by Brian Mahany Foreclosures not only destroy families and their hopes and dreams, they can also cost lives. In a nation with millions of abandoned properties, tragedy is never far away. With no one to maintain the property, abandoned houses often become home to vagrants, drug dealers, and rats. When an abandoned house has a […]
On The Trail Of A New Species Of Fraud
by Joe Bird The discovery of a previously unknown form of life, any kind of life, fascinates us. The innate fascination with the discovery of a previously unknown form of life, extinct or living, fuels many scientific disciplines. They include astronomy, archeology and oceanography. The discovery of yet another form of fraud and seeking a […]
D-Day and the Battle Against the Mortgage Industry
by Joe Bird, Esq. My father served in WWII. He landed on the beaches of Normandy, D-Day plus 12. He was a member of the demolition and engineering section of his Division. A corporal who volunteered when he was rejected by the Air Force for a special officer’s training program because of his poor vision. […]
More Ammo In The Fight Against Fraudulent Foreclosures
by Brian Mahany Over the last several months we have identified many of the legal mistakes made by big banks and loan servicing companies – mistakes that may allow the homeowner to avoid foreclosure or at least force lenders to negotiate a fair and equitable resolution. Today’s post examines loan bundles and improper mortgage assignment […]
"Show Me The Note" Foreclosure Argument FAILS
by Brian Mahany Some people reading this post are thinking we have gone to the dark side. Don’t worry – nothing could be farther from the truth. As lawyers, we fight hard for our foreclosure clients but have to be realistic. Anyone reading mortgage blogs and some of the Occupy Homes materials would think that […]
The Man Behind The Curtain II – Jim Hodge and Allied Home Mortgage
by Joe Bird In recent months, Jim Hodge, the owner, CEO and chief wizard in charge of all companies Allied, has announced he wants to “restore his reputation” and that he would love to chat with the media, but was “traveling”. It is unclear where he is traveling to, but he is on the run […]
Bloomberg Reports That CitiMortgage Whistleblower Paid $31 Million
by Brian Mahany We have been following the several federal false claims act cases brought by the United States Attorney in Manhattan. It’s no secret that we represent the whistleblower in the largest of those cases. Earlier this year, the government intervened in a case brought by a Citi V.P. in Missouri, Sherry Hunt. We […]
Washington State Attorney General Takes on MERS
by Brian Mahany Earlier this year the state attorney general of Washington filed a brief with the Washington State Supreme Court taking on MERS. We are happy to see elected officials finally realizing the mortgage mess is not going to fix itself. In the case of Kristin Bain versus Metropolitan Mortgage Group, the A.G. weighed […]
Seeking Information – Force Placed Insurance
by Brian Mahany Unless you are in the banking industry or have fallen behind in your mortgage payments, most people don’t understand the term “force placed insurance.” For those in the know, it is the financial industry’s dirty little secret. A condition of almost every mortgage loan is that the homeowner must keep insurance on […]
JPMorgan Loses $2 Billion, Calls Loss A "Stupid" Mistake
by Brian Mahany Originally, I wasn’t going to write about the $2 billion loss suffered by banking giant JP Morgan. After all, it just affects investors foolish enough to have purchased stock in the bank. (JP Morgan’s stock plunged after the loss became public.) The response to the loss in recent days is what has […]
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