In Portland, Oregon, The Oregonian reports:Oregon Attorney John Kroger fired a shot across the mortgage industry's bow Tuesday, arguing for the first time that a national electronic loan registry can't trump state records laws.If courts agree, it could route thousands of Oregon foreclosures through courtrooms, creating a drawn-out and much ...
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Written by Administrator on March 29th, 2012
Written by Administrator on March 7th, 2012
From the Office of the North Carolina Attorney General:A Winston-Salem foreclosure assistance outfit that promised to save struggling homeowners from foreclosure is permanently banned from offering foreclosure assistance or credit repair services in North Carolina, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced [].***Late Monday, Wake County Superior Court Judge Michael R. Morgan ...
Written by Administrator on February 29th, 2012
In Grapevine, Texas, the Star Telegram reports:A 64-year-old man has been arrested in the first criminal case involving a squatter in Northeast Tarrant County. Billie V. Henderson has been formally charged with criminal mischief for trying to take possession of a home [...] in Grapevine, according to the Tarrant County ...
Written by Administrator on February 15th, 2012
Blogger David Dayen writes in Firedoglake:We’re going to have to endure this line of argument from those savvy business reporters, and Diana Olick is at the head of the pack, so we might as well take on this argument about the foreclosure fraud settlement directly."Let’s take a step back for ...
Written by Administrator on December 17th, 2011
From the Office of the North Carolina Attorney General:A Charlotte area roofer who took money for jobs he never started has been ordered to stop, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced []. “Shady roofers who take money and don’t perform must be stopped,” said Cooper. “Consumers should always be skeptical when ...
Written by Administrator on November 22nd, 2011
In Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Business First reports:The embattled Steven J. Baum P.C. law firm is the closing its doors after a series of missteps that included mortgage industry giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae cutting off business with the Amherst-based firm.Baum has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ...
Written by Administrator on November 13th, 2011
Self-described rogue journalist and recovering attorney Ethan C. Nobles writes in First Arkansas News:The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jonesboro Division, ruled on a case at the end of September that may well have a substantial impact on non-judicial foreclosure proceedings in the state.Before getting into ...
