Archives by Tag ' trustee '
Apr 17, 2009

The whole thing is unraveling just we predicted 18 months ago. The largest transfer of wealth in world history is starting. The question is who is going to be behind the curve and who is going to be ahead of it? We are getting daily reports of many cases in which cases that have gone […]

Apr 8, 2009

The article below by Andrew Rosenfield is an excellent summary of the problems and contradictions facing the Obama administration. But it misses the same point that everyone has failed to ask about. If the intent was to sell the loans to investors and Wall Street took money for that sale, then we must assume that […]

Apr 1, 2009

From M Solimon: {Editor’s Note: Lots more here than meets the eye. You want to know what ledger entries were made by each entity and by what individuals and under whose supervision or instructions the entry was made. Besides being able to trace the holder in due course you will probably eliminate most of their […]

Mar 29, 2009

BOTTOM LINE: Use of a nominee causes an irreconcilable cloud on title entitling the homeowner to recovery on his homeowner title insurance policy. If homeowners purchased title insurance, they were at the same time in the same closing agreeing that the names of MERS and Countrywide would be used, for example, but that off-record activity […]

Mar 25, 2009

Many thanks to Alan Baron who has been staying on top of the research. Rand Corporation v Yer Song Moua: Manisy Moua, John Doe, Mary Roe, United States Court of Appeals Filed March 20, 2009. 8th-cir-tila-rand-march-20-2009 Phoenix, Az March 25, 2009. by Neil Garfield. Despite nearly heroic efforts by the banking industry to avoid an […]

Mar 12, 2009

The big deal is that it is ONLY the holder in due course who is allowed in court to make claims or enforce any rights regarding the mortgage and note. No servicer (e.g. Countrywide), administrator (e.g. MERS), or trustee has any right to do a judicial or non-judicial foreclosure because they are not the holder […]

Mar 10, 2009

it follows that the investors are the ONLY parties with standing to make any claim on the mortgage, note or obligation. But they won’t make that claim because of the exposure to risk that could leave them with even more loss than the current loss on their investment. This leaves trillions of dollars in unclaimed […]

Mar 8, 2009

“Our position is that the mortgage with IndyMac is toilet paper — it has no legal standing,” March 8, 2009 Mortgage Fraud Case Poses Federal Quandary By MICHAEL POWELL Waver Brickhouse, gray-haired and soft-spoken, has come undone twice during the nation’s housing crisis. In 2005, she fell behind on her mortgage payments and turned to […]

Feb 19, 2009

submitted by NY Interestingly, with the exception of Judge Bufford and a few other judges, there has been less than adequate focus upon the UCC title issues. The next round of cases may and should focus upon the title to debt instrument. The person seeking to enforce the note must show that: (1) It is […]

Feb 18, 2009

President Obama is taking on a very challenging task. A direct statement to the American people that their mortgages and notes are invalid, unenforceable or void would be portrayed as undermining contractual obligations. It would infuriate the investors who bought the worthless CDOs and undermine Obama’s enormous popularity with allegations of throwing the finance system […]