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$8.5 billion MBS settlement blocked by investors

It looks like not only Schneiderman had the eye for suspicious settlement between The Bank of New York Mellon and Bank of America. Now investors in soured Countrywide MBSs used a legal trap Friday to stop the same settlement which Schneiderman tried to block. The plaintiff in the case, Walnut Place, represents investors in Countrywide [...]

Radar Logic comes up with a plan to address government REOs

A couple days ago the government – lacking of any ideas to solve the pressing issue – shocked the analysts with its proposal to sell pools of foreclosed homes to investors to rent. Federal agencies, including the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HUD, and the Treasury Department recently issued a Request for Information and will [...]

August 25, 2011

NATIONWIDE   Eric Schneiderman is facing pressure on Bank Foreclosure Deal As  time goes by banks along with the Obama administration increasing pressure on New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman. It looks like the administration forgot all the bad these lenders did. Each of them is  ready to sign the settlement, because this will forgive [...]

Eric Schneiderman is facing pressure on Bank Foreclosure Deal

As  time goes by banks along with the Obama administration increasing pressure on New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman. It looks like the administration forgot all the bad these lenders did. Each of them is  ready to sign the settlement, because this will forgive their illegal actions, a strange move, which is against Schneiderman’s will, [...]

Bank of America – the giant kneels down?

Since the beginning of this year Bank of America stock fell more than 50% from $15 to $7.01 and now the nation’s largest bank faces the need of cutting costs and restructure. According to the memo, obtained by The New York Times, Brian T. Moynihan, the chief executive of the bank said the hopes to [...]

August 18, 2011

NATIONWIDE   The ball is in president Obama’s field now After president Obama asked for real estate professionals to think offer solutions for the distressed housing market Realogy Corp sent a letter to the president saying it is time to put real estate professionals who are on the front line each day fighting the housing [...]

The ball is in president Obama’s field now

After president Obama asked for real estate professionals to think offer solutions for the distressed housing market Realogy Corp sent a letter to the president saying it is time to put real estate professionals who are on the front line each day fighting the housing crisis at the head of the table to craft a [...]

Would you like to rent a foreclosure?

The Obama administration struggles to find the way to help out the housing market and now it prepares the stage for a public-private collaboration to deal with the growing number of REO homes already flooding the market by turning them into rental properties. The FHFA, HUD and the Treasury Department issued the call for private [...]

August 11, 2011

NATIONWIDE   Fannie Mae continues to ask for taxpayer’s money Nobody knows when this will come to an end: Fannie Mae, the government-controlled mortgage company said yesterday that its second-quarter loss widened as it continues to seek loan modifications to help reduce defaults while the housing market struggles. Fannie Mae made dividend payments to the [...]

Wells Fargo faces lawsuit over reverse mortgages

Wells Fargo now faces a group of lawsuits claiming the lender has a performed illegal foreclosures. The base of the lawsuits are federal rules regarding reverse mortgages that allow surviving spouses the right to purchase properties at 95% of appraised value after the death of a borrower who took out a federally insured reverse mortgage. [...]