THANK YOU DAN EDSTROM: Hats off to Dan for explaining the logistics of how additional people were added toy our deal, that you have a  right to know who they are and how their addition to your deal changes everything. Here is what he said: So the homeowner gave an unconditional promise to pay. The […]

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NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON KINDLE!! Pursuit vs. UBS Drills Down to Real Benefits to Intermediaries While Real PARTIES — Investors and Homeowners — get the shaft UBS090909 This is a case of an investor suing the underwriter of the mortgage backed bonds purchased as “investment grade securities.” As we have pointed out on these pages […]

Tags: CDO, disclosure, discovery, flow of documents, follow the money, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, homeowner, investment grade securities, Investor, Lender Liability, Morelli, motions to compel, pattern of deception, predatory lending, Pursuit, Pursuit v UBS, securitization, Stamford Court, TILA audit, trustee, UBS
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NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON KINDLE! MERS and Countrywide v Agin Trustee D Ct Mass Aff’d B Ct on Avoidance Mtg 20091117 NOTE FROM EDITOR SEEKING HELP: Rumor has it San Diego has stopped all foreclosures. I need this corroborated or debunked quickly. Can I get a little help here? The case in this POST comes […]

Tags: audit, countrywide, disclosure, expert, expert witness, fabricated documents, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, forensic analyst, forensic review, forged documents, Massachusetts, MAX GARDNER, MERS, MERS v Agin, Mortgage Avoidance, mortgage securitization, securitization, title insurance, TRO, trustee
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Editor’s Note: This might not be as far-fetched as you think. Median income is dropping like a rock. Housing prices have historically been closely related to median income. I don’t know about the percentage drop, but another crash in real estate values seems likely. median income is still out of whack with housing prices indicating […]

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Ken McLeod has the figures on this, having done detailed statistical analysis, and capable of testifying as an expert on the usual outcome of these sales. The important point being “why would the “bank” let the property go for 60% of distressed market price — even to an insider?” Answer: because it is all a […]

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From Steven Kop: Like Florida and other states, the laws already exist to penalize the pretender lenders. The question is whether the public will rise up and force the enforcment of these laws and use them to discredit the worthless paper issued by the participants in the securitization chain. CALIFORNIA CODES PENAL CODE SECTION 470-483.5 […]

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Readers of Livinglies: Firstly, might I say we were as shocked as anyone to learn of Judge Spinner’s ruling, so eloquently documented in his Jeffersonian-writing style. We appreciate the notes and calls of support, but we are ordinary people whose only wish is to return to a normal life. As the court records indicate, we […]

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You will find similar provisions in virtually every state and without much variation. It is no exaggeration to say that the “enforcement” of invalid mortgages and notes are acts of fraud. By this time there is no possibility of claiming ignorance on the part of anyone who is not in a coma and who is […]

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This is what Mr. Robert E. Bostrom, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Freddie Mac had to say to the Supreme Court Task Force on Foreclosures. “Recommendation regarding verification of “ownership” of the mortgage” “The Task Force has recommended a requirement for a plaintiff in a foreclosure action to verify that it owns […]

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“The note is often produced at some point in the litigation, but the real problem is, how did they get it? When did they get it? And did the transfer of ownership comport with federal and Florida law for the transfer of such negotiable instruments?” In cases that are dismissed based on these arguments, foreclosure […]

Tags: April Charney, default, Florida, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, Jacksonville Business Journal, Jose Semedey, Kimberly Morrison, negotiable instrument, pretender lender, produce the note, quiet title, real lender, securitization, transfer of ownership
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