Matt Weidner | Don’t Insult the Mafia or Drug Lords by Calling Banks Organized Crime…
Don’t Insult the Mafia or Drug Lords by Calling Banks Organized Crime… I keep having clients try to convince me that we should be calling the banks Organized Crime organizations and treat them as such, but we should not insult the comparatively honorable members of the world’s Organized Crime Families, La Cosa Nostra and all … Read more
Fed Blesses Banks | Federal Reserve Policy Statement on Rental of Residential Other Real Estate Owned Properties
Fed Blesses Banks’ Foreclosure-Rental Approach The Federal Reserve set out new polices for banks that decide to rent out foreclosed homes, endorsing a strategy for managing the huge number of distressed properties that have piled up during the housing bust. The central bank said in a six-page policy statement Thursday that the Fed’s regulations permit … Read more
Stop, Thief!!! West Palm Beach-Based Ocwen Loan Servicing Attempts Foreclosure on Paid off Home
Pasco couple stymied in trying to fix lender’s “mistake” ARIPEKA — Joe Manzo and Lisa Stowell paid off their mortgage – in full – late last year. But their lender threatened to foreclose anyway. “There was no doubt that it was paid off,” Manzo said. “I just assumed that the bank was lagging behind and … Read more
Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Rubber-Stamped by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer
David Dayen – Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Rubber-Stamped by a Federal Judge A federal judge in DC swiftly approved the foreclosure fraud settlement yesterday. Actually four of the consent orders with the five largest mortgage servicers were approved Wednesday, but we only learned publicly of the approval of all five settlements yesterday. Some investor groups had … Read more
Campaign Ads: How To Free the Files at Your TV Station
Campaign Ads: How To Free the Files at Your TV Station by Daniel Victor ProPublica Television stations are required by the Federal Communications Commission to keep a list of political ad buys and to make it available on request. Stations don’t post this data on the Internet, however, so the only way to get the … Read more
The Evolution of the Butterfly (VIDEO)
Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in “The Evolution of the Butterfly”. The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent economic collapse and gives a backdrop of hope to sometimes … Read more
Palm Beach County Foreclosure Filings Surge 65% in March
Palm Beach County foreclosure filings surge in March WEST PALM BEACH — Lenders filed to foreclose on 1,502 Palm Beach County homeowners in March, a 65 percent increase from the same time last year and up 25 percent from February. The surge in new filings was called “dramatic” by Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller … Read more
Commissioners: Bristol County joining Norfolk, Plymouth counties in filing suits against MERS
Commissioners: Bristol County joining Norfolk, Plymouth counties in filing suits against MERS Taunton — The Bristol County Board of Commissioners received a letter from Attorney Garrett Bradley notifying them that a complaint against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) was filed in Suffolk County on March 29. Previously, the commissioners voted on Feb. 14 to file … Read more
