EDITOR’s comment: Everyone seems to agree that nobody really knows the identity of the creditor in the millions of mortgage transactions that were created from 2001 to 2008. Yet the general consensus from the administration and the media is that these transactions should be enforced anyway. The idea of enforcing a transaction in which only […]

Tags: borrower, bull market, congress, creditor, David Streitfeld, fraud, fraudulent appraisals, fraudulent loan transactions, housing market, identity of the creditor, Investor, Ny Times, Obama, speculators, Wall Street
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A YIELD SPREAD PREMIUM IS A FEE PAID TO A BROKER FOR CREATING A FRAUDULENT PROFIT BY LYING TO THE CUSTOMER WHO BUYS A FINANCIAL PRODUCT. This particular lie would be about the rate on the loan. One would think this was already illegal and one would be right. Not only is it specified in […]

Tags: David Streitfeld, fraud, RICO, TILA, yield spread premium, YSP
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12debt.html?_r=1&ref=business EDITOR’S NOTE: It is ironic how reality eventually catches up with illusion. While we have been pounding on the issue of principal reduction as the only realistic way out of the recession, and while the financial industry has been busy convincing people that principal reduction is somehow immoral, the contraction of home prices back […]

Tags: appraisals, David Streitfeld, fraud, home equity, Mortgage, predatory
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YOU DON’T NEED TO BE DELINQUENT TO SETTLE OR MODIFY. It might just be a good time to pick up the phone right now and call the servicer, trustee, or whoever is saying they have your loan (even though they don’t) and make a deal. Think about it first. Don’t be too generous to them […]

Tags: "modification" agreement, BofA, Complaint to Quiet Title, David Streitfeld, delinquent, friendly quiet title action, LAWYER, modification, Mortgage, Obama, quiet title, servicer, trustee
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Editor’s Note: Better late than never. It is a step in the right direction, but 30% reduction is not likely to do the job, and waiting for mortgages to become delinquent is simply kicking the can down the road. The political argument of a “gift” to these homeowners is bogus. They are legally entitled to […]

Tags: Alan M White, ARIZONA, assistant secretary of the Treasury, Bank of America, BOA, BofA, Brad Hunter, Commerce Department, countrywide, credit cards, David Streitfeld, debt forgiveness, forgiveness of debt, Fremont Investment and Loan, Housing and Urban Development, inspector general, Jack Schakett, Louise Story, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Metrostudy, Michael S. Barr, Neil M. Barofsky, New York Times, predatory lending, preumptively unfair, principal reduction, redefault, Scottsdale, Steve Walsh, Supreme Judicial Court, TARP, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Valparaiso University School of Law, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, White House
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March 25, 2010 U.S. Plans Big Expansion in Effort to Aid Homeowners By DAVID STREITFELD The Obama administration on Friday will announce broad new initiatives to help troubled homeowners, potentially refinancing several million of them into fresh government-backed mortgages with lower payments. Another element of the new program is meant to temporarily reduce the payments […]

Tags: David Streitfeld, LOAN MODIFICATION, Mortgage, New York Times, Obama administration, principal reduction, TARP
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Editor’s Note: It seems to me that this concedes the battle to Wall Street. It encourages homeowners to take the loss that at the very least should be shared with ALL the players in the securitization scheme and creates more problems in housing and social services. Excerpt from NYT – do not buy into this […]

Tags: borrowers, cash for keys, David Streitfeld, lenders, New York Times, Obama
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Editor’s Comment: Again, myth prevails. The monster that gobbled our home equity and the value of our pension funds came from the waters beneath the market not from some economic disaster or sudden migration of population to Australia. The “loss of value” was nothing of the sort. Prices were going up during a decade when […]

Tags: Appraisal, David Streitfeld, demand, FHA, lenders, modification, Neil barofsky, New York Times, underwriting, Wall Street
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New research suggests that when a home’s value falls below 75 percent of the amount owed on the mortgage, the owner starts to think hard about walking away, even if he or she has the money to keep paying. See the whole article in New York Times. Extensive discussion of the issue. It’s beginning to […]

Tags: David Streitfeld, house arrest, jingle mail, New York Times, principal reduction, strategic defaults, walking away
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