In the complaint, the plaintiffs’ lawyers contend that Credit Suisse and Cushman & Wakefield conspired by setting up a Cayman Islands branch to circumvent federal law on real estate appraisals. Credit Suisse knew the resorts would most likely default under the weight of inflated values, which would allow the bank to take ownership as agent […]

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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. […]

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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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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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NY JUDGES ROCK — IndyMAc Bank FSB. v Yano-Horosky Indymac Bank F.S.B. v Yano-Horoski 2009 NY Slip Op 52333(U) Decided on November 19, 2009 Supreme Court, Suffolk County Spinner, J. Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the […]

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Appraisal negligence and/or fraud is overlooked by many. Appraisers are usually licensed and insured. Filing a complaint with the licensing board as well as sending a demand letter to them to forward to their carrier could produce some substantial results. And remember that the originating “LENDER” supposedly has a committee or person verifying the appraisal […]

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By Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers Greg Gordon, Mcclatchy Newspapers Mon Nov 2, 6:00 am ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — When California wildfires ruined their jewelry business, Tony Becker and his wife fell months behind on their mortgage payments and experienced firsthand the perils of subprime mortgages. The couple wound up in a desperate, six-year fight […]

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