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We INTERRUPT this FORECLOSURE CRISIS for a COMMERCIAL Message
Written on 14 Nov, 2009 at 22:15
Okay, so does anybody have any questions about what’s going on here? Commercial real estate, a couple of trillion worth, is now circling the drain and soon we’re all going to hear that loud flushing sound we’ve all come... (Continue reading)
A Hundred Thousand Homeowners – Voices of Hope & Change
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 20:12
“A Hundred Thousand Homeowners” is a documentary that will deliver a cacophony of outrage at the way our government has addressed the foreclosure crisis. It will make loud the voices of a hundred thousand homeowners. ... (Continue reading)
BREAKING NEWS: Latest U.S. Teaseury Dept. Study Shows 3.6 Billion Homeowners Have Been Offered Loan Modifications
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 4:21
Housing counselors and lending experts say that HAMP is having a meaningful impact on the global foreclosure rate, and Lucely Figures, a housing economist at Muddy’s expects at least another 3 billion loan modifications next year. ... (Continue reading)
MANDELMAN’S MONTHLY MUSELETTER – ISSUE 5.0
Written on 10 Nov, 2009 at 0:47
1. University of Miami Law School says homeowners should hire lawyers if at risk of foreclosure. 2. Is the Great Recession Over in the Headlines? 3. ABC's Bob Weir and Truth. 4. House painting as a career choice. ... (Continue reading)
How Banks View Loan Modifications
Written on 9 Nov, 2009 at 13:29
They’re manipulating you into feeling ashamed for being in trouble on your mortgage… but don’t let them make you feel that way. It’s not your fault… it’s the banks that wear the black hats in this horror movie, make... (Continue reading)
A Tale of Four Trial Modifications at IndyMac Bank
Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 0:28
I’m announcing today that I will write and publish every story I receive about a homeowner being jerked around by IndyMac/One West Bank. Every single one. Write to me and I’ll put it out there. ... (Continue reading)
Chris Adams, McClatchy Newspapers, Gets It! Servicers Suck!
Written on 31 Oct, 2009 at 12:59
The motive, he said, was simple: force people into foreclosure as a way to earn higher bonuses. "We would call the customers and ask them what bridge they were going to live under," Ocwen's Ron Davis testified. ... (Continue reading)
Loan Modifications: 500,000 or 1200? All right… ENOUGH is ENOUGH.
Written on 31 Oct, 2009 at 7:29
Of course, I’m no real estate expert, but maybe… just maybe… our government should step in and do something about the crimes being perpetrated by banks and mortgage servicers against homeowners and our nation every day in this country. ... (Continue reading)
BREAKING NEWS! CA STATE BAR PUBLISHES GUIDANCE FOR LAW FIRMS ON SB 94
Written on 30 Oct, 2009 at 18:32
Wading through ambiguities in language in order to interpret the legislative intent of a new law isn’t easy, but the moral of the story is that it can be done, and thanks to the combined efforts of the attorneys and... (Continue reading)
How to Talk to People Who Don’t Understand the Foreclosure Crisis… if You Absolutely Have to.
Written on 22 Oct, 2009 at 1:19
And you do… absolutely have to, I mean. It’s important because until more Americans come to understand what’s really going on in this country today, we’re not going to be able to stop it. And until we stop... (Continue reading)
TARP Chief Elizabeth Warren Says We’ll Never Know Where TARP Funds Went
Written on 20 Oct, 2009 at 13:20
Elizabeth... damn it. That doesn't make any sense and you have to know that. First of all, I would argue that you don't have to ask in advance where your $700 billion will be going because IT's $700... (Continue reading)
California Bar Journal Runs Ads for Loan Mod Firms? Seriously??
Written on 20 Oct, 2009 at 8:34
So, come to find out that the California Bar Journal is running ads for a company called “Nice Mod,” a DRE licensed company that presumably accepts no money until the client’s mortgage has been modified, paid off in full, and... (Continue reading)
Massachusetts Judge Rules Against Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank – Threatens Millions of Foreclosures
Written on 15 Oct, 2009 at 18:25
The judge also said that fixing the documents after the fact, which is what Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank did in the case he was ruling on, isn’t kosher, and I can’t believe that Wells or U.S. Bank would think... (Continue reading)
Bringing Up the Rear – Ex-NAR Chief Economist David Lerah
Written on 14 Oct, 2009 at 21:56
He says he's retired, but can you retire from lying? Can you be a retired liar? How would anyone know for sure when you retired? ... (Continue reading)
SPOTLIGHT ON LAS VEGAS: Paladin Legal Advocacy Center
Written on 14 Oct, 2009 at 1:46
There are lots of options available to homeowners in financial trouble today, and the most important point, according to both Zach and Rory, is that foreclosure is never the right choice.... (Continue reading)
Cioffi & Tannin, Bankers That Broke The World, Part 2
Written on 13 Oct, 2009 at 2:49
From the beginning, the banking lobby has tried to blame this crisis on everyone but the banks. It was the banking lobby that started the P.R. campaign that blamed borrowers… then they blamed mortgage brokers… then sub-prime lenders… everyone... (Continue reading)
SPOTLIGHT ON ARIZONA FIRM: Real Estate Consulting Services
Written on 13 Oct, 2009 at 2:02
All in all, I wanted to list REC because I've heard from quite a few people that its become hard to tell who you can trust in the Phoenix area, and when you need a loan modification, the last thing... (Continue reading)
Gov. Schwarzenegger Does the Right Thing: Signs SB 94 and Vetoes AB 764
Written on 12 Oct, 2009 at 18:21
I have to say that I was not originally in favor of SB 94's provisions on advance fees, as I saw the language and what I thought to be the original intent as being harmful to homeowners as I saw... (Continue reading)
Cioffi & Tannin: Future Household Names, if Anyone Still Owns a House in the Future
Written on 11 Oct, 2009 at 18:54
It would seem that they told themselves that the Funds' bleak prospects would change, come around, and that their incomes and reputations would remain intact. Just a couple of months later, on June 9, 2007, when the Funds' collapse... (Continue reading)
Norma Garcia, Consumer Reports Magazine: Stupid is as Stupid Does
Written on 9 Oct, 2009 at 3:27
Does it bother you to realize how much more time you’ve dedicated to caring about who loses three grand, as compared with how much time to spend worrying about who is losing a house at this very minute? Did... (Continue reading)
