So what can a borrower expect if they have sent or is ending a notice of rescission? Be aware you are on their radar. We have emerged from the muck and ooze of primeval environment. That is why they bringing out the big guns. Holland and Knight is NOT a foreclosure mill and never will be. They want to do battle because they know the issue of rescission is a nuclear option that could blow up the entire “securitization” scheme of the banks.
What they are going to try to do is say that the rescission should not be considered effective because of the statute of limitations or because of something else like that it was a purchase money mortgage. They will say they could bring that up at any time because the rescission was void when sent. In other words they are seeking ways to make the rescission contingent upon being valid based upon some particular fact pattern they wish to represent.
That would mean that the rescission is NOT effective until there is a judicial determination that it is valid. AND THAT runs against the express wording of the statute, the express wording of the Federal Reserve’s Reg Z, and the express wording of Jesinowski. The rescission may be VOIDABLE if they file a lawsuit challenging the cancellation of the loan deal, but it isn’t VOID.
But the banks are not filing those lawsuits. They seek to raise “defenses” to affirmative allegations of rescission long after the 20 day window has expired. The Banks MUST attack rescission in this way. They can’t file the lawsuit within 20 days because of the problems with standing. If they don’t attack and try to weaken the “effective” (i.e., the day that by operation of law the deal was canceled) rescission they are admitting that their so-called mortgage backed securities are worthless junk — which is exactly what they are. Even in the current market, and even if they were doing it right, investors would need to be told that there is a risk that one or all of the mortgage loans in the pool are susceptible to being rescinded; and, here is the kicker: they would need to disclose that any attempt to challenge such rescissions would require a proof of standing which is at the very least “difficult.” [It is difficult because standing would need to be established WITHOUT THE NOTE AND MORTGAGE, WHICH ARE VOID].
Effective means effective. It means the deal is canceled unless the banks get it set aside. But they can’t get it set aside without some action at law. A letter telling you that you are outside the statute of limitations or that your loan was a purchase money mortgage does NOTHING — except provide proof that they received the notice. And here is another kicker: those people who sent their notice of rescission years ago but were “foreclosed” anyway have a claim that every action taken after they sent their notice of rescission was VOID by operation of law. And any title company that issued a title policy without exempting transactions involved in securitized loans is probably liable for the damages. But they probably can’t get out of the cloud of liabilities created by securitization if it was a notice of rescission that was sent — because that applies regardless of securitization.
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