Posts Tagged HAMP
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 [...]
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 [...]
Can I Sue For Denial Of HAMP Loan Modification?
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on August 4, 2012
by Brian Mahany “Can I sue for denial of a HAMP loan modification” is a question we frequently hear. Some lenders (Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo) seem to run borrowers through the ringer only to ultimately deny them a mortgage modification. That’s a shame since Congress authorized the Home Affordable Modification Program as part [...]
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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