All the banks lobbyists and all the banks men could not put the toxic titles back together again…

Great job everyone. This was a direct result of your emails and phone calls.

We do have the power to make a difference. Ye are all now crowned the “Deadbeat Brigade.”

Let’s keep showing them what us “unproductive deadbeats” can do!

Results from our MERS ACTION ALERT!!! | Oregon Fraudclosure “Fix” Postponed but Effort Appears in Jeopardy

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MERS foreclosure amendment dies in Oregon House committee

A late attempt by the finance industry to waive Oregon mortgage recording laws in most foreclosures

is dead.

The Oregon House Judiciary Committee voted today to approve Senate Bill 519 without an amendment sought last week by loan servicers, title companies and credit unions. The amendment would have relieved lenders of ensuring a property’s ownership history is properly recorded in public records before foreclosing outside a courtroom.

The committee voted with no debate to send the bill to a floor vote without the amendment. Afterward, co-chair Jeff Barker cited a public outcry over the amendment as reason for its failure and described an intense back-room negotiations to do so.”There was a lot of opposition,” said Barker, D-Aloha.

I probably got more emails about this than anything all session.”

Document recording and signing issues have hung up foreclosures across the nation, and many of them have involved the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS. Federal judges in Oregon have blocked such foreclosures, saying MERS failed to record underlying documents properly as required by Oregon law in out-of-court foreclosures.

An attorney representing servicers said the amendment’s death could prompt lenders to take foreclosure actions into the courtroom, which would take longer and cost more. Oregon law allows so-called non-judicial foreclosures to take place outside of a court.

“There are literally thousands of foreclosures in Oregon that are presently on hold as servicers contemplate the meaning and impact of some of the decisions that have been handed down of late,” said Lance Olsen, an attorney with Routh Crabtree Olsen who represents trustee companies, lenders and servicers throughout the Northwest.

Other actions, he said, are being held up as lenders try to work with borrowers to arrange loan workouts or complete trial modifications.

The financial industry pushed hard for the amendment, prompting Barker to postpone its scheduled hearing Tuesday. The lobbying effort jeopardized Senate Bill 519, already passed by a 28-1 vote by the Senate in April. The bill preserves affordable housing incentives in foreclosures involving subsidized housing.

Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, threatened to hold up bills in the Senate Judiciary Committee he chairs unless Senate Bill 519 passed without the amendment, Barker said.

That’s how it kinda works down here, Barker said.

Ultimately, Barker’s committee members agreed to OK the bill without the contentious amendment and Prozanski agreed to allow his bills to move forward, Barker said. Prozanski could not immediately be reached for comment.

“It was a very difficult morning for me to get this passed,” Barker said. “We got it cleared up and moved it out.”

Here are links to the reps…

Email addresses for each are on there individual pages…

Be sure to THANK them for representing “We the People.”

Especially Jeff Barker and Floyd Prozanski.

House Judiciary Committee
Click here to return to individual Committee Pages
Committee Services Office:
900 Court St. NE, Room 453 Salem, Oregon 97301
Phone: 503-986-1813 Fax: 503-986-1814

Committee Membership:
Jeff Barker, Co-Chair Wayne Krieger, Co-Chair Chris Garrett, Co-Vice Chair
Wally Hicks, Co-Vice Chair Mary Nolan Andy Olson
Mike Schaufler Carolyn Tomei Matt Wand
Gene Whisnant

Again, great work everyone!

Too bad Arizona did not have the same type of reps out there when they gutted SB1259…

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