http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2016/08/28/michigan-sets-parole-linda-green-robo-signer/89525028/ By Brian O'Conner The only person jailed in connection with a foreclosure forgery scandal that swept through Michigan and the rest of the country after the collapse of the housing bubble spends her days confined to the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Pittsfield Township. But not for long. Sentenced in May 2013 to serve up to 20 years…[...]

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[caption id="attachment_39635" align="alignnone" width="300"] Unconscionable Acts by Debt Collectors[/caption]   Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd Frank Act), all covered entities are legally required to refrain from committing unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices (collectively, UDAAPs) in violation of the Act. Certain acts or practices related to the collection of consumer debt that could,…[...]

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http://bpinvestigativeagency.com/washington-mutual-bank-sold-these-67529-toxic-loans-and-not-one-single-foreclosure-by-the-investors/  Having investigated the WaMu/FDIC/Chase fact pattern for nearly seven-years now, and having investigated hundreds of foreclosure cases where JPMorgan Chase claims sole ownership of specific Washington Mutual Bank loans by virtue of the “Purchase & Assumption Agreement” (PAA) with the FDIC, one fact is now well established – no schedule or inventory of assets listing any specific WMB mortgage loan…[...]

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As I am on the road, I will limit my comments. see Cenlar FSB v. Joseph L. Malenfant FREE HOUSE Cenlar FSB v. Joseph L. Malenfant 2016-2015-vt-93 The dissenting justice gets it right. In essence he is saying that it isn't the borrower's fault that these files, these loans, these documents are all screwed up and that if that produces…[...]

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The Neil Garfield Show has been cancelled this evening. Join Neil next week when he will discuss his recent Florida win.  Partnering with Ft. Lauderdale attorney Patrick Giunta, Neil successfully argued securitization.  Neil Garfield will be writing a blog post this week detailing his win.  [...]

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In the course of litigation, homeowners often acquire documents through internet searches, discovery and other means that might help others.  Servicing manuals, scripts, proprietary system information, and other documents can prove invaluable in fighting foreclosure fraud. We encourage people with inside knowledge or in possession of evidence that might help others to send documentation anonymously to our email address at…[...]

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[caption id="attachment_39982" align="alignnone" width="480"] “My conclusion is that it’s pretty clear—from what she’s saying and the document that she attaches—that they’ve been doing what I’ve been saying they were doing all along: telling clients want to say. These are listed out for the attorneys to ask the witness, and the answers that the witness needs to give are right there.…[...]

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Former Fannie Mac CEO reaches agreement that places no restrictions on future work http://www.wsj.com/articles/to-settle-sec-case-government-pays-itself-100-000-1471991173 By Aruna Viswanatha Aug. 23, 2016 6:26 p.m. ET   Former Fannie Mae chief executive  Daniel Mudd reached a “settlement” with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a crisis-era case it filed against him. The deal, filed on Monday, requires essentially nothing of Mr. Mudd. The settlement…[...]

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http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/08/foreclosure_crisis_continues_t.html By Shira Schoenberg | sschoenberg@repub.com Follow on Twitter on August 24, 2016 at 6:00 AM, updated August 24, 2016 at 6:07 AM  The effects of the Great Recession may be receding, but many Massachusetts homeowners remain underwater. The number of foreclosures is rising, and that trend is expected to continue. The reason, experts say, is a backlog of old…[...]

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  [caption id="attachment_39974" align="alignnone" width="300"] Roughly 840,000 home-equity lines of credit taken out in 2006 are resetting this year, with principal payments on an additional nearly one million loans expected to hit in 2017. Illustration: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News[/caption]   http://www.wsj.com/articles/home-equity-loans-come-back-to-haunt-borrowers-banks-1470933020 By AnnaMaria Andriotis Aug. 11, 2016 12:30 p.m. ET 125 COMMENTS The bill is coming due for many homeowners…[...]

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