All posts on December 14, 2010


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December COP Report – Congressional Oversight Panel Reviews Treasury’s Foreclosure Prevention Programs

Sen. Ted Kaufman Introduces COP’s December Report Some commentary from Adam Levitin via Credit Slips 21% HAMP First Year Redefault Rate The Congressional Oversight Panel …

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Minnesota – Little-known law could help foreclosed homeowners by allowing them to buy their home back after the sheriff’s sale for the price of the winning bid

Minnesota updated its foreclosure laws this year in an effort to prevent mortgage fraud. The law requires people seeking title to a foreclosed property after …

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Another Housingwire Smackdown – Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism takes on Paul Jackson of Housingwire

Paul Jackson’s Largely Irrelevant Responses to Mortgage Securitization Critics’ Case By Yves Smith When I worked for Goldman, and later McKinsey, professionals at each firm …

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Incoming Chairman of the House Banking Committee Spencer Bachus – “Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks”

Regulators exist to ‘serve the banks,’ next House finance chairman declares Alabama Republican Spencer Bachus, the incoming chairman of the House banking committee, suggested Congress …

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