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Alabama Slamma’ – Not for Better, Far Worse… As Foreclosures we Chart.
The Foreclosure Bowl: Connecticut Finally Makes it Into Top 10
Foreclosure Surprise! Stomping on Maryland Homeowners
What Makes a Mortgage a “Bad Loan?” I’m Confused.
Nevada Legislature Considers Passing its Own Homeowner Bill of Rights
South Carolina’s Hardest Hit Funds Farce… Failing but Finally Changing?
Bill to End Foreclosure Mediation In Missouri Passes… Wake Up, Missouri
One Bank Did Right by Homeowners & Shareholders – A Story You Haven’t Heard Before
Denial and Avoidance Won’t Fix Housing or Grow Economy
I’m Back in the Saddle Again… What’d I miss? Nothing, unfortunately.
State of Missouri Foreclosure Resource Links
North Carolina Foreclosure Laws
NORTH CAROLINA Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
North Carolina Foreclosure Defense Attorney
MISSOURI Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
Missouri Foreclosure Defense Attorney
Missouri Foreclosure Laws
Homeowner’s Scheme Makes Bad Situation Worse… Ends Up in Jail
Goldman Sachs on the Pacific – Inside Countrywide with Michael Winston… A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Illinois Latest State to Make Foreclosing Much Harder
David Min, Part 3 – Housing’s Recovery… Fact or Fiction? A Mandelman Matters Podcast
David Min Interview – Part 2 – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
End of Credit Markets to Beginning of Bailouts with D.C. Insider, David Min – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
About foreclosures, our housing markets, and economic recovery… oh, and lying.
Take this Awareness Test… BRILLIANT!
SCAM PREVENTION PODCAST #3: With the One and Only Max Gardner
SCAM PREVENTION PODCAST #2: Florida’s Consumer Protection Lawyer of the Year… Margery Golant
Florida Supreme Court Serves Fraud on Ice
SCAM PREVENTION PODCAST: What Isn’t Working for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Today?
State Bar Hypocrisy on Display – Bar to Offer Grants to Fund Legal Help with Foreclosures
The Fed blew it on Foreclosures. Ooops, we ruined the country?
FOMC Meeting Surprise! Committee Finds Justification to Continue Doing What They’re Doing
9.9 Earthquake in Default Servicing Turns California Into Judicial Foreclosure State
The Money in the OCC’s Cancelled Independent Foreclosure Review
Are Mortgages Fraudulent? The Case from Credit River.
O.C. Superior Court Judge Agrees State Bar WRONG on SB 94, But…
GUEST POST: Runaway Train: Civil Code Section 2944.7 and the CA State Bar
OCC Foreclosure Review RIP – Anyone Care for Cheese With their Whine?
North Carolina Foreclosures Rising with Attorney Brian Chapman – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
$1 TRILLION U.S. COIN – POSITIVELY BRILLIANT!
View from Inside the Financial Crisis with Former Treasury Chief Economist Phillip Swagel – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Un-Freezing Foreclosures in the Nevada Desert – A Mandelman Matters Podcast on What Nevada’s Homeowners Need to Know
Now this is Ping Pong at its Absolute Best…
Recovery? Ho, Ho, Holiday Sales Tell the Tale
In Case You’re of a Mind to Help…
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas 2012 – A Political Year-in-Review
The Quiet Crisis, Part 1. A Foreclosure Bluesical by Mandelman Matters
Stopping Foreclosure in Missouri: Attorney Dale Wiley on a Mandelman Matters Podcast
A 10 POINT SCANDAL – CA State Bar Exec Director Dunn Should Resign
Attorney Bruce Levitt on Saving Homes from Foreclosure in New Jersey – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
I never knew joy, anger or sadness until I became a parent – Thoughts following Sandy Hook
Colorado Failing… Foreclosures By Wink, Nod or Text Message
We’re Just Not Going to Fix the Foreclosure Crisis in Court
Homeowners: Start Your Emails… This is Your Chance for $50 Billion Principal Reductions
BYE-BYE DEMARCO! Obama to Replace Director of FHFA
California Bar: Disregards Attorney General’s Views, Screws Homeowners
The Faux Debate Over the Farcical Cliff that’s Hurting the Rest of US
California State Bar RECENT Decision to Cause More Harm to Homeowners in Foreclosure
Talking Up the Housing Market? Yada, Yada, Yada… Talk is Cheap
What Can DocX’s Brown Do for LPS, Besides Forge a Million Documents
We’re Addicted to Denying our Addiction to FHA’s Mortgage Crack
If FHA’s losses are due to bad economy, why is Fannie blaming borrowers in lawsuit against Bank of America?
Bank of America’s SVP Eric Tellijohann Provides an Advance Update on the National Mortgage Settlement Progress
Negative Equity Is Not Really a Numbers Game
Ohio Foreclosure Defense Attorney
What’s the difference between Spain and the USA? Empatía y sentido común. Sí, es verdad.
State of New Hampshire Foreclosure Resource Links
NEW HAMPSHIRE Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
New Hampshire Foreclosure Laws
MICHIGAN Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
Michigan Foreclosure Laws
State of Michigan Foreclosure Resource Links
State of Tennessee Foreclosure Resource Links
Tennessee Foreclosure Laws
TENNESSEE Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
State of Maine Foreclosure Resource Links
MAINE Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
Maine Foreclosure Laws
Spire Law Group’s Mass Torte Lawsuit Seeks $43 Trillion from Banks – Former AG Says it’s a FRAUD
ALABAMA Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
Alabama Foreclosure Laws
State of Alabama Foreclosure Resource Links
HOMEOWNER FORECLOSURE SCAM ALERT!
Ohio Foreclosure Laws
LPS Data Shows Ups and Downs of the Foreclosure Crisis
OHIO Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
State of Ohio Foreclosure Resource Links
President Obama on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Why I Didn’t Want to Watch the Presidential Debate Last Night
CONNECTICUT Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
State of Connecticut Foreclosure Resource Links
Connecticut Foreclosure Laws
Foreclosure Crisis Almost Over – It’s Magically Delicious
Ohio Foreclosure Laws
NEW JERSEY Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
New Jersey Foreclosure Laws
State of New Jersey Foreclosure Resource Links
Bank of America’s Dave Steckel on the National Mortgage Settlement – A Mandelman Mattters Exclusive Newscast
The Trillion Dollar Mistake That Triggered the Economic Meltdown
Servicers Extinguishing Liens DOES Help Homeowners, NOT Erasing Debt That Isn’t there
Feds Crack Down on 530 in Foreclosure Rescue Biz – And 21 Tips for Not Getting Scammed
California’s Attorney General Offering Free Foreclosure Review to Homeowners
Foreclosures Are Down? RealtyTrac VP, Daren Blomquist – The Definition of Obtuse
No Surprise – Arizona Court Rules Mortgage Settlement Funds Don’t Have to Help Homeowners
The Foreclosure Crisis – We Won’t Be Able to Fix It, Until We Understand It
Katherine Porter to Make Sure Homeowners Get What Servicers Promised – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
It’s National Mortgage Servicers Settlement Compliance Day!
Bankers Hit Jackpot in Nevada, Supreme Court Rules 7-0… YES ON MERS
When Will the Pivotal Nature of the Foreclosure Crisis be Understood
Last Minute Reminder: I’m Speaking at Meeting in Seattle This Evening
Attorney John Long – State of Washington Foreclosure Better for Homeowners – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Loan Modification Process Improving at BOA and Other Servicers
Okay, So Now I Appreciate Mitt Romney
Special Foreclosure Defense Boot Camp with Max Gardner – October 12-14
FHFA Looking to Jail Strategic Defaulters
Former SIGTARP Neil Barofsky – The Last Honest Man in Washington – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Okay… I’m back. After all, they’re cancelling “Jersey Shore.”
Nevada Foreclosure Defense Attorney
Washington Foreclosure Defense Attorney
Oregon Foreclosure Defense Attorney
PREVIEW: Neil Barofsky talks BAILOUT on a Mandelman Matters Podcast
FREE BERNIE MADOFF… FREE BERNIE MADOFF…
California’s Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom on Eminent Domain – A Politician with True Grit
Special Report for Oregon Homeowners – A MM Podcast With Portland Attorney Clarke Balcom
Fannie’s “Decoy Assignment” a NEW Foreclosure Defense – A Mandelman Matters Podcast with Atty. Tom Cox
No Bottom in Sight – I’m Starting to Feel Sorry for Realtors
It’s Official: Thanks to Former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill… I Have Now Seen Everything.
GAO Study Finds OCC Foreclosure Review too Hard for Us to Understand
Mortgage Servicing… The Winds Have Shifted, the Pendulum is About to Swing
How’s the View from Where You’re Sitting?
Understanding Elite Fraud and the Mortgage Meltdown with William K. Black – A MM Podcast
Republican Filibuster Discloses that GOP Opposes DISCLOSURE
Attention Mortgage Servicers… Heed these words now, because it’s much later than you think.
Scott Stafne for Washington State Supreme Court – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
TEXAS Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
State of Texas Foreclosure Resource Links
Texas Foreclosure Laws
LBO AMERICA with Catherine Austin Fitts, A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Three Central Banks Surprise… Desperation in Three Part Harmony
I Would Have Bet Anything Against This 10 Years Ago…
Announcing the National Mortgage Settlement – My Favorite President Obama Speech of All
Lost Pride in America Mine
ILLINOIS Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
Illinois Foreclosure Laws
State of Illinois Foreclosure Resource Links
I Had a Dream, Obama was Debating Romney and MSNBC was the Host
President Obama, Bored With the Foreclosure Crisis. That Explains A Lot, Actually.
Attention DOERS… You DID IT Again! SunTrust Responds.
Chase? Hello? Mr. Dimon? Are You Really Going to Do This to a Single Mom in this Situation?
Loan Modifications Stop Foreclosures, Study Shows. DOER ALERT!
CAR- California Assn. of Realtors Tries to Kill Homeowners Bill of Rights
WASHINGTON Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
Washington Foreclosure Laws
State of Washington Foreclosure Resource Links
PRACTICE LAW, LOSE YOUR LICENSE: WHAT SB 94 MEANS TO YOUR PRACTICE By Alice M. Graham
OCC Raises the Stakes to Lure Homeowners? Right?
Two Weeks in the Life of Mandelman Matters
California State Bar Court Lacks Fundamental Knowledge of Loan Modifications
How Do You Take Your Catastrophe? Um, just a little at a time, please… with two Splendas.
Through a Glass Darkly – The State Bar’s Lack of Transparency On Loan Mod Lawyers
Oregon Foreclosure Laws
OREGON Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
State of Oregon Foreclosure Resource Links
State of Hawaii Foreclosure Resource Links
Hawaii Foreclosure Laws
HAWAII Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
FTC Shuts Down Forensic Audit Scam that claims: 95% of mortgages may be legally unenforceable. (Where have I heard that before?)
Elizabeth Warren Asks Netroots Nation a Question. Problem is, I think the answer is NO.
Family Net Worth Chart from Forbes…
We’re Being Fed a Steady Diet of Econocrap
NEW YORK Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
Nevada Foreclosure Laws
New York Foreclosure Laws
State of New York Foreclosure Resource Links
Just Another Wells Fargo Tale. Mr. Stumpf, With All Due Respect…
State of Nevada Foreclosure Resource Links
Wells Fargo Hates Me! Bank Freezes, Closes Wrong Account
Things I think homeowners should know about loan modifications & HAMP-2
VIDEO: Mandelman Interviews Utah Attorney Walter T. Keane
Arizona Supreme Court Ends the Argument – No Note Needed to Foreclose
What is Ed DeMarco Thinking?
Nancy Pelosi sent my reader Amy an email. And Amy replied brilliantly.
WARNING! HOMEOWNER SCAMMER ALERT – MY IDENTITY IS BEING USED ILLEGALLY
HAMP 2 is HERE – Some say it’s the best HAMP yet, and they’re probably right about that.
Should States Use Settlement Money for Deficits or Housing? Oh, So What and Who Cares?
Inside the Mind of JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon
Attention Hawaii Homeowners with Bank of America and Ocwen Loans… Let Me Help
Mandelman made $454,000 in 1 year as student loan debt collector?
Why is CA State Bar Making its Job Protecting Consumers HARDER?
For My Birthday… Love, Your Broken Home. By Tim Miller
In the Words of Goldman Sachs CEO, Lord Blankcheck…
My Financial Recovery Plan for the Middle Class: Whistle While You Work
OBLABLA or MITTENS for President in 2012? Here’s how I’m going to choose…
What the Fed Chief is Thinking…
A New Low for the California State Bar – HOMEOWNER & LAWYER ALERT!
Thankfully, FHFA & Banks Killed Homeowner Bill of Rights
Follow the Bouncing Home Price Statistics
South Carolina Foreclosure Laws
State of South Carolina Foreclosure Resource Links
SOUTH CAROLINA Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
NEVADA Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
“Tim, could you get the door?” “Sure, honey… are we expecting company?” “Not that I know of…”
Fannie Mae Wants Consequences for Strategic Default
South Carolina Foreclosure Defense Attorney
How to Strategic Default? Ask the MBA.
What is Strategic Default? A Moral Dilemma?
California Foreclosure Laws Need Homeowner Bill of Rights
What’s wrong with your loan? Jay Patterson on a Mandelman Matters Podcast
Arizona Foreclosure News – More like a motivational pep talk for Realtors
Utah Foreclosure News is Based on Garbage Stats
Foreclosure crisis now includes “Irresponsible Churches”
CALIFORNIA Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
State of California Foreclosure Resource Links
California Foreclosure Laws
California Foreclosure Defense Attorney
The Better Business Bureau, the State Bar, Loan Mods & Lawyers in California
ARIZONA Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
FLORIDA Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
Wells Fargo gives $22,000 to Suicide Hotline… A gift the bank can use too.
Florida Foreclosure Laws
Arizona Foreclosure Laws
State of Arizona Foreclosure Resource Links
Arizona Foreclosure Defense Trusted Attorneys
A Letter to Brian Stevens at TBWS: We Need More Houses?
California Attorney General Brown Issues Directive to Foreclosure Consultants
CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNERS SHOULD KNOW: Loan Modification Companies To Be Avoided
ONCE AND FOR ALL, THE ANSWER IS YES. Water is wet, the sky is blue, and you need a lawyer… Period.
Arizona Loan Modification – Couple Says Wells Fargo is the Scammer
Phoenix Breaking News: NACA’s Save the Dream Tour Personnel Threaten Mandelman Matters Reporters: “Leave or We’ll Have You Arrested”.
NACA’s “Save the Dream Tour” Now Disappointing Thousands in Phoenix?
Arizona Judge Orders Wells Fargo to Testify on Loan Modification Practices
Husband’s Suicide Yesterday, Wells Fargo to Evict Wife Tomorrow Anyway
Jamie Dimon tells Meet the Press he thinks we’re resenting “success.” He’s wrong.
UTAH Foreclosure Help from Mandelman Matters – START HERE
Attention Homeowners & Lawyers: AG Mortgage Settlement Launches Online Complaint Sites
Finally, Jamie Dimon and I Agree on Something
Former NACA Home Save Counselor Says Commissions Create Complaints
State of Florida Foreclosure Resource Links
Utah Foreclosure Laws
State of Utah Foreclosure Resource Links
Florida Foreclosure Defense Attorney
California Homeowner in Foreclosure Wins Quiet Title – It’s a Free House!
Debt Forgiveness – The IMF, Iceland, and the U.S. of the 1930s all say it works
Utah Foreclosure Defense Attorney
Foreclosure Fraud: Tough Issues With Which to Grapple
What We All Should Have Learned by Now About Loan Modifications
The Question of Bankruptcy
WHAT I NOW KNOW ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS AND LOAN MODIFICATIONS
Strategic Default is a Moral Dilemma. That’s simply adorable, don’t you think?
Why Banks Are Better at Making Loans Than Modifying Them
Lies and Damn Lies About Getting a Loan Modification
LOAN MODIFICATIONS: IS THIS WHAT I’M SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE??
Loan Modifications and the Right to Representation
Deceptive foreclosure headlines spread like wildfire in Utah
Bar Defense Atty David Carr Exposes the CA Bar on Scammers and SB 94 – A MM Podcast
White Powder in Envelopes Mailed to Wells Fargo in NYC – Idiots happy it’s not toxic
DOER UPDATE: Patricia Martin v. Wells Fargo – Court Grants Injunction, Injustice on Trial Ahead
An Important Message about 2012 for both President Obama & Mitt Romney
30 Minutes of Talking: Has Housing or Our GDP Hit Bottom?
We know they’re not evil, because they’re simply not smart enough to be evil.
Thinking Out Loud… Über-Trendy Rich New Yorkers & Ethiopian Cuisine
Introducing 30 MINUTES OF TALKING – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Federal Judge Magner: Wells Fargo’s Behavior “Highly Reprehensible”
Crimes of Hubris, Ineptitude & Folly: Geithner, Summers and Obama
Phoenix Officers Who Shot Homeowner Needed Better Training
Hawaii Court rules: No valid assignment means Deutsche has no standing to foreclose
NY Appeals Court Dismisses Fraud Suit Brought by Investors – Says Investors can take care of themselves.
An Insider’s View of an Actual RMBS Securitization at Mandelman U.
GUEST POST: A Letter to President Obama, from James Deal, Attorney at Law
MUST SEE TV: WA State Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Case Against MERS
MM PODCAST: From Fannie Mae to FHA – Edward Pinto Wants Government Out of Housing Finance
If WE owned a pool of loans… would WE allow principal reductions?
You’ve got to give it up for the Spaniards… unless they’re bankers.
IF TRUE, IT’S TREASON – CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf and the Impact of the Foreclosure Crisis
Ellen Brown, President of the Public Banking Institute, Has a Plan – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Nothing Goes Down in a Straight Line
Max Gardner & Nye Lavalle Together in Concert – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
GUEST POST: Good for the Banks, Good for the Borrowers by Law Professor, Lauren E. Willis
Bringing Up the REAR – Charles Gasparino, Fox Business Network
Frank & Brian in Arizona for Spring Training: Think… Not, Work… Not.
California Bill to Extend SB 94 to 2017
Atty. Bruce Levitt of Kemp v. Countrywide – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Watch this! Ireland wants the same answers we do.
Wells Fargo Warns Shareholders – it’s own behavior may hurt the bank’s performance.
New Jersey Supreme Court’s Guillaume decision meaningless – Should foreclosure defense rethink its strategy?
Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris ASKS Fannie and Freddie to Stop Foreclosing
Mandelman on “Saving the California Dream” on Fox 11 News KTTV Los Angeles
Economy Recovering? No, it’s not. Housing? NO. Unemployment? NO. Stock Market? NO.
Bank sues itself, wins, and then forces itself into bankruptcy to satisfy judgment
Best Picture Nominees Meet the Foreclosure Crisis at the 84th Annual Academy Awards
America Needs Buddy for President in 2012!
Insider Says Wells Fargo’s Independent Foreclosure Review for OCC is “a Sham”
Wells Fargo Bank and Patricia Martin Part 2 – A Bank that Cannot Be Trusted
It’s Gretchen Morgenson from The New York Times – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
URGENT DOER ALERT – Wells Fargo You’ve deceived, confused and beaten another senior into submission
Arizona’s SB 1451 – Does Arizona Have the Right to Save Itself from Drowning in Underwater Loans?
Bringing Up the Rear – Dale Westhoff, Credit Suisse Group AG
Stuff Ex-Homeowners Can Buy for $2,000
Greece Will Leave EU… They Should Do It Now.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Mortgage Settlement
The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement – Yves Smith
Foreclosing on Oscar… Mandelman’s List of Best Picture nominees
IT’S UNANIMOUS! AZ’s SB 1451 Passes Senate Banking Committee
OneWest Bank DOES IT for Lisa in Massachusetts! (DOERS ROCK!)
MM EXCLUSIVE: AZ Bill Writes Down Underwater Loans for Homeowners – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Attorney Wins “Free House” in Case Before 9th Circuit Court of Appeals – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Foreclosure Politics Here and Across the Pond – Professor David Coates on a Mandelman Matters Podcast
Thank You Wells Fargo… Signed the DOERS of Mandelman & Field
Freddie Mac’s Crimes Against Homeowners are NOT an Isolated Incident
Our DOERS DID IT Again… One West Bank Stops Sale in East!
DOER ALERT: Wells Fargo this is Unnecessary, Unreasonable and Unthinkable
Bank of America Does the Wright Thing – DOERS Did It Again. JOIN US, BE A DOER!
Come on now, tell the truth… the GOP doesn’t want to win the White House in 2012, right?
Look, this just isn’t that hard… The Solutions to Pressing Problems.
Bostwick Putting SB 94 and California State Bar on Trial
DOER ALERT: Dear Bank of America…
Credit Suisse Tells Bloomberg: “Mortgage Principal Cuts Don’t Help Homeowners?”
Calling All Lawyers to 5,000,000 Crime Scenes
I’ve found the problem in Washington… it’s some sort of time warp, or they’re just dumb.
My Name is Martin.
Are they lying or are they stupid?
The Quiet Man… Utah Attorney Walter Keane – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Can We All at Least Agree on This?
Bringing UP the REAR – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
MY DOERS DID IT AGAIN! But it’s not over yet. (And Holly Says Thank You!)
GUEST POST: Debtor Education Course: Are Joe and Sally to Blame? By Attorney Russ DeMott
DOER ALERT: Wells Fargo Bank… How could you do this to a mother of four?
OhioFraudclosure Blog Warns… Fannie & Freddie Eviction Moratorium Ends January 3rd
ALJAZEERA… The year’s top story is not getting coverage…
Should State AGs Settle with Bankers? Ohio’s Former AG Marc Dann Weighs In… A Mandelman Matters Podcast
GUEST POST: Bob Cratchit Speaks Out on Christmas Foreclosure Freezes, Rated ‘PG-13’
HO, HO, HOmeless… A Sobering View of the Crisis Affecting Us All
FRONT LINE NEWS, A Mandelman Matters Podcast – December 23, 2011
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas – 2011
DOJ Arrests Attorney Mitchell Stein at LAX – A Mass Clusterf#@k
Mandelman on The News Dissector Radio Show with Danny Schechter
Foreclosure Fraud North by Northwest with Attorney Shawn Newman, A Mandelman Matters Podcast
GUEST POST: Dear Colleagues, by Thomas A. Cox, Esq.
DOER ALERT – Bank of America Disables a Disabled Vet
Neil Barofsky and American Banker Finally Catch Up to Mandelman Matters
Mandelman Speaks at California State Bar’s Annual Discipline Hearings
Arizona’s Rep. Jack Harper Says Walk Away and You’ll Pay
GUEST POST: Welcome to Freddie and Fannie’s Mortgage Shell Game, By Shawn T. Newman, J.D.
The Stalinist Era of Consumer Protection
Register of Deeds, Jeff Thigpen, Is Not Playing Around – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Letter Bomb Sent to Deutsche Bank CEO
If Your See This in Your Mailbox, Don’t Throw It Away
Author Michael Hudson Knows The Monster – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Last Minute Discounts on Max Gardner’s Boot Camp!
DeMarco of the FHFA… Like when the baby gets a hold of a hammer.
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter – Version 16.0
THE NEWS: What’s Occupying My Mind is Making Me Dizzy
Bringing UP the Rear – Neil Lipschutz, Managing Editor, Dow Jones Newswire
A Foot Soldier in the Foreclosure Wars – Matt Weidner, A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Unmistakably April Charney – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Home sales contracts are falling apart 2X as fast as last year
Sitting in at Max Gardner’s UCC Seminar at New York Law School…
I, Robosigner… A three act play about affidavit fraud in AG Masto’s Nevada
Professor Learns the Hard Way About Loan Modifications at Bank of America
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Horse… Portland police back down, rather than engage Occupy Portland protesters
Our future hinges on just ONE thing…
Two Movies I Want to See… Bailout! and Margin Call
Consumer Spending Up? Come on get happy…
Disturbing News from Behind Closed Doors – Attorney Thomas Cox, A Mandelman Matters Podcast
OCC’s Independent Foreclosure Review for Homeowners is Ready – But, so are the Scammers
The World of the Investor with Attorney Talcott Franklin – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
THE CRAVEN, A Halloween Trick-or-Treat, With Apologies to Edgar Allen Poe
A TIME FOR GOOD JUDGEMENT: The jury is in AND we need judges to modify the way banks behave.
Bull… meet China Shop. SB 94 and the California State Bar, Two Years Later
What Shall We Tell Our Children, Mr. President?
Attorneys: Foreclosure Defense at a Whole New Level – Max Gardner In-person or On video
Mainstream media waking up to foreclosures being a big problem – And by big problem, I mean Geithner
Public sector shedding 35k jobs a month — Republicans block bill to prevent further losses
Obama’s New Plan to Help Housing Isn’t Worth Waiting For
Mitt, Mitt, Bo Bit, Banana Fanna, Fo Fit on Foreclosures
From Bevilacqua to Fontenot, It’s Coast-to-Coast Confusion
Optimism Lost, and by Optimism, I mean Ben Bernanke and the NYT
Are Homeowners Suffering from LAS – Legal Abuse Syndrome?
MERS Has Trouble, Right There in Ohio, With a Capital ‘T’…
What Obama Should Have Done – Ezra Klein, Part 2
CA’s Democrats in Congress Wake Up to Need to Address Foreclosures
WSJ Surveys Economists… US Incomes Won’t Make Up Lost Ground Before 2021
Inside the Obama Administration with Ezra Klein … and Mandelman
The Recession is Over! Long Live the Recession!
Only One Paycheck Away from Disaster… No kidding, really? Go figure.
Attitudes on Wall Street: Dear God, Give Me Strength
Two Top Tier Lawyers Ready to Sue Servicers for Defrauding Homeowners
The Birth of Robo-Signing…
Former Sub-Prime Lenders Are Back to Profit Off of the Housing Meltdown. Seriously?
There’s Pain in Spain as Banks Go Down the Drain… Let Me Explain
Bank of America approves permanent loan modification. Homeowner makes payments. Trustee sale set Oct. 19th.
Hard Truths Block Solutions to Foreclosure Crisis – But, I have the answers that will fix it.
AM I DREAMING ALL OF THIS? (If you can read this, please let me know.)
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter – Version 15.0
Obama Says Post Office Should Cut One Day of Mail Delivery… Now there’s change we can believe in.
Bringing Up the REAR: House Speaker Rep. John Boehner
Irresponsible Borrowers Documentary Trailer 2 – We Need Your Support
We’re Simply Not Going to Win this Battle in Courts Alone…
I Failed… and I’m So Very Sorry
Mandelman’s Reluctant Analysis of Obama’s Speech – The American Jobs Act
$6 Billion in Reinsurance Kickbacks to the Banks – Un-reported, Un-Acted Upon & Un-believable
GUEST POST: Prove Fannie & Freddie Innocent Before Suing the Banks – And Here Is How
Geithner is Allowing Banks to Recapitalize on Backs of Homeowners, or… Games Bankers Play
The Case Against Philip Kramer, Et Al
Upcoming Max Gardner Seminar: UCC’s Impact on Securitization and Foreclosure Defense
Mandelman on Arizona’s Channel 12 NBC News… And other news.
If Your Economic Forecasts are Wrong All the Time, Aren’t You Just Guessing?
From Insult to Injury and Back to Insult… A New Twist on the Demolition Derby
Lawyers, foreclosure fatigue and the dreaded FREE HOUSE
How does stuff like this still happen in this country?
And the Beat Goes On… Yeah, the Beat Goes On…
16 Banks Ordered to Compensate Victims of Improper Foreclosure
GOING UP… The Rising Bar of Homeowner Rage
HAMP, HARP, HOP, HOOP… Like Watching Someone Spend $10 Trying to Fly to the Moon
No Friend to the Banksters… Attorney Nick Wooten – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
A Walk Down Memory Lane With President Obama & the Mortgage Crisis
Well, Now Isn’t That Interesting… All the News That Fits, We Print
Mandelman SHOCKS Online Community, Says: “I don’t care about my readers anymore.”
The Independence Rap Video: Because the children ARE our future.
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter – Version 14.0
Bringing UP the Rear – Fannie Mae’s President and CEO, Michael J. Williams
Bringing Up the Rear: Tom Deutsch, Executive Director, American Securitization Forum
GUEST POST: Stop HAMP Discrimination Against the Disabled and the Elderly
Ohio’s Former AG Marc Dann Talks Hawaii & Fighting Banks – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Ocwen Loan Servicing Takes Home from Handicapped Because There’s Equity
Fannie Mae Chickens Out of Phone Conference with Hawaii’s Homeowners
Bringing Up the REAR – Jamie Dimon, Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
FOR THE FATHERS
GUEST POST: President Obama, please don’t let them take Grandma’s house!
Civil Beat Reporter in Hawaii Interviews Mandelman on Fannie Mae Decision to Foreclose Judicially
The Definition of Dichotomy
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter – Version 13.0
Fannie Responds to Hawaii’s New Foreclosure Law – Says… WE’RE OUT!
NBC/MSNBC.com Try to Cover the Foreclosures Crisis
Treasury Official: “HAMP’s Incentives Meaningless” – SO, PROGRAM WASTED $560 MILLION?
Please Call the White House Today for Elizabeth Warren… Here’s the Number and a Script. Please Call.
Bank of America forecloses on un-mortgaged Florida home… that’s hardly news. Is EVERYONE missing the point here?
Dear Banking & Government People Who Are Reading This…
Earth to Bankers, Earth to Bankers… Your Planet is Dying, You Must Evacuate, It’s Time to Come Home.
MAX GARDNER from the Front Lines of the Battle… A Mandelman Matters PODCAST!
Mandelman’s Overview of Economic News That Matters
The Luckiest Bankers the World Has Ever Seen! And They’re Ours! Yay!
Hey Everybody… It’s “Pretend You’re Surprised About the Economy Day!”
Dylan Ratigan on “Fraudclosure” Still Seems to be “Lite” on Servicers
Today’s New… “But, You Didn’t Make Your Payment” Exemption to the Law
On Friday I turned 50 years old, and although I haven’t changed, this country sure has…
Elizabeth Warren Battles With GOP Over CFPB
Guest Post: Max Gardner on Rep. McHenry’s Shameful Treatment of Elizabeth Warren
If You Think the Meltdown Was the Fault of Homeowners, Think Again…
Marques LIVES! Homeowner wins, then loses, then WINS!
Paula Pennypacker – An Arizona Republican Conservative Finds Mandelman Matters
Breaking Down the Real Cause of the Foreclosure Crises
When Auditing Foreclosures, the OCC’s Definition of the Word “Thorough” is “Hidden”
KILL BILL: Arizona Mortgage Lender’s Association Takes Credit for Killing SB 1259
HUD Investigation Shows Banks Covered Up Widespread Illegal Acts – Government offers to bring them their check and validate their parking
Over There… Over There… Send The Word, We’ll Foreclose, While You’re There
FDIC Chair Sheila Bair Warns Senate Committee about “Millions of Infected Foreclosures”
KPHO Channel 5 Arizona Airs Story on Rep. Seel’s Principal Reduction
Mandelman Responds to SF Chronicle Article: Fighting Banks and Winning – How Homeowners Did it
The Care Bair – FDIC’s Sheila Bair Wants Principal Reductions from Banks With Loss Sharing Agreements
Is Bank of America Worth $200 Billion?
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter – Version 12.0
GAO Study Published May 5th Discovers Illegal Foreclosures
A case of major lending institutions with no respect for the law… Part of the system that destroyed the American economy
SB 729 Fails – California Homeowners Get Banked but not Kissed Once Again
Governor Abercrombie Signs SB 651 – Toughest Foreclosure Bill in Nation NOW LAW!
The Impassioned Words of Rep. Bob Herkes & Sen. Roz Baker on SB 651
Wal-Mart, Bill Clinton & Now Act 885… Things I know about Arkansas?
The Most Damaging Propaganda Campaign in History. And its Aimed at You and Me
BREAKING NEWS: HAWAII PASSES SB 651 – NATION’S TOUGHEST FORECLOSURE BILL
Hawaii 2011 – My Prayer for Hawaii’s Homeowners and SB 651
Hawaii’s Legislature Poised to Pass Nation’s Strongest Foreclosure Protection Bill
Please Stop Bernanke’s Transparency – He’s Frightening the Children
AZ Rep. Seel Drops Amendment Requiring Pre-Foreclosure Chain of Title, 2 Days After Servicer Grants Principal Reduction
THEY ONCE WERE LENDERS – Understanding government’s failure to stop bankers OR scammers from destroying homeowners.
Mandelman Talks with Ohio’s Ex-Attorney General About Foreclosure Crisis
St. Louis BBB Warns Homeowners: “Steer Clear of Mass Joinder Lawsuit Mailings”
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the AZ House of Representatives… After passing the Senate 28-2… S.B. 1259 Completely Disappeared
GOT ONE! Jury Convicts Taylor Bean’s CEO Farkas of Bank, Wire, Securities Fraud and Conspiracy
Straight Talk About the REST Report, Loan Modifications, Stopping Preventable Foreclosure and Scams
FEDS Announce Enforcement Actions Against 14 Servicers, LPS and MERS… Hot Towels in Washrooms Threatened Once Again
A Crush on Matt Taibbi and a Pox on Both Their Houses
Bank of America’s “Tasmanian Devil” says we shouldn’t be thinking of our homes as “assets”.
Ex-Asst. Treasury Secretary Herb Allison Back at Beautiful Connecticut Home
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter – Version 11.0
The California Department of Real Estate Issues “CONSUMER ALERT” Warning Consumers About “Mass Joinder” Lawsuits
BoA’s Bad Bank – Pay No Attention to the 6.7 Million Loans Behind the Curtain
Mandelman U. Presents – Securitization & Mortgage Backed Securities
House Financial Services Committee: Spending $1610 to Save a Home is Too Much – Votes to Kill HAMP
Republicans Leap to the Aid of Banker-Servicers Over AG Settlement Proposal
I’m So Happy that I Ignored the whole AGs-Investigate-the-Servicers Thing
Finally 60 Minutes Shows It – But, it’s not news… and it’s late.
The Psychology and Politics of Foreclosure
Homeowner Suffers Horrific Injustice at the Hands of JPMorgan Chase
In Re Walker, Part Deux – March 3rd, 2011, may just be a HUGE day for California Homeowners
Fannie Mae’s Latest Housing Survey Shows Many Have No Idea What’s Happening
Man Drives Car Through Bank of America’s Lobby – Police Investigate, Unsure of Motive
Guest Post: Principal Reduction Modification Math, by Rick Rogers, JD/MBA
If at first you don’t succeed, CRIME, CRIME again.
Is HAMP Poised to Improve in Year 3?
Bankers Apoplectic Over Arizona’s Republican Dominated Senate Passing Chain of Title Bill, 28-2
Ice, Ice Baby – Iceland’s people give cold shoulder to paying for acts of reckless bankers.
Sen. Whitehouse Questions Expose a Kinder, Gentler and possibly more Frightened Tim Geithner
Attorney Phil Kramer of Kramer & Kaslow Takes Action, Shuts Down Unauthorized Sales
Federal Regulators to Bring Enforcement Actions Against Banks… May Get Rid of Hot Towels in Washroom
Hawaiian Homeowners Pay Unexpected Visit to Bank of America in Honolulu
New Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin Gives Me Reason to Hope
David Stern – The Foreclosure King
New Bankruptcy Court Decision Sounds the Alarm – The USS MERS is Going Down
CalHFA’s $2 Billion Home Rescue Program… Here’s How Stupid They Think We Are.
A San Diego Attorney Speaks Out on How SB 94 Has Taken Legitimate Lawyers Away from Homeowners
Pittsburgh in the 1970s – Terrible Times & Terrible Towels
Tomorrow, February 3rd, is Call Your Attorney General Day to Get Tough on Foreclosure Fraud!
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter… Version 10.0
Kramer & Kaslow’s “Mass Joinder” Lawsuit – Mandelman Interviews Attorney Phillip Kramer
Republicans Preparing to Play Politics With HAMP
California Appeals Court Rules Homeowners Can Sue Banks for Fraud Over Broken Loan Modification Promises
KA-BOOM! INVESTORS FILE SUIT: Bank of America, Countrywide and named executives committed “MASSIVE” SECURITIES FRAUD related to Mortgage-backed Securities
$160 Million to DEFEND Fannie & Freddie? Now, if I could only find that damn rabbit hole I must have slid down…
Do you need a lawyer to get a loan modified?
How Banks View Loan Modifications
UNDERSTANDING MARS – A Webinar on the FTC’s Final Rule – With Compliance Attorney, Julie Greenfield
Mandelman On the Radio with Danny Schechter, The News Dissector
Mass Hysteria – The Iabanez Decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Court
GMAC… Payments or Not, The Foreclosure Machine that Just Won’t Stop
U.S. Breaks Housing Price Decline Record Set During Great Depression
Last person out, turn off the lights, and bring the flag…
BRINGING UP THE REAR: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Max Gardner Coming to Las Vegas: OPERATION STRIKE BACK THE BANKRUPTCY & FORECLOSURE BOOT CAMP
The Orange County Bar Association’s LAST DASH 2011! Mandelman, Greenfield & Bellicini – Continuing education for attorneys offering loan modifications has never been this good!
Obama to Cut $100 Million from Federal Budget! Yahoo!
Strategic Defaults Don’t Really Exist… Who would have thought that? Oh, that’s right… ME.
A Heavy Summons: The tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
Finally, Housing Market Analysts Starting to Get It
Ohio Judge Follows JPMorgan Chase’s Advice, Ends up in Foreclosure
A Nation So Utterly Divided…
Florida AG Pam Bondi Presentation on Foreclosure Fraud
I Have Several Questions for Mortgage and Real Estate Experts…
SIGN THIS! StopServicerScams.com Petition Will Go to Geithner, Bair, Bernanke, and Walsh!
Geithner Won’t Quit in Battle Over Elizabeth Warren – WE NEED YOU NOW!
Foreclosures Increase 11.2% in Third Quarter over Second Quarter of 2010. And that means…
Mandelman Comments on Jr. Deputy Accountant.com – Holiday Sales Numbers
Two Years Waiting for the New York Times to Write About Lawyers & Loan Modifications, and they Still GET IT WRONG.
You Better Watch Out, I’m Telling You Why… BofA is Coming to Town… And, they might just break your door down!
Tired of Reading? Videos on the Foreclosure Crisis.
The Kings and Queens Loan Mod Scammers: Arizona & Nevada Sue Bank of America Over Loan Modification Program
Foreclosures Poised to Take Down the U.S. Banking System… and even entire economy, says Whalen. (Ya’ think?)
What Does Bernanke Think? Does It Matter?
Voting on Principal Reductions: Treasury: YES… FHFA: NO… Obama Administration: YES… Congressional Republicans: NO. Good Lord.
Mandelman Commenting on ProPublica Article…
Watch Which Words You Use With Republicans – They Could Take Their Toys and Go Home
LA Homeowners Arrested During Foreclosure Protest – Video
BREAKTHROUGH: Why Americans Are Allowing the Foreclosure Crisis to Continue
Oh, Stop It! Obama-GOP Deal to Extend Bush Tax Cuts Won’t “Create” 3.1 Million Jobs.
Legal Aid for Homeowners: Perhaps the only thing on the planet for which TARP funds CANNOT be used.
Zillow: U.S. Homeowners to Lose $1.7 Trillion in 2010, Already $9 Trillion Lost Since 2006
Who’s Winning Here? The Foreclosure Crisis – A Slide Show
Securitization Workshop in Sacramento, December 11, 2010… for Attorneys & Other Interested Parties
How to Tell Legitimate Loan Modification Firm from an Illegal Operation or Scam… The FTC’s New Bright Line MARS Rule
Martin Andelman, Bio & Backgrounder
The Fed Releases: The Beige Book, December 1, 2010, Summary of Economic Conditions. And I don’t know what we’d do without them.
Twas the Night Before Christmas, 2007
T’was the Night Before Christmas… 2010
Mandelman U. Presents: There’s Credit Default Swaps & then there’s Credit Default Swaps
FTC Moves to Protect Homeowners With New MARS Rule – Regulates Loan Modifications Nationwide
IT’S BACK & IT’S HERE: Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter – Version 9.0
Foreclosure Mom’s Rap
Where Are Our Religious Leaders?
QE2 Leaves Port, Bernanke Takes Leave of Senses
Well, Would You Look at That: Elizabeth Warren Might Be Replaced by a Bank Lobbyist
Chief Judge Gonzalez calls WaMu’s Conduct “Immoral, Unethical, Oppressive, Unscrupulous or Substantially Injurious to Consumers” (You go, Your Honor.)
Why Servicers Foreclose When They Should Modify… YAWN.
OUTRAGEOUS! Morgan Stanley Money Manager Won’t Be Prosecuted for Felony
ANOTHER THUMPIN’. And, damn if he doesn’t have me hoping for change again.
This country has changed. And it hasn’t. The power of the people remains intact.
Howie Hubler’s Loan Value Group… Proof That Wall Street Has No Idea What’s Happening on Main Street
Foreclosure Fraud: Tough Issues With Which to Grapple
Mandelman’s Uncommon Advice for Getting Through the Loan Modification Process Without Losing It
Martin Andelman is NOT a Fraud, Mandelman Matters is NOT a Scam, and Erin Baldwin is Completely INSANE
Alright Banker-People… That’s Enough. You’re Not Making Sense and You’re Making Me Dizzy
THE SiGNiNG… Or, Pardon me, Mr. Banker, but your REMIC is showing.
House Dems Tell Justice Dept, the Fed, and Comptroller of Currency: “It is time that are held accountable for their practices.”
Report Shows Treasury Disagrees With Loan Mod Decisions at Chase, Wells & BofA – Requires Servicers to Make Changes Going Forward
Bringing Up the Rear: Treasury Secretary Tim “Transparency” Geithner and his Band of Banking Sadists
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – Our Tax Dollars at Work
GMAC Halts Evictions Related to Foreclosures in 23 States When News of Forged and Robo-Signed Documents Comes Out
Reporting on Ongoing Outcomes Using the REST Report
PROFILES IN BANKING: If Your Mortgage is With Wells Fargo, Watch Out … No Delays Ahead!
Bringing Up the Rear: Senator Christopher J. Dodd
President Obama… Thank You. Elizabeth Warren… Will You Marry Me?
Obama Administration in a Scramble to Do Something Right for Housing Market
INSIDE CHASE and the Perfect Foreclosure
Short Sale Lease-Backs Make Total Sense – Fannie, Freddie and Servicers Are the Problem
Treasury Designs New Federal Program to Help Stimulate Economy
Podcast: Mandelman in the Morning – Labor Day
NEW! Mandelman in the Morning… Podcast!
Banks Kick Consumer’s Butts Once Again – SB 1275 Dies in the California Assembly
AMERICA LOST: Treasury’s meetings with bloggers tells a story that I didn’t want to hear.
Care to Guess How Many NEW Homes Sold Over $750,000 in June and July?
SECURITIZATION: How our society changed when we learned to turn lead into gold.
Federal Court: Borrower is INTENDED 3rd Party Beneficiary of HAMP – Homeowner Sues for Breach
It’s a Matter of Principal – HAMP’s New PRA
Bringing Up the Rear: Me, Martin Andelman
GM, GMAC & the US Government… Have You No Shame?
Testimonials About the Regal 2, Electronic Cigarette
Mandelman on the News Dissector Radio Show
The Federal Reserve Made a Record $47.4 Billion HELPING Housing Market in 2009?
Worst June EVER for New Home Sales
Greenspan Says Housing is Nowhere Near Bottom
Apparently Europeans Handle Bad News Better Than We Do
I Think It’s Now Safe for Me to Speak Out About Loan Modifications and the Secret NPV
Barofsky’s Report: Taxpayer Support for Financial Sector Now $3.7 Trillion
Elizabeth Warren’s Appointment In Jeopardy-We Have to Act Now
The Real Estate Guys Radio Show, Mandelman Take 2!
Ratings Agencies Panic: New Financial Reform Bill Means Expert Liability
JPMorgan Chase Blows Away Analysts’ Estimates, Lies Beyond Expectations
Elizabeth Warren on the Foreclosure Crisis
Obama’s Speech Avoids Using the “N” Word…
Elizabeth Warren or Bust, I’m Drawing the Line
Once in a Great While You See Something That Means Something
Mandelman a Guest on Short Sale Power Hour!
BANKERS: Count on them to be petty and offensive, every single time.
California Court Rules: MERS Can’t Foreclose, Citibank Can’t Collect
After the Catch Television Show Features My Favorite New Product
JPMorgan Chase: We Had So Many Buy-Backs That We Had to Put This Policy in Place
For Bankers of Failed Financial Institutions… the Pain Is Not Over Yet
FHFA Subpoenas Data from 64 Issuers of Mortgage Backed Securities
15 Texas Homeowners Sue Bank of America for Abusive Practices – Don’t Mess With Texas
I’m Interrupting this Meltdown for a Brief Commercial Message
Have a “Plunder Party” and Help Change Our World
House Hearings to Answer Question: Are Loan Servicers Honoring Their Commitments to Help Preserve Homeownership?
A Conversation Between MANDELMAN and a Reader About New $1 Billion Fund For Unemployed Homeowners
MANDELMAN’S MONTHLY MUSELETTER – VERSION 8.0
New Legislation to Offer $1 Billion in Federal Loans to Help Unemployed Homeowners Pay Mortgages
Real REST Report Results Remarkable
Now I Get It… We’re Not Stopping the Foreclosure Crisis because it Affects Mostly Brown People!
Banks Obviously in Trouble, 91 Banks Missed May Payments to Treasury
Vote for South Carolina’s Alvin Greene for U.S. Senate!
HAMP. IT’S A REAL CLASS ACTion
Optimism is Hard Thing of Which to Let Go – The Car Sales Recovery Surprise
I Guess Nobody Wants to Read Bad News: Fed Chair Ben Bernanke’s Testimony to Congress
Court Rules Private Right of Action Exists for Violations of CA Civil Code 2923.5 – Homeowners Can Now File Suit Against Lenders
The Banksters: Lloyd Blankfein, John Mack, Vikram Pandit, Jamie Dimon, Brian Moynihan, Et Al. Have we forgotten what lying is?
At the Bank of America Signpost Up Ahead, Your Next Stop – The Loan Modification Zone
The Great Unwind and the Final Redemption, by O. Max Gardner III
California’s SB 1275, What’s Not to Like?
Bank of America Employees Say Bank Stole $100 Million from Paychecks
Homeowner tells Mandelman Matters of SCOVIS LAW GROUP, and I am DISGUSTED
ABA and More Than a Dozen State Bars Ask Congress for Lawyer Exemption on Loan Modification Rule
The Article that Started it All: Pigs, Puppets and People in Peril
HEY, CHASE! YEAH, YOU… JPMORGAN CHASE! One of Your Customers Asked Me to Give You a Message…
Bringing Up the Rear: Lloyd Blankfein, CEO, Goldman Sachs
Martin Andelman Responding to Erin Baldwin Writing on her Blog, The Big Bearian Returns
Nina Easton’s HOT Stocks for Homeowners Losing Homes
It’s Mandelman on The Real Estate Guys Radio Show!
Books That Matter: Crisis Economics, by Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Mihm
We Are On the Brink of a New Age of Rage
Treasury’s Mortgage Modifications: A Failure Prolonging the Economic Crisis
How & Why to Use the REST REPORT When Applying for a Loan Modification
Every Time a Judge Cancels a Mortgage a Homeowner Gets His or Her Wings
Wall Street to Securitize Delinquent Loans. Because it went so well last time, I suppose.
BRINGING UP THE REAR FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz
When Outrage Becomes Rage. Historically speaking, this story doesn’t end well for anyone.
Judge Sentences Wall Street’s Greed and Hedge Fund Founder to Prison
Arizona Loan Modification – Couple Says Wells Fargo is the Scammer
FHA-HAMP Helped 171 Homeowners Nationwide in April
INTRODUCING: Freddie Mac’s New HAMP Backup Modification Plan
Books That Matter: 13 Bankers, by Simon Johnson & James Kwak
Federal Reserve Bank President Says We’re In For a Long Hard Road Ahead
Here We Go… It’s HAMP Confusion Day
Short Sale Power Hour Does Mandelman Matters Live!
Secret Shopping Loan Modifications at CDA Law Center
Mandelman Matters Presents: ARE YOU READING THIS STUFF?
Banks Lobbying, Financial Reforms & Who’s Recovering?
What Others Have Written About the NPV Test You Need to Pass to Get a HAMP Loan Modification
Why Can’t We Answer the Question About HAMP That Could Save Taxpayers Tens of Billions?
Who is Freddie Mac to Strategic Defaulters? Well, I Have a Message for Freddie Mac.
The FTC Needs a More Reasoned Approach to Stop Loan Mod Scams
SO, HAMP ISN’T GREAT. WE KNOW. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
My Year in A-Trance: What I’ve Learned About Loan Modifications
The CA State Bar’s Task Force, the OC District Attorney’s Office, Storm Trooper Tactics and Loan Modifications
Senate Investigation Says Banks Caused Crisis, Not Borrowers
WaMu’s Top Gun Loan Officers Targeted Low-Income Minorities to Rob the Bank and the Nation
Obama Asks for Help from Public to Reform Housing Finance System?
WaMu and We Don’t Lose Deals to Income!
MANDELMAN’S MONTHLY MUSELETTER VERSION 7.0
Judge Dismisses 110 of the Felony Counts Against Southern California Attorney Accused of Loan Modification Scam
HAMP’s New Enhancements are Stupid and I’m Getting Tired of Stupid
Books I’ve Loved Reading: Freefall by Joseph Stiglitz
The secret NPV formula used to qualify for HAMP loan modifications that no one is allowed to know. Transparency at it’s finest.
What We All Should Have Learned by Now About Loan Modifications
Obama Administration to Announce Expansion of HAMP – Principal Reductions and Help for Unemployed
After One Year, Obama Plan to Help Modify Second Mortgages Modifies NONE… Nada, Ziperino!
Did I say HELP? I didn’t mean help. I meant OFFER to HELP. Or talk about helping. It depends on your definition of HELP.
As Pressure Mounts, Bank of America Plans Principal Reductions for Underwater Homeowners
Green Credit & Me
TARP Chief Elizabeth Warren: “It’s the Bank Lobbyists vs. American Families”
Fox Business Reports: Leaked Document Shows Obama Considering Changes to HAMP Loan Modification Program
The Question of Bankruptcy
WANTED: One Lawyer Scamming Homeowners
RED ALERT: Mortgage Bankers Strongly Oppose New Foreclosure Bill in California – SBX8 38
SPOTLIGHT ON: The Law Offices of Kenneth E. Gertz
FTC Considering Wrong Approach to Protecting Homeowners in Foreclosure from Loan Modification Scams
MANDELMAN’S MONTHLY MUSELETTER ISSUE 6.0
ONCE AND FOR ALL, THE ANSWER IS YES. Water is wet, the sky is blue, and you need a lawyer… Period.
Books I’ve Loved Reading… The Great Depression Diary
BREAKING NEWS: Treasury Announces Much-Awaited Major Improvements to HAMP Loan Modifications
Bank of America Forecloses on Florida Home. Big Deal. (Oops, Wrong House.)
Journalists on Crack: Are Lawyers Turning to Crime in Tough Times?
Today’s Weather in India – Low 80s, Not a Cloud in the Sky.
SPOTLIGHT ON: CDA Law Center
Returning Home From Speaking at the ABA’s Consumer Financial Services Conference on Loan Modifications
Bringing Up the Rear: President Barack Obama
OC Lawyer Arrested for Defrauding 400 Homeowners with Promises of Loan Modifications – DA Presses Criminal Charges
Look What Alan Zibel of Associated Press Finally Figured Out
Martha Coakley, My Dear… You Are An Inspiration
CNBC’s Diana Olick’s Husband is More Than Just a Little Scared Tonight…
Treasury Buys More Time for HAMP Modifications… I’m Not Surprised
Mortgages Over $1 Million Now Defaulting at TWICE the National Average
First Premier Bank Credit Cards… Now at 79.9% Interest!
Testimony Before Congress: The Private Sector and Government Response to Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis
Federal Reserve Issues Directive: Regulation B’s Adverse Action Notice Applies to Loan Mod Denials
Obama and Bankers Meet at White House
CONGRESS: It’s Not About Right and Left Anymore… It’s About Right and Wrong.
T’was the Night Before Christmas-2009
Obama’s Plan to Create Jobs – I’m sorry, what am I missing here?
CONTACT CONGRESS: Support Judges Modifying Mortgages NOW! Otherwise, It’s All Up to the Banks.
EMERGENCY!! PLEASE TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW… SAVE BANKRUPTCY REFORM!
BREAKING NEWS: Amendment Allowing Judges to Modify Mortgages to be Included in H.R. 4173 – Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Spotlight On: Mark Zanides, Attorney at Law
The People of the United States v. Wall Street’s Bankers
Making Home Affordable Program: Treasury Finally Admits IT’S A DUD!
THE JURY IS IN: Obama’s Foreclosure Program Run by Morons… and Trial Modifications are the Biggest Loan Mod Scam Ever
Obama Administration Gets Tough, Sec. Barr Says Banks Won’t Get a Nickel Until Permanent Modifications Are Done – LMAO
Loan Modifications: Obama’s Part of Problem, Not Solution
Speech By Asst. Treasury Sec. Barr on President’s Plan to Strengthen Housing Sector… with commentary by Mandelman
Why Banks Are Better at Making Loans Than Modifying Them
JUDGING INDYMAC – New York Supreme Court Judge Finds IndyMac’s behavior “repugnant, shocking, repulsive and completely devoid of good faith”.
In Case You Missed the Webinar for Law Firms…
ANNOUNCING WEBINAR: Law Firms & Loan Modifications – November 20th, 10:00 AM PST
We INTERRUPT this FORECLOSURE CRISIS for a COMMERCIAL Message
A Hundred Thousand Homeowners – Voices of Hope & Change
BREAKING NEWS: Latest U.S. Teaseury Dept. Study Shows 3.6 Billion Homeowners Have Been Offered Loan Modifications
Federal Prosecutors Bungle Case Against Bear Stearns Fund Managers
MANDELMAN’S MONTHLY MUSELETTER – ISSUE 5.0
Cuomo v. Clearing House: The Most Important Supreme Court Decision for Homeowners and Our Economy In Decades
A Tale of Four Trial Modifications at IndyMac Bank
Chris Adams, McClatchy Newspapers, Gets It! Servicers Suck!
Loan Modifications: 500,000 or 1200? All right… ENOUGH is ENOUGH.
BREAKING NEWS! CA STATE BAR PUBLISHES GUIDANCE FOR LAW FIRMS ON SB 94
AP Reports: Government Overstated Jobs Created by Stimulus by Many Thousands
How to Talk to People Who Don’t Understand the Foreclosure Crisis… if You Absolutely Have to.
See, That’s What I’m Talking About – Banks are Broke & Broken
TARP Chief Elizabeth Warren Says We’ll Never Know Where TARP Funds Went
California Bar Journal Runs Ads for Loan Mod Firms? Seriously??
Get Over It America???
Massachusetts Judge Rules Against Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank – Threatens Millions of Foreclosures
Bringing Up the Rear – Ex-NAR Chief Economist David Lerah
Gov. Arnold Rips the California Bar a New One: Refuses to Sign SB 641
SPOTLIGHT ON LAS VEGAS: Paladin Legal Advocacy Center
A Time for Good Judgement-The Jury is In and We NEED Judges to Modify the Way Banks Behave
Cioffi & Tannin, Bankers That Broke The World, Part 2
SPOTLIGHT ON ARIZONA FIRM: Real Estate Consulting Services
Gov. Schwarzenegger Does the Right Thing: Signs SB 94 and Vetoes AB 764
Cioffi & Tannin: Future Household Names, if Anyone Still Owns a House in the Future
Norma Garcia, Consumer Reports Magazine: Stupid is as Stupid Does
If Governor Signs AB 764, Homeowners Won’t Be Able to Hire Attorneys When Losing Homes
Phoenix Breaking News: NACA’s Save the Dream Tour Personnel Threaten Mandelman Matters Reporters: “Leave or We’ll Have You Arrested”.
NACA’s “Save the Dream Tour” Now Disappointing Thousands in Phoenix?
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter: Issue 4.0
The California Bar’s Scarlet Lawyer List
Investor Tired of Servicers Not Modifying Take Action
The Unbelievable Price Being Paid by the Prices: SLS and US Bank Need to Be Taught Some Manners
CALPIRG’s Morillas Proves His Ignorance on Loan Modifications
Superior Court Judge Says: HAMP Has NO TEETH
UNBELIEVABLE BREAKING NEWS: Senior Couple Being Screwed Royally By Mortgage Servicer – Specialized Loan Servicers
Liberal Billionaire George Soros… Major Shareholder in IndyMac/One West Bank
Wells Fargo’s Exec Forecloses on $12 Million Malibu Beach House – Then Moves in for Summer Fun. And why not?
My Grandmother, Standard Oil & the Banks
The Commission on Homeowner Representation Moves Ahead
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter Issue #3.0
Hyper-Hype Over Hyperinflation
CA SB 94 on Lawyers & Loan Modifications Passes Assembly… 62-10
Lies and Damn Lies About Getting a Loan Modification
FOR THE IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION OF ATTORNEYS IN CALIFORNIA
A Bill in California Will Establish That Lawyers Cannot Be Trusted
A Day in the Life: Four Homeowners
Bernanke’s Fed: The Only Decent Thing to Do Is to Deceive Us
Another Victim of the Foreclosure Crisis
Cash-for-Clunker Kitchen Appliances?
MY SWAN’S SONG: Testimony Before the United States Senate on the State of Foreclosures & Loan Modifications
The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance – Web 2.0 is Now Open for Business
Bringing Up the Rear: ABA President Edward Yingling
CUOMO’S CROSSING – An Outsider’s Appraisal of the New HVCC Rules
Arizona Judge Orders Wells Fargo to Testify on Loan Modification Practices
SPOTLIGHT ON: Traut Law Group
Did Attorneys “TURN BAD” in 2009? What… Is There Something in the Water?
Twas the Night Before Christmas-2008
Pardon Me… Can We Talk?
Attorney Files Suit Alleges California Bar Violated American With Disabilities Act
Federal Reserve Recommends Consumers Contact an Attorney to Resolve Contract Disputes With Banks
First State Licensed Loan Mod Professional in the Country Goes to Work Today
Suits Filed Against Sleazy Servicers – Treasury Knew
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter – ISSUE #2.0
Obama’s Figured Out What’s Missing in Our Economy…
Feldman Law Center Goes Above and Beyond the Call…
A Complaint By Any Other Name…
Cash for Clunkers-By Math Class Flunkers
CNN.com Reports Receiving “Overwhelming Number” of Negative Reviews of Obama Housing Plan
SPOTLIGHT ON: Mortgage Restructuring Solutions
Ding Dong, Ding Dong… Bad Biz Finder’s Erin Baldwin Hit By Bucket of Water! The Flying Monkeys Are Free!
Support Obama’s Universal CarCare
$23.7 TRILLION
So, It Wasn’t the Subprimers After All… What Do You Know About That?
The Crowd Laughed…
So, It Wasn’t the Subprimers After All… Go Figure.
ISSUE #1.0 of Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter!
Attorneys Offering Loan Modification Services Find a Friend in NACBA
Who Are We Punishing?
Obama’s New Federal Agency: The Comedy Board
What Happened On Wall Street and Why
Joe the Plumber Hired as Journalist
Income Inequality Gap Widens, Government Report Shows
Democrats Supporting a Bill Allowing NO DOWN PAYMENT on FHA Mortgages?
Changing the Way the President Gets Elected and What it Means to Your Business
The Employer No Choice Act
Confidence Lost
It’s Been a Year Since I Lost My Friend to Suicide
Business Owners Need to Face Strategic Truths of 2009 and Beyond
I Say… Keep Guantanamo Open!
How Many Light Bulbs Does It Take To Change An Investor?
Bad Biz Finder’s Erin Baldwin is Awe Inspiring…
Matt Padilla… Again? Matt, Matt, Matt…
Mandelman vs. Matt Padilla of the Orange County Register
July’s Niche Report: Cover Story by Mandelman on HVCC
Excuse Me… Secretary Geithner? Secretary Donovan? With All Due Respect…
Lucas Law Center Reports Saving 500 Homes Before FTC Files Injunction to Temporarily Close Firm
July’s Issue of The Niche Report… Bringing Up the Rear: FDIC Chair Sheila Bair
Economy Watch: State of California Says Attorneys Stealing Smaller Sums
Gov. Schwarzenegger Move Will Deprive Homeowners of Legal Representation When Negotiating Loan Modifications
LOAN MODIFICATIONS: IS THIS WHAT I’M SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE??
A Gangster Government: Is that what we’ve come to?
Wells Fargo Closes Accounts if Firms Offer Loan Mod Services
Wells Fargo’s “Ghetto Loans” and the “Mud People”
Songs of the Mortgage Meltdown
CA’s Foreclosure Moratorium a Sham… We’ve Been Lied To By Our State Government
WATCH THIS! And then tell me why we can’t hit our politicians with sticks.
ALL LOAN MOD FIRMS NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS IMMEDIATELY!
101 Pages of Barackracy: Obama’s Regulatory Reforms
“Mish” Shedlock: California’s 90-Day Foreclosure Moratorium Will Accomplish Nothing… Supporters Disagree.
NY’s Attorney General Cuomo & The Loan Modification Industry
The Bank’s Latest Tactic to Shut Down Loan Modification Firms
H.R. 1728: The Death of Creative Financing
Former sub-prime lenders are back to profit off the mess they made. Seriously?
FTC is Seeking Consumers’ Advice on Mortgage Practices: Here’s Your Chance!
FTC Testifies on Loan Modification “Scams”
New Federal Law Would Prohibit Advance Fees in all 50 States
It’s Time to Play… Housing Jeopardy!
Treasury Discovers Glitch: Banks Healthy, Ready to Lend
California Attorney General Brown Issues Directive to Foreclosure Consultants
Stop Blowing Sunshine Up My Skirt – Recovery, My Aunt Petunia
CA DRE Orders T.N.L.M.A. Owner to Desist and Refrain
California Senate Passes SB 94 Legislation, Now Up To State Assembly
CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNERS SHOULD KNOW: Loan Modification Companies To Be Avoided
Bank of America Says They Modified 50,000 Mortgages… Whatever That Means…
Tired of the Lying: 55,000 Helped by Obama Mortgage Rescue
BRINGING UP THE REAR: MSNBC’s John W. Schoen
Loan Modifications and the Right to Representation
CALLING ALL LOAN MOD FIRMS: A Family in LA Needs Help NOW!
There’s the OUTRAGE: Riverside Man Booby-Traps Foreclosed Home
LA Ordinance No. 180675: MORTGAGE MODIFICATION CONSULTANTS
Treasury Gives Banks Guidance on Loan Modification/Foreclosure Rescue Scams
Loan Mod Firms NEED to Be SCARED STRAIGHT
I’ve Got SIX QUESTIONS for Loan Modification Experts?
WEEKEND READING: Effective Marketing of Your Loan Modification Firm
Have You Called the Homeowner’s HOPE™ Hotline?
Mortgage & Real Estate Brokers: Upfront Fees on Loan Modifications NOW ILLEGAL in Los Angeles
Holder and Geithner LIED About Loan Modification Scams
AIG BONUSES: Someone Get a Rope… The Angry Mob is Already Here.
the BETTER do BUSINESS with us BUREAU
Goldman Sachs… You’re a Liar!
Obama Administration is Drawing Up Plans to Disclose Conditions of Biggest Banks
HUD Says Hope-4-Homeowners Modified ’1′ Mortgage.
Wells Fargo May Need $50 Billion? Wow… That Was Even Faster Than I Thought.
Wells Fargo’s Surprising Profits? Time to Go Short…
Giving Money Back, Not Profitable: Federal Reserve Study Proves
Obama’s Campaign Against Mortgage Modifications
WHAT I NOW KNOW ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS AND LOAN MODIFICATIONS
I Finally Figured It Out… It’s The Banks.
The Letter I Sent to Senator Feinstein Today…
Adding Insult to Injury – Homeowners Told to Walk Away From Loan Modifications
The Foreclosure Crisis: Private Sector Solutions vs. Government Cheese
Fed to Start Scam Warnings in Movie Theaters
SPOTLIGHT ON: Litchney Law Firm
SPOTLIGHT ON: Peerally Law Group
SPOTLIGHT ON: Feldman Law Center
SPOTLIGHT ON: McFarlin & Geurts LLP
I’m Sorry Mr. President That’s Just Not Enough

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