by Brian Mahany The headline from CNBC that a new round of foreclosures is coming comes without surprise. Thankfully, fewer borrowers are falling behind but there are still millions of Americans who are hopelessly behind on their loans. We say “hopelessly” because the lending community has miserably failed to assist homeowners who may have needed […]
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 […]
Foreclosure Victims Taking It To The Streets!
by Brian Mahany More and more homeowners are securing victories within the court system. Unfortunately, only a tiny fraction of struggling borrowers can afford competent legal counsel. Many homeowners are behind on their payments because of illness, disability or lack of employment. Obviously if they had funds they could pay their mortgage and wouldn’t need […]
TD Bank Accused Of Fraud (Again)
by Brian Mahany Big banks have not been getting good press these days and this post is no exception. Earlier this year, TD Bank suffered a startling setback when it was found to have “aided and abetted” fraud. A civil jury then sanctioned the bank with a $67 million dollar judgment. Do you think they […]