Posts Tagged HAMP lawyer
Bank of America – Still Too Big To Care (Wisconsin Foreclosure Post)
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on March 1, 2013
by Brian Mahany It’s been several months since we wrote a mortgage foreclosure post. Our hope was that the recent national settlements and court approved monitors would help big banks clean up their mortgage messes. Unfortunately, we see little progress. Although the total number of foreclosures is down, the ones that remain are often a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Common Mistakes Made by Homeowners Seeking HAMP Modification
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on August 5, 2012
by Brian Mahany Almost every day we are contacted by a potential client who was denied a HAMP mortgage modification. For those unfamiliar with HAMP, the program’s formal name is the Home Affordable Modification Program. The program was part of the stimulus bill in 2008. When Congress gave billions to Wall Street and big banks [...]
Ally Latest Lender To Admit Foreclosure “Problems”
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on June 10, 2012
by Brian Mahany Ask any court clerk and you will hear dozens of tales of missing documents, forgeries and even lenders foreclosing on homes when the borrower never missed a payment. The banks, however, are a bit more reluctant to come clean. Recently Ally FInancial and its servicing unit, GMAC Mortgage, identified thousands of problem [...]
California Dems Kill Mortgage Reform Bill
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on April 23, 2012
by Brian Mahany Democrats in the California Assembly’s Banking and Finance Committee derailed two important pro-homeowner bills aimed at curbing foreclosure abuse. In a surprise move, the democratic legislators sided with the pro business Chamber of Commerce moments before Attorney General Kamala Harris was to testify in support of the measures. Democrats siding with the [...]
Homeowners Rejoice – Appeals Court Reinstates HAMP Denial Complaint
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 7, 2012
by Brian Mahany The term HAMP probably doesn’t mean much, unless you are one of the tens of millions of Americans struggling to pay their mortgage. HAMP stands for the Home Affordable Mortgage Program rolled out by the U.S. Treasury Department after the housing and mortgage crisis of 2008. The program includes mortgage modifications, rate [...]
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