Most people, including homeowners, believe that the homeowners do owe the money and that the entities that are attempting to foreclose should win. That is why the free house myth is so pervasive. The result is that foreclosures are being granted to entities that (a) do not exist or (b) have nothing to do with […]

Tags: article 9 UCC, cross examination, free house, holder in due course, TRIAL OBJECTIONS, UCC Article 3, underwriting
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Editor’s Note: It’s not final but it looks like Ireland is going to do pretty much the same thing that Iceland did, except this one is based upon the heart of the crisis — housing and bad mortgages, falsely presented to lenders and borrowers alike. The answer? Reduction in the balance due on mortgages that […]

Tags: appraisal fraud, correction of principal, ICELAND, Ireland, reduction of principal, underwriting
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Editor’s Comment: The practice of disregarding normal loan underwriting standards creates a claim that homeowners were tricked into loans that they could never repay. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, built by Elizabeth Warren under Obama’s direction is about to pass a rule that addresses that very issue. The new Rule would allow homeowners contesting foreclosure […]

Tags: CFPB, credit default swaps, Elizabeth Warren, Federal Bailout, foreclosures, housing, insurance, investors, Obama, Richard Cordray, TARP, underwriting
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COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary REQUIRED READING 2.24.2011 Chase -Allstate-Complaint JUST LOOKING AT THE TABLE OF CONTENT WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NATURE OF ACTION …………………………………………………………………………………………………….1 PARTIES ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 JURISDICTION AND VENUE ……………………………………………………………………………………….16 BACKGROUND ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………17 A.    THE MECHANICS OF MORTGAGE SECURITIZATION …………………………………….17 B.    SECURITIZATION OF MORTGAGE LOANS: THE […]

Tags: allstate, BEAR STEARNS, countrywide, fraud, FREMONT, Greenpoint, JP Morgan Chase, JPMORTGAN, Long beach, Option One, PHH, securitization, underwriting, WAMU
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GET LOAN SPECIFIC RECORDS PROPERTY SEARCH AND SECURITIZATION SUMMARY FTC v Countrywide Home Loans Incand BAC Home Loans ServicingConsent Judgment Order 20100607 Editor’s Comment: This “tip of the iceberg”  is important for a number of reasons. You should be alerted to the fact that this was an industry-wide practice. The fees tacked on illegally during […]

Tags: Appraisal, Bank of America, bo-doc, california foreclosure, countrywide, delinquency, excessive fees, Federal Trade Commission, feeder originators, fees, FTC, interest rates, investors, loans, Merrill Lynch & Co., mortgage backed securities, Notice of Default, Notice of Sale, points, Quicken, underwriting
Posted in Corruption, Eviction, evidence, expert witness, foreclosure mill, Modification, securities fraud, Servicer |

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION – ESSEX VICINAGE ——————————————————————X                Civil Action Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee Of Argent Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-PW1 Docket Number: XXX REQUEST FOR INTERROGATORIES Plaintiff(s), vs. XXX; John Doe, Husband Of XXX                                                                            XXX Avenue Rosedale, NY 11422 Defendant(s)/Pro Se ——————————————————————X REQUEST FOR […]

Tags: ability to pay, accounting records, Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Appraisal, Argent Mortgage company, Assignment and ASsumption Agreement, certificate holder, Depositor, Deutsch Bank, disocvery, Essex County, forensic analysis, FRCP 34(a), interrogatories, Master Servicer, National Trust Company, originator, pooling, PSA, receipt of money, Servicing, Tamara Price, third party payments, underwriting
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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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One new answer we are getting when we ask for the identity of the real holder in due course of the note is “that information is confidential. You are not entitled to that.” Of course this is ridiculous — if you signed a note and it has been “assigned” to some third party, you have […]

Tags: assignees, foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, pooling, underwriting
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The simple mortgage on a home had been broken into many pieces (tranches — See Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)) each having characteristics of entities unto themselves. The term “borrower” was severed from the the obligation to pay. The term “lender” was severed from the risk of loss and the right to payment from the borrower. […]

Tags: civil procedure, DIRECTORS, discovery, ERRORS AND OMISSIONS, insurance, OFFICERS, risk of loss, SPV, tranches, underwriting
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Anyone reading this site will not find it surprising that the number of foreclosures is rising by unprecedented numbers at unprecedented rates. At the same time, the FBI is getting involved claiming mortgage fraud is on the rise at well. Let’s tell it like it is: Until this scam was perpetrated by Wall Street on […]

Tags: borrowers, foreclosures, fraud, lenders, mortgage brokers, underwriting
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