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Attorney Argues “Produce the Note” and Makes a Bad Situation Worse for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
Written on 16 Jul, 2013 at 22:54
What happened here is not an example of homeowners fighting to keep their homes... it's not an example of foreclosure defense at all. It's only an example of how what's happening on the homeowner's side of this fight, can... (Continue reading)
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Foreclosing in Texas Without the Note is Okay
Written on 8 Jul, 2013 at 17:47
Specifically, the Fifth Circuit held that the split-the-note theory, "is inapplicable under Texas law where the foreclosing party is a mortgage servicer and the mortgage has been properly assigned," adding that, "the party to foreclose need not possess the note... (Continue reading)
Attorney Bruce Levitt on Saving Homes from Foreclosure in New Jersey – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Written on 17 Dec, 2012 at 11:22
New Jersey foreclosure defense attorney Bruce Levitt on this Mandelman Matters Podcast tells you what's working and what's not... and how he thinks you are most likely to save your New Jersey home from foreclosure.... (Continue reading)
Hawaii Court rules: No valid assignment means Deutsche has no standing to foreclose
Written on 5 Apr, 2012 at 21:59
Last week, Hawaii homeowners at risk of foreclosure had reason to be pleased. Not ecstatic… not jubilant… and certainly not electrified, as other bloggers have intimated might be appropriate. The decision is not cause for any of those emotions… there’s... (Continue reading)
A Foot Soldier in the Foreclosure Wars – Matt Weidner, A Mandelman Matters Podcast
Written on 27 Nov, 2011 at 10:53
I wanted to have Matt on a podcast so both homeowners and other lawyers would have an opportunity to hear his views on the crisis today, and specifically what he's seeing in the Florida courts. And sure enough, Matt... (Continue reading)
Lawyers, foreclosure fatigue and the dreaded FREE HOUSE
Written on 29 Jul, 2011 at 19:23
Wake up people, we're running out of time. We need to do better and that means we need to get smarter. And since I still have faith that our laws will prevail, we'll be needing our nation's lawyers... (Continue reading)
Man Drives Car Through Bank of America’s Lobby – Police Investigate, Unsure of Motive
Written on 28 Feb, 2011 at 23:26
So, wait a minute here... he drove into the bank... into it... he was inside a Bank of America at 4:00 AM... and police are still trying to determine if any property was taken... but he's only being charged with... (Continue reading)
Mandelman’s Monthly Museletter… Version 10.0
Written on 3 Feb, 2011 at 6:25
1. California's ex-AG, Governor Jerry Brown Settles Countrywide Suit for $6.5 million. 2. Mandelman ADMITS HE WAS WRONG About AZ's Foreclosure Program's Potential. 3. Wall Street Journal: $135 Billion for Bankers in 2010... Breaks Previous Record Set in 2009.... (Continue reading)
KA-BOOM! INVESTORS FILE SUIT: Bank of America, Countrywide and named executives committed “MASSIVE” SECURITIES FRAUD related to Mortgage-backed Securities
Written on 25 Jan, 2011 at 10:24
So, if the investors that are supposed to own the loans that are supposed to be assigned to the trusts say the notes were never assigned to them, and therefore they say they don't have the right to foreclose... how... (Continue reading)
Florida AG Pam Bondi Presentation on Foreclosure Fraud
Written on 6 Jan, 2011 at 0:33
And forgetting the homeowners for a moment, if these financial institutions are capable of this type of fraud, how can we or others around the world ever trust them. ... (Continue reading)
SIGN THIS! StopServicerScams.com Petition Will Go to Geithner, Bair, Bernanke, and Walsh!
Written on 4 Jan, 2011 at 0:45
PLEASE SIGN THIS yourself... but also could you please put in the extra effort and forward it to everyone you know that will also want to sign it? PLEASE? Post it on your Facebook page, your LinkedIn page...... (Continue reading)
AMERICA LOST: Treasury’s meetings with bloggers tells a story that I didn’t want to hear.
Written on 30 Aug, 2010 at 10:34
It made me sad to know what Treasury Department officials had said about the foreclosure crisis and HAMP... very, very sad. In fact, I can't think of another time in history when my government acted as these guys have... (Continue reading)
Every Time a Judge Cancels a Mortgage a Homeowner Gets His or Her Wings
Written on 26 May, 2010 at 2:45
Judge Bailey also reprimanded Huffman: "Some day, this foreclosure crisis is going to be over, and you need to decide what kind of lawyer you are going to be. Because at the end of the day, you are responsible... (Continue reading)
A Hundred Thousand Homeowners – Voices of Hope & Change
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 20:12
A Hundred Thousand Homeowners - A wake-up call in Washington. By contributing $1.00, you'll be supporting something important... something that will be heard... something that will make a difference, because when politicians see that 100,000 people have taken the time to... (Continue reading)