“Many economists and mortgage experts have concluded that banks must ultimately forgive loan balances to restore equity to underwater borrowers. Otherwise, growing numbers will walk away from their homes and accept foreclosure rather than make payments on properties in which they no longer own a stake.” Editor’s Comments and Notes: The Obama Administration has finally […]

Tags: bailout, borrower, disclosure, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, mortgage meltdown, predatory lending, principal reduction, quiet title, securitization
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Editor’s Comment: Finally! The president has now played out the Geithner-Summers scenario and seen the results — a large middle finger raised in the air from an arrogant bunch of people who are tone deaf to the needs of the nation and the world. This decision brings us into line with the rest of the […]

Tags: bailout, Bank of England, consumer protection, financial regulation, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, Geithner, Glass-Steagall, Jackie clames, Louis Uchitelle, mortgage meltdown, Obama, principal reduction, proprietary cuurency, securitization, Summers, Volcker
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Remember that $700 billion in TARP? It was dwarfed by other government programs including one from the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve went from a non-existent player in the mortgage backed security market a year ago to owning $904 billion of the mortgage backed securities today. But we don’t seem to be getting or seeing […]

Tags: bailout, borrowers, Federal reserve, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, lenders, mortgage meltdown, quiet title, securitization
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Editor’s Note: Thanks to Allan again. If there is one person in a relatively high position who has understood the subprime crisis, acquired the information on securitization, named the villains and described their practices separating honest people from their money it is Elizabeth Warren, whose was barely heard over the din of back-slapping during the […]

Tags: bankruptcy, banks, Boston Globe, Bruce Mann, Charles Pierce, Congressional Oversight, Elizabeth Warren, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, fraud, gaap, Marcy Kaptur, mortgage meltdown, mortgage securitization, TARP, Wall Street
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MYTH  any imaginary person or thing spoken of as though existing any fictitious story, or unscientific account, theory, belief, etc. Kudos to investigative journalist Kevin Hall with McClatchy Newspapers for inserting himself into the so called “loan modification” process and exposing the farce that is being perpetrated on the American public in the article below. […]

Tags: audit, bailout, bankruptcy, borrower, borrowers, Chapter 13, countrywide, credit, credit crisis, depression, disclosure, Eviction, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, foreclosures, fraud, housing, Loan Mod, LOAN MODIFICATION, modification, mortgage meltdown, predatory lending, quiet title, rescission, RICO, securitization, TILA audit, trustee
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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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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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now available on kindle/amazon! Bank and Regulators neglect-and-inaction-7-10-09-final IndyMAc Bank FSB. v Yano-Horosky Nevada Law Practical RP Issues VIDEO: Preparing for Hyper Inflation People (including lawyers cross-examining me as an expert witness) ask “How do you know that?” Or sometimes they will ask “How do you know you’re right?” My answer is that it’s not […]

Tags: amazon, banks, demand deposit accounts, depository, extinguishment of obligation, invalidation of mortgages, invalidation of notes, kindle, mortgage meltdown, regulators, securitization, speculation, Wall Street
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Government officials, perhaps influenced by spending too much time with bankers, forgot that if you want to govern effectively you have retain the trust of the people. And by treating the financial industry — which got us into this mess in the first place — with kid gloves, they have squandered that trust. During the […]

Tags: AIG, bailout, disclosure, Federal reserve, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, illusion of financial soundness, Krugman, mortgage meltdown, Ny Times, securitization
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AVAILABLE ON KINDLE/AMAZON Editor’s Note: While the media, Wall Street and government sources try to placate us, there are inescapable truths right now and inescapable consequences right around the corner. Other than people who own their home outright or who are relatively close to that point, nearly every homeowner in America has several problems: (1) […]

Tags: borrower, delinquencies, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, home prices, LOAN MODIFICATION, median income, Mortgage, mortgage meltdown, Ny Times, securitization, short sales, voluntary abandonment
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