Posts Tagged ‘Gretchen Morgenson’

Servicers Extinguishing Liens DOES Help Homeowners, NOT Erasing Debt That Isn’t there

Written on 14 Oct, 2012 at 9:48

I know what happened here. A homeowner in Connecticut was denied for a loan modification based on excessive income and her lawyer told her she would have to file bankruptcy to stop the sale of her home. Then... (Continue reading)

It’s Gretchen Morgenson from The New York Times – A Mandelman Matters Podcast

Written on 21 Feb, 2012 at 7:47

Lately, Gretchen has been really going strong on foreclosure-related topics... the fraudulent document scandal, the Fannie report, DocX, the AG settlement, so I thought now would be a good time to have her on a Mandelman Matters Podcast.... (Continue reading)

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$160 Million to DEFEND Fannie & Freddie? Now, if I could only find that damn rabbit hole I must have slid down…

Written on 24 Jan, 2011 at 10:42

So, we the taxpayers have spent $160 Million DEFENDING them? Defending them? Gretchen... I think you must have a typo there, right? Shouldn't the question be, how much are we spending to PROSECUTE them? I mean,... (Continue reading)

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