Archives by Tag ' borrower '
Apr 13, 2009

First From Comments: mers-info-excellent-submission-and-discovery And second: take a look at this site, which is under attack by Goldman Sachs for telling the truth and raising good questions. Goldman Masters of the Unvierse are going to try to shut it down. www.goldmansachs666.com

Apr 8, 2009

The article below by Andrew Rosenfield is an excellent summary of the problems and contradictions facing the Obama administration. But it misses the same point that everyone has failed to ask about. If the intent was to sell the loans to investors and Wall Street took money for that sale, then we must assume that […]

Apr 6, 2009

Editor’s Note: This article is on the right track. Using the guidelines of resolution trust, a fair and equitable distribution of risk and loss could be achieved while at the same time demonstrating to the world that the United States accepts the responsibility for what our “masters of the universe” on Wall Street and Main […]

Apr 5, 2009

Too many people are looking for an easy way out and reporting that Judge’s don’t like their arguments because they are going into court saying they don’t owe the money and there is no obligation. This argument starts you off on the wrong foot and heads for disaster. The better approach is to start off […]

Apr 1, 2009

From M Solimon: {Editor’s Note: Lots more here than meets the eye. You want to know what ledger entries were made by each entity and by what individuals and under whose supervision or instructions the entry was made. Besides being able to trace the holder in due course you will probably eliminate most of their […]

Mar 31, 2009

From Sal Danna: When Countrywide took over the servicing from Greenpoint, the loan was already in default which automatically makes Countrywide a debt collector. If it was not in default, then a loan servicer is not considered a debt collector.  When I received the first letter from Countrywide, it contained the standard “This is an […]

Mar 30, 2009

“The way mortgages are bundled and resold, it can be enormously time-consuming just trying to determine what company holds the loan on a property thought to be in foreclosure.” Susan Saulny of the NY Times gets credit for her story on the front page today. It points out what we have been saying here all […]

Mar 30, 2009

By the METHOD of pooling and tranching, they converted from negotiable to non-negotiable instrument. (Article VIII UCC). That means that upon transfer the recipient of the payment is satisfied in full and a new obligation arises between the seller and buyer separate and apart from the borrower. Further, the method calls for the proceeds of […]

Mar 29, 2009

BOTTOM LINE: Use of a nominee causes an irreconcilable cloud on title entitling the homeowner to recovery on his homeowner title insurance policy. If homeowners purchased title insurance, they were at the same time in the same closing agreeing that the names of MERS and Countrywide would be used, for example, but that off-record activity […]

Mar 25, 2009

Many thanks to Alan Baron who has been staying on top of the research. Rand Corporation v Yer Song Moua: Manisy Moua, John Doe, Mary Roe, United States Court of Appeals Filed March 20, 2009. 8th-cir-tila-rand-march-20-2009 Phoenix, Az March 25, 2009. by Neil Garfield. Despite nearly heroic efforts by the banking industry to avoid an […]