securities consultant says Merrill Lynch knew or should have known the securities they brought to market where overrated (From her website: "She wrote the first letter the SEC posted in February 2007 in response to its proposed rules for the credit rating agencies; she made the case that the NRSRO designation for the rating agencies should be revoked for structured…[...]

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Tags: bailout, depression, disclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, lost note, mortgage meltdown, securitization
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Fraud in the factum From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Fraud in the Factum is a type of fraud where misrepresentation causes one to enter a transaction without accurately realizing the risks, duties, or obligations incurred. Black's Law Dictionary (2nd Pocket ed. 2001 pg. 293). This can be when the maker or drawer of a negotiable instrument,…[...]

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Notwithstanding your assertions to the contrary, the letter is very specific to the subject mortgage transaction. You are quite right however, that we are questioning virtually every aspect of the transaction because there appears to be questionable behavior on the part of multiple parties in connection with every phase of the loan transaction and subsequent sale to investors of some…[...]

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If you have access to Bloomberg professional or other such service here is the list of items we might want on any one occasion. Obviously once we have it we don't need to do it again for the same series of certificates. Wish list would be documents we could lift, paste, print and use in whole or in part, as…[...]

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Countrywide Sued by Fund Over $8.4 Billion Loan Deal (Update1) greenwich-investor-complaint-against-countrywide-describing-securitization-in-simple-terms Excellent Article by Mr. Mortgage: Mortgage Security Holder Stands up to Bofa By Patricia Hurtado Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the home lender acquired by Bank of America Corp., was sued by Greenwich Financial Services Fund over claims an agreement to reduce payments on mortgages by $8.4…[...]

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Home mortgage disclosure act data available The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) announced that the 2007 data compiled under the Federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act are available from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC). The data covers mortgage lending transactions throughout the nation at 8,610 financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Covered institutions…[...]

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From Mario Kenny -- see comments posted to blog As we have stated repeatedly, the logistics were simple: (a) inflate the value of the mortgage backed securities with fraudulently obtained Triple AAA Ratings and (b) inflating the value of the home with fraudulent and negligent use of false comparable and ignoring time factors. The economics of lending changed "upside down"…[...]

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AP IMPACT: US diluted loan rules before crash – Gov’t rejected tougher mortgage rules in 2005 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an…[...]

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NATION’S HOUSING Civil rights complaint targets Wall Street rating firms Moody’s and Fitch’s high ratings of subprime mortgage bonds disproportionately harmed black and Latino home buyers, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition alleges. By Kenneth R. Harney November 30, 2008 In what is apparently the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil…[...]

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As we have repeatedly said publicly and privately, the securitization process extended throughout the credit world. Hardly anything was not packaged in some securitized zone. Thus most assumptions about the liability on such debt are wrong as to whether there is any outstanding balance, who owns the loan, etc. Of particular interest is the student loan debt. We have researched…[...]

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Tags: securitized auto loan debt, securitized consumer debt, securitized small business loan debt, securitized student loan debt
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