricia's story below at 4closurefraud.com Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays http://4closurefraud.org/2017/03/08/the-transferring-of-servicing-rights-to-avoid-reviewing-complete-modification-applications/ The Transferring of Servicing Rights to Avoid Reviewing Complete Modification Applications The Transferring of…[...]

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Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays In this episode Los Angeles Attorney Patricia Rodriguez joins Neil Garfield.  Topics will include best litigation practices, the pros and cons of Short Sales, Short Pays, Cash Walk-Away Settlements, and Modifications in light of the repeal of HAMP modifications. The importance…[...]

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http://www.richardmbowen.com/will-wall-street-soon-be-asking-wheres-our-roi/ By Richard Bowen There is no free lunch. Eventually, the chips are called in and someone has to pay. For too long, in the “triangulation war” of citizen versus Wall Street and the government, it’s been the American taxpayer who loses. Now the debt has increased even further. According to a recent report by Americans for Financial Reform (AFR),…[...]

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A robo-witness from the servicer lacks capacity as a competent witness to give testimony that is the foundation for introducing "business records" from a third party. In short, the "summary" introduced in court derives from LPS records adn the summary itself is produced by LPS, who chose the party who would be the foreclosing entity in each case. This letter…[...]

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Mar 14 2017, 1:42PM by Jann Swanson As anniversaries go, it's not much of one to celebrate, but this year the foreclosure crisis marks its tenth year.  Since Mid-2007, more than 7.8 million homes have been foreclosed according to a new retrospective, published by CoreLogic, on the ten-year rise and fall of the cycle.  The company's report, United States Residential…[...]

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The issue should not have been about it being a summary; it should have been about the underlying records. The fact is that industry practice is now to have LPS or some other third party vendor create a payment history that justifies the foreclosure which is needed in order to (a) create a presumption that the foreclosing party was actually in…[...]

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