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HuffPo | Lisa Epstein Aim’s To Take Over Palm Beach County County Courthouse, Lands Endorsement from Rep. Alan Grayson (D)

“It’s people like Lisa Epstein and foreclosure-focused websites like 4closurefraud.org and foreclosurehamlet.org that have kept him in the loop on foreclosure news.” ~ Foreclosure Victims Aim To Take Over County Courthouses Solutions to the ongoing foreclosure crisis are virtually absent from the national political debate, but in Florida, one of the states hardest-hit by the … Read more

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LPS “First Look” Mortgage Report: April Month-End Data Shows Delinquencies Increase for the First Time in Nine Months

LPS “First Look” Mortgage Report: April Month-End Data Shows Delinquencies Increase for the First Time in Nine Months JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider of integrated technology, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, reports the following “first look” at April 2012 … Read more

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MERS Shell Game

“Shadowy Recording System” – MERS Mortgage Database Results in Lawsuit in St. Clair County IL

MERS mortgage database results in lawsuit in St. Clair County Belleville, IL (KSDK) – The St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a civil suit against 22 banks Monday morning, accusing them of engaging in fraud and deceptive practices by creating an allegedly secretive mortgage database and not properly filing documents with authorities. In the … Read more

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90-Year-Old Woman Wins Eviction Case Initiated by Bank of America in Violation of The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act

90-year-old woman wins eviction case Eve Ball is going to stay in her home after all. Local attorney Alex Krase said last week that the 90-year-old resident won her case against Bank of the America and got a court order that will allow her to stay in her home until October of 2015. “I think … Read more

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MERS FRAUD & WALL SREET BANKSTERS: You Probably Don’t Even Own the House You Are Paying For

In 2012, when we think Wall Street we think: MF Global theft, JPM criminality, Goldman naked shorting, DTTC failures to deliver, precious metals manipulation, fractional reserve banking, Comex games, HFT trading and endless derivatives. But don’t forget about MERS and mortgage fraud – because according to Vermont Trotter, the National Director of ‘Protect Americas Dream’ … Read more

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Just In | FDIC Sues JPMorgan, Citigroup, BofA Securities, Deutsche Bank

Headline for now. More to come as we get it… From Bloomberg… The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sued JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Citigroup Inc. (C), Bank of America Securities and Deutsche Bank AG. (DBK) The FDIC sued in New York federal court as receiver for Strategic Capital Bank, claiming $11 million in a mortgage-backed … Read more

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Brenda Reed | California Homeowner and Vietnam Widow Testifies Before Legislative Committee on Foreclosure Crisis, JPMorgan Chase (VIDEO)

Brenda Reed, an Oakland homeowner and Vietnam War widow, speaks out about her efforts to save her home from foreclosure by JPMorgan Chase Bank before the California Legislative Conference Committee Hearing,; California State Capital, Sacramento. May 15, 2012, Afternoon session. ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet

As Predicted, Ally (GMAC) Bankruptcy Will Delay Loan Modifications, Settlement Actions for Borrowers but Foreclosures Will Continue

“GMAC is using bankruptcy to maximize its position in litigation,” said Tirelli. “It will proceed in foreclosures, but for any borrower with a claim against GMAC, they are saying, Sorry, go to NY and file a motion.’” ~ As Predicted, Ally Bankruptcy Will Delay Loan Modifications, Settlement Actions for Borrowers When Ally Financial’s mortgage unit … Read more

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Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Geithner’s Door – Hundreds of “Robin Hoods” Show up at Geithner’s House

Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Geithner’s Door WASHINGTON—The anti-Wall-Street crowd knocked on Tim Geithner’s door Sunday, literally, but got no response. Several hundred protesters gathered outside the Treasury Secretary’s beige brick split-level home on a leafy street in Bethesda at 5 p.m. to sing, pray and try to deliver a letter requesting that he meet with … Read more

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Foreclosure Diaries | A Foreclosure Film in the Making Awaits Final Scene

Trailer for upcoming documentary feature, FORECLOSURE DIARIES, detailing the collateral damage that swept, tsunami-like, across the nation, leaving millions vulnerable to the shenanigans of the Wall Street, the big banks, so-called “securitized trusts” and their front line shock troops: so-called “Foreclosure Mills” (ie: Steven J Baum in New York and Daniel J Stern in Florida; … Read more

Bank of America Stealing Homes

Say it isn’t so! | Lawsuit: Bank of America Pocketed Court Fees in Foreclosures

“The refund goes to the bank and the bank doesn’t fork it over,” Newman said. “There is a substantial amount of money owing to the class.” ~ Lawsuit: Bank pocketed court fees in foreclosures A Madisonville woman sued Bank of America on Thursday for pocketing court fees from foreclosure cases that she says belong to … Read more

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Romney Says Banking Reform Hurting Housing Market in Florida

Romney says banking reform hurting housing market in Florida More than four in 10 Florida homeowners are underwater on their mortgages. President Barack Obama has not done much to help them, and it doesn’t sound like Mitt Romney has any serious plan in store either. His main idea? Repeal Wall Street reform. “Bankers have been … Read more

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“Very Pro-Wall Street” | So Much for Schneiderman Being Tough on the Street

So Much for Schneiderman Being Tough on Wall Street As regular readers no doubt recall, Eric Schneiderman abandoned the dissident state attorney general effort to get a better mortgage settlement, assuring the Administration a win on this sellout to the banks. The bright shiny prize Schneiderman got in return for his betrayal was serving as … Read more

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HEDGES v OBAMA | Judge Blocks Obama’s Controversial National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

Judge Blocks Controversial NDAA MANHATTAN (CN) – A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction late Wednesday to block provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that would allow the military to indefinitely detain anyone it accuses of knowingly or unknowingly supporting terrorism. Signed by President Barack Obama on New Year’s Eve, the 565-page NDAA … Read more

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Abigail Field | Spotting the Bankers’ Latest Propaganda Campaign

Spotting the Bankers’ Latest Propaganda Campaign Perhaps you’ve heard the line about not wasting a crisis. It means seize the opportunity to make big changes. Well, the banks are doing just that: they are using their self-created foreclosure crisis to build pressure to dismantle judicial foreclosures. The bankers want it to be much cheaper and … Read more

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House Overwhelmingly Passes Cummings Amendment to Extend Foreclosure Protections to Servicemembers and Veterans

House Overwhelmingly Passes Cummings Amendment to Extend Foreclosure Protections to Servicemembers and Veterans Cummings also Succeeds on Amendment to Increase Diversity, Curb Hazing Washington, DC (May 18, 2012)—Today, the House passed by a vote of 394 to 27 an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member … Read more

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Spears et al v. Washington Mutual | Federal District Court Judge Grants Class Certification in Mortgage Appraisal Suit

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted class certification in a mortgage loan appraisal suit alleging defendants conspired to inflate appraisals to increase the sale of loans in the secondary market. The Court found that plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence to establish common questions of fact and law, holding that common … Read more

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