Posts Tagged HAMP denial
David v Goliath – Pro Se Homeowners Beats Freddie Mac In Foreclosure Appeals Victory
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on January 3, 2013
by Brian Mahany We like rooting for the underdog. Particularly when the underdog has no lawyer and takes on the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company (“Freddie Mac”). Freddie Mac is a government sponsored enterprise with over $2 trillion in assets. They certainly can afford great lawyers and take on small homeowners who dare take on the government [...]
JP Morgan Chase’s Mortgage Modification / HAMP Program A Fraud?
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on December 30, 2012
by Brian Mahany Publicly, the big banks have sung of their own praise and tell the world of what a wonderful job they are doing to keep people in their homes. Just ask around and see if you can find many people that have actually received a permanent mortgage modification, however. Back in September we [...]
Chase Bank Loses HAMP Denial Case In California
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on November 30, 2012
by Brian Mahany Chase Home Finance, a subsidiary of JPMorgan, lost an important court battle this week as it struggles to respond to claims from homeowners across the United States regarding the improper denial of HAMP loan modifications. HAMP is an acronym for the Home Affordable Mortgage Program, a program sponsored by the U.S. Treasury [...]
Huge Victory For Homeowners In Ohio
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on November 3, 2012
by Brian Mahany Every now and then courts get it right. The victory is even sweeter when the court that issued the ruling happens to be a state supreme court. On Halloween, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a lender must have standing at the time it files for foreclosure. Sorting out the paperwork at [...]
How Low Can They Go? Bank Of America Claims Death of Child Not A Hardship
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on October 11, 2012
by Brian Mahany By now, I should be numb to the suffering caused by Bank of America and other large lenders and mortgage servicers. That’s what they want but instead, I am fighting angry. So are millions of homeowners too. If you think we climb the soapbox a little too often in this blog, read [...]
Homeowners – 1, Bank of America, Wells Fargo -0
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on September 26, 2012
by Brian Mahany Despite the turning tide, big banks continue to win many court battles. Individual homeowners just can’t afford to take on the banking giants and their Park Avenue lawyers. Now and then, however, homeowners win. And some times they win big. Every victory empowers more and more homeowners to come forward. Last week’s [...]
Bank of America: “There is No HAMP, There Is No Help, And There Is No Hope”
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on September 23, 2012
by Brian Mahany We have listened to many recorded conversations between bank workout specialists and borrowers. Until the mortgage meltdown and subsequent collapse of the lending industry, homeowners never thought to record their conversations with bankers. There was little need. Now with some of the major banks like Bank of America, Chase and Wells seemingly [...]
Bank Of America Keeps Fraud Settlements Confidential
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on August 27, 2012
by Brian Mahany A lawyer recently asked about Bank of America’s policy of confidential settlements. It’s a good question and one in which we know some of the answers. But of course, we can’t answer because, well… homeowners (and their attorneys) who sue Bank of America typically are not allowed to discuss the terms of [...]
NJ Court Refuses To Enforce Loan Provision Prohibiting Borrower From Suing
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on August 12, 2012
by Brian Mahany I thought I had seen everything until I read a story about Investor’s Saving Bank. If you haven’t figured out why juries dislike lenders and are awarding large judgments against banks, read on. A New Jersey company sought mortgage funding from Investors Savings. At the closing, Investors only provided half the funding. [...]
Accounting Firms Chosen To Monitor National Mortgage Settlement
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on August 10, 2012
by Brian Mahany Joseph Smith is a powerful guy. He is the monitor of the $25 billion national mortgage settlement hammered out by 49 states, the federal government and several large lenders including our perennial “favorites”, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citi and Chase. As part of the settlement, several major lenders promised to clean [...]
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