Archives by Tag ' foreclosure defense '
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 […]

Mar 22, 2009

The Big Takeover The global economic crisis isn’t about money – it’s about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution MATT TAIBBI Posted Mar 19, 2009 12:49 PM ADVERTISEMENT It’s over — we’re officially, royally fucked. no empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened […]

Mar 18, 2009

Why Show Me The Note Matters —- kudos to the Bankruptcy Law Network By Wendell Sherk, Missouri Attorney on Mar 17, 2009 in Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure, Credit, Bankruptcy, and Society, Featured, Missouri More bankruptcy courts are demanding mortgage servicers prove they are entitled to collect on a mortgage loan note before foreclosing.  The fight over […]

Mar 12, 2009

The big deal is that it is ONLY the holder in due course who is allowed in court to make claims or enforce any rights regarding the mortgage and note. No servicer (e.g. Countrywide), administrator (e.g. MERS), or trustee has any right to do a judicial or non-judicial foreclosure because they are not the holder […]

Mar 11, 2009

As reported in the Florida Bar News dated March 1, 2009, The Supreme Court of Florida has received a petition to require foreclosure mediation. The article by Mark D Killian, managing editor states “Contending that prejudgment mediation could save more than 130,000 Florida homes from foreclosure  and assist more than 360,000 borrowers,” the plan is […]

Mar 10, 2009

it follows that the investors are the ONLY parties with standing to make any claim on the mortgage, note or obligation. But they won’t make that claim because of the exposure to risk that could leave them with even more loss than the current loss on their investment. This leaves trillions of dollars in unclaimed […]

Mar 8, 2009

“Our position is that the mortgage with IndyMac is toilet paper — it has no legal standing,” March 8, 2009 Mortgage Fraud Case Poses Federal Quandary By MICHAEL POWELL Waver Brickhouse, gray-haired and soft-spoken, has come undone twice during the nation’s housing crisis. In 2005, she fell behind on her mortgage payments and turned to […]

Mar 8, 2009

Submitted by a gifted pro se litigant. See Comments. My only comment before quoting his comment (editor’s discretion) is that the obligation to perform due diligence is present in all cases, in all courts and in all legal procedures. Failure to do so will negate any attempted action once it is pointed out by the […]