Archives by Tag ' appraisal fraud '
Oct 15, 2012

CLICK HERE FOR CONSULTATION WITH NEIL “We can account for small to reasonable increases in values,” Mr. McKinnon said. “We cannot account for $20,000 jumps in a month.” Editor’s Comment: An amazing quote from someone who obviously is NOW stressing the fundamental elements of an appraisal, especially where there is a loan involved. During the […]

Oct 15, 2012

The REMICS are mirror images of the NINJA loans — no income, no assets, no job the borrower did not realize that the false appraisal and other deficiencies in underwriting had shifted the risk of loss to the homeowner and the investors Editor’s Notes: Our economy and the economic structure in other countries is stuck […]

Oct 9, 2012

Editor’s Note: It’s not final but it looks like Ireland is going to do pretty much the same thing that Iceland did, except this one is based upon the heart of the crisis — housing and bad mortgages, falsely presented to lenders and borrowers alike. The answer? Reduction in the balance due on mortgages that […]

Sep 12, 2012

Editor’s Notes: It is already well -established that write-down of principal is the only sane thing to do in these circumstances. De Marco standing as head of of the GSE’s refuses to consider that and even refuses to push for modifications, preferring foreclosures instead. Foreclosures are what is killing the economy, destroying lives and providing […]

Sep 11, 2012

Editor’s comment: There are two “good” reasons why Wall Street wanted the appraisals inflated. The first was that the higher the appraisals (the real values be damned) the more money they could show that was moving, and the more sure they  could be that even good loans would be defaulted strategically by people unwilling to […]

Sep 10, 2012

Hat Tip to Ken McLeod, private investigator serving livinglies LIVINGLIES VINDICATED!!! 99% of the Loans Never Were Transferred into Trusts Editor’s Comment: The truth is coming out piece by piece. In this complaint a thorough examination revealed what we have been saying all along — the loans were NOT pooled, bundled or put into any […]

Sep 9, 2012

Editor’s Comment: At the heart of the entire scam called securitization was the abandonment — in fact the avoidance of repayment of the loans. The idea was to make bigger and bigger loans without due any evidence of due diligence, so that the “lender” could claim plausible deniability and more importantly, make a claim for […]

Aug 13, 2012

Dan Edstrom, our senior securitization analyst who will be one of the presenters in both the San Francisco (Emeryville) seminar and the Anaheim Seminar, ran across some material that should assist many homeowners and attorneys representing homeowners. Remember that part of the seminar is devoted to the business model for making money — a lot […]

Aug 2, 2012

CREDITORS CAN ONLY GET PAID ONCE Editor’s Note: If you are news junkie like I am and watch and read everything about the financial markets it is absolutely amazing how everyone seem to be in agreement that we are headed for a financial cliff and nobody wants to do anything about it. Sen Merkley, with […]

May 22, 2012

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