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BusinessWeek Subprime: Borne of Sleaze, Bribery, and Lies Friday November 14, 8:08 am ET By Mara Der Hovanesian It may seem like ancient history now, but not long ago the mortgage industry was turning ordinary people into millionaires. One of them was Sharmen Lane, a high school dropout who, like many other young women during […]
QUESTION: I want to confirm something with you: 1. TILA does not apply to purchase money. 2. TILA apply to refinance of mortgage. Is that correct? ANSWER: This is a far more complex question than it appears. Normally it would be simple. But in the context of the mortgage meltdown of 2001-2008 there are more questions than […]
March 6, 2008, 11:50 am Foreclosure Legal Work: A Shoddy, Assembly-Line Practice? Posted by Dan Slater Does flat-fee pricing foster assembly-line lawyering? That’s what U.S. bankruptcy judge Jeff Bohm suggested in a decision, entered yesterday, in a consumer bankruptcy case involving Countrywide and a Texas homeowner. While Judge Bohm declined to enter sanctions against Countrywide […]
November 30, 2007, 9:10 am Law Blog Lexpionage: “Foreclosure Mills” Posted by Peter Lattman Are you hip to the Web site Word Spy? It’s a fun one for all you language lovers out there. Its founder describes its mission as “lexpionage” — sleuthing out new words and phrases. Recent entries include “stroller envy,” feelings of […]
Foreclosure Mess: Two Different Plaintiffs Claim to Own Same Mortgage Posted By Amir Efrati On November 14, 2008 @ 1:38 pm In Global | No Comments It’s been a while since we revisited the foreclosure crisis, which has obviously gotten worse. Foreclosure numbers are skyrocketing, while numerous states, the federal government and financial institutions are […]
From: April Charney [mailto:April.Charney@jaxlegalaid.org] Foreclosure Mess: Two Different Plaintiffs Claim to Own Same Mortgage Posted By Amir Efrati On November 14, 2008 @ 1:38 pm In Global | No Comments It’s been a while since we revisited the foreclosure crisis, which has obviously gotten worse. Foreclosure numbers are skyrocketing, while numerous states, the federal government […]
While my editorial opinion has been fairly obvious in these articles, I feel the need to express them directly. The fundamental truth that is missed in the media and those in government and finance close to the microphones is that this did not start with the borrowers — it started with the investors who bought […]
We’ve received a few questions regarding the impact of the “takeover” of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the Federal government. These were chartered by congress as opposed to any state and it is questionable whether anything has actually changed except for management personnel and style. They were theoretically private corporations with their common stock […]
The start of every case, as I see it, is the collection of facts and documents, so that a complete mortgage evaluation and status report can be prepared by an independent third party who can serve as an expert witness if the need arises. The current “cottage industry” of TILA audits is insufficient but a […]
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