SEE LIVINGLIES LITIGATION SUPPORT AT LUMINAQ.COM GET COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION SEARCH, REPORT, ANALYSIS ON LUMINAQ “The banks’ strategy is to run the clock,” a Georgetown University law professor, Adam Levitin, said. “The chances of a settlement that meaningfully reforms mortgage servicing and makes the banks pay an appropriate price for illegal conduct are rapidly […]

Tags: bailout, Bank of America, bankruptcy, borrower, credit crisis, disclosure, Federal reserve, foreclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, LEVITIN, modification, rescission, securitization
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SEE LIVINGLIES LITIGATION SUPPORT AT LUMINAQ.COM SEE 10-lies-we-live-by-and-should-stop-believing-if-we-want-this-to-stop SEE taking-justice-off-the-table-2-cent-settlement In Proposed Mortgage Fraud Settlement, a Gift to Big Banks TROJAN HORSE By JESSE EISINGER, ProPublica   Luis Alvarez/Associated Press Tom Miller, attorney general of Iowa. Lurking in a proposed mortgage fraud settlement with the state attorneys general is a clause that could be worth […]

Tags: disclosure, Eviction, foreclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, Lender Liability, modification, Mortgage, predatory lending, rescission, securitization, settlement
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COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary GET RID OF THE MIDDLEMEN NOTE TO INVESTORS AND BORROWERS: IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT RESOLVING THE MORTGAGE CRISIS AND YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WRITE TO ME AT neilfranklingarfield@gmail.com. EDITOR’S NOTE: For those of you who have followed the blog from the […]

Tags: disclosure, HERS, investors, modification, mortgage backed securities, mortgage meltdown, securitization
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COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary ANOTHER “BANK” MODIFICATION SCAM ON HOMEOWNERS EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is standard operating procedure throughout the industry. Once again, it is fraudulent. This example, the homeowners made $22,000 in payments (to a non-creditor) believing they were headed for a negotiated settlement based upon assurances from the […]

Tags: Bad FAith, equitable relief, mathon, modification, Spinner, trial payments, unclean hands
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More and more states are following the example set by the federal government in requiring mediation or modification attempts before going forward with litigation. We think that is a good idea in theory, but without the teeth that is in the enabling rules and statutes in Florida, you are just going to end up playing […]

Tags: authority, decision-maker, Florida Modification, investors, mediation, modification, Mortgage, note, Obligation
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Nobody ever thought that returning a lady’s purse to her after a purse snatcher ran away with it was a gift. So why is anyone contesting returning the purse to homeowners who had their lives snatched from them? The baby steps of the Obama administration are frustrating. Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and those who walk […]

Tags: Appraisal, credit default swaps, false assumption, false rating, false value, Federal Bailout, foreclosure, homeowners, illegal fees, insurance, interest rate reduction, Larry Summers, loan product was viable, modification, Obama administration, principal reduction, release, servicers, temporary modification called a "trial", Tim Geithner
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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: Principal reduction can be achieved in more ways than one. Here Non-profit Lenders see the clear opportunity to buy mortgages from dubious sources and then enter into new mortgages with the homeowner thus preventing eviction and restoring the homeowner to non-distress status. The problem here is that title is not clear and eventually […]

Tags: clear title, distressed homeowners, JOHN LELAND, modification, mortgage modification, Non-profit lenders, Ny Times, Post-foreclosure relief, principal reduction, quiet title, title problems
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As pointed out in the article below there are many good reasons for prepaying your mortgage on a monthly basis. But if you are in a securitized mortgage and you are either underwater or facing payments that are resetting, be aware that any prepayments will take you far out of the running for any modification. […]

Tags: modification, Mortgage, New York Times, note, Obligation, prepayment, reset, Ron Lieber, securitized mortgage
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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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