Countrywide has agreed to pay more than $600 million in settlements to shareholder lawsuits, a record payout to date and the highest fine paid to date in the aftermath of the sub-prime meltdown. In Los Angeles, U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer handed down the judgement in a lawsuit alleging that Countrywide investors were misled about the [...]

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Bank of America and its lawyers hid from the Los Angeles court a woefully inadequate class action settlement in Kentucky regarding Countrywide’s mass disclosure of its customers’ most sensitive private information, cleverly slowed proceedings in that court to avoid an adverse outcome, hid from the Kentucky court the case in Los Angeles to avoid California’s [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s flagship effort to help people in danger of losing their homes is falling flat. More than a third of the 1.24 million borrowers who have enrolled in the $75 billion mortgage modification program have dropped out. That exceeds the number of people who have managed to have their loan [...]

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Sacramento Judge Sides With Homeowner On Citibank ForeclosureApproximately 3 weeks ago a Sacramento judge ruled in favor of a homeowner because Citibank could not Produce the Note! The significance of this ruling in California is tremendous! This will create more attention, and more cases like this will support judges in making the correct and moral [...]

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Countrywide Advisor May Have Sold Your Private Info

by Tony January 17, 2010
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The story starts about six years ago when Countrywide Financial, then the darling of Wall Street, embarked on a plan to give a mortgage to every prospective homeowner, even if that homeowner didn’t come close to meeting Countrywide’s underwriting standards. Countrywide did this seemingly crazy thing because, as the SEC alleged in a recent fraud [...]

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Kansas Supreme Court Landmark Ruling Against MERs

by Tony October 5, 2009

A landmark ruling in a recent Kansas Supreme Court case may have given millions of distressed homeowners the legal wedge they need to avoid foreclosure. In Landmark National Bank v. Kesler, 2009 Kan. LEXIS 834, the Kansas Supreme Court held that a nominee company called MERS has no right or standing to bring an action [...]

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Short Sales A Common Term In Real Estate Not Understood by Many

Thumbnail image for Short Sales A Common Term In Real Estate Not Understood by Many by Tony September 28, 2009

A few years ago, only a few people in the housing market had ever heard of a short sale. Mention “short sale” today and people, whether they are homeowners, bloggers or real estate agents, think they are experts in the area. Simply put, a short sale is a practice which involves selling a property for [...]

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Wells Fargo Malibu Update Part 2

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The Wells Fargo ‘team member’ was terminated. According to the statement from Wells Fargo  “Our investigation concluded a single team member was responsible for violating our company policies. As a result, employment of this individual has been terminated.” They regret the actions and they in no way reflect the conduct of the rest of the [...]

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Wells Fargo Malibu Update

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It looks as if Wells Fargo corporate is looking to distance itself from the suspect actions of a ‘team member’. In a news release  issued September 11th, 2009, Wells Fargo said: “We are thoroughly investigating this situation and will take decisive action with respect to any team member who may have violated Wells Fargo’s policies. [...]

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Wells Fargo Executive in Multi Million Dollar Malibu Home Courtesy of TARP Funds

Thumbnail image for Wells Fargo Executive in Multi Million Dollar Malibu Home Courtesy of TARP Funds by Tony September 12, 2009

A community watchdog group expressed outrage and Wells Fargo Bank said it was launching an investigation after a newspaper reported that a Wells Fargo senior executive threw lavish parties at a $12 million beachfront home in Malibu, CA which was foreclosed on and now owned by Wells Fargo Bank. “This is the ultimate example of [...]

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