Foreclosure Mill Morality
December 30, 2012 by Phil QuerinSlam! Bang! HER: “Honey, is that you? You’re home early from the firm. Usually, on Fridays, you go over to Lucifer’s Lounge with the other attorneys for shots of Devil’s Springs Vodka, and regale each other with stories of the families you foreclosed during the week. Honey? Honey? What’s wrong?” HIM: “I think I screwed [...]
Posted in Fannie&Freddie, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Legislation - Oregon, MERS, Trust Deeds | Tagged Bank Ethics?, Banks, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, MERS, Trust DeedsBelial Bank’s 2012 Holiday Planning Meeting
December 9, 2012 by Phil QuerinFollowing a rough and tumble year in the banking industry, Belial Bank’s feckless fearless leader, B.L. Zebub, believes it is high time to bring some levity and loyalty to the lowly troops who have been tirelessly foreclosing all the Beleaguered Borrowers they may have missed the first and second time around. Mostly, however, B.L. is [...]
Posted in B. L. Zebub, Belial Bank, Deficiency Liability, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Legislation - Federal, Lenders, Market Conditions, MERS, Real Estate/Distressed, Realtors, REOs, Servicers, Subprime Crisis, Tax Issues | Tagged B.L. Zebub, Bank Ethics?, Belial Bank, Distressed Transactions, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Legislation - Oregon, Market Conditions, MERS, Mortgages, Rating Agencies, Realtors, REOs, Securitization, Servicers, Wall StreetA Curious Day At The Foreclosure Mill….
August 5, 2012 by Phil Querin[Door Slamming] Her: “Honey, is that you? It’s awfully early for you to come home. Are you ill?” Him: “Yeh, I know it’s early. I’m OK. I just didn’t feel like working anymore.” Her: “What’s wrong? Don’t you enjoy your work kicking people out of their homes anymore? I thought you loved having Big Bank [...]
Posted in Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Legislation - Oregon, MERS, Miscellany | Tagged Bank Ethics?, Banks, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, MERS, Mortgages, Wall StreetMERS Smackdown! Niday Analyzed – Part One
July 29, 2012 by Phil QuerinIn the first Oregon appellate court ruling on the issue, the Court of Appeals, addressed, head on, whether MERS may be appointed as the “beneficiary” in an Oregon trust deed, for purposes of avoiding the law. The full opinion may be accessed here. The decision, written by Justice Lynn R. Nakamoto’s was a “textbook” opinion; [...]
Posted in Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, MERS, Miscellany, Real Estate/Distressed | Tagged Distressed Transactions, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, MERS, Oregon, Promissory Notes, Trust DeedsAnother MERS Slapdown! The Recent James Case Analyzed (Part Two)
March 5, 2012 by Phil Querin[This post is the second in a two-part discussion of the recent case of James vs. MERS, et. al. The full text of Judge Simon's decision can be found here. The link to Part One of my analysis can be found here. Besides the sheer joy of (metaphorically) poking my finger in the eyes of [...]
Posted in Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Legislation - Oregon, Lenders, Market Conditions, Miscellany, Real Estate/Distressed, Servicers, Tax Issues, Trust Deeds | Tagged Banks, Distressed Transactions, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Legislation - Oregon, Market Conditions, Mortgages, Oregon, Promissory Notes, Real Estate, Trust Deeds‘Living Wills’ For Big Banks?
January 22, 2012 by Phil QuerinIt has recently been reported that Big Banks must have ‘living wills’ in place by July, 2012. In estate planning circles, a “living will” is a document one creates in the event they should later become incapacitated or incompetent, and are unable to make important decisions for their long term care. More to the point [...]
Posted in Fannie&Freddie, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, GSEs, Lenders, Loan Modifications, Market Conditions, MERS, Miscellany, Real Estate/Distressed, Refinancing, Servicers | Tagged Bank Living Wills, Banks, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Lawyers, Market Conditions, MERS, Real EstateSharpe vs. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage – A Critical Analysis
December 26, 2011 by Phil QuerinHypocrisy: [c.1200, ipocrisie, from O.Fr. ypocrisie, from L.L. hypocrisis, from Gk. hypokrisis "acting on the stage, pretense," from hypokrinesthai "play a part, pretend….” Online Etymology Dictionary] Example: When banks lend money today, they demand absolute transparency of their borrowers. Every “T” must be crossed and “I” dotted. Signatures, income, credit, employment, all must be verified and re-verified to the nth degree. But [...]
Posted in Fannie&Freddie, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, GSEs, Legislation - Oregon, MERS, Miscellany, Real Estate/Distressed, Servicers, Trust Deeds | Tagged Banks, Distressed Transactions, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure Mills, Lawyers, Legislation - Oregon, Market Conditions, MERS, Oregon, Promissory Notes, Trust DeedsOregon Bank Foreclosures: Frequently Unanswered Questions
December 17, 2011 by Phil QuerinThe following Frequently Unanswered Questions have been provided in an effort to better understand Big Banks and their systemic inability to explain, answer, or even address, basic questions that pervade the Oregon foreclosure landscape. Since the they have not offered the slightest explanation to frequently ask questions, I am compelled to do so. If I [...]
Posted in Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Legislation - Oregon, Lenders, MERS, Miscellany, Real Estate/Distressed, Trust Deeds | Tagged Banks, Distressed Transactions, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, MERS, OregonMemo From Holmes Knott Furr Long, Attorneys at Law – RE: Office Party Tips
November 27, 2011 by Phil QuerinTO: All Lawyers, Paralegals and Secretaries FROM: Personnel Dept. SUBJECT: Upcoming Holiday Party We know it’s been a hard year for all of you. Many of our secretaries have developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome due to the long hours of repetitive robo-signing. Our paralegals have had to do double-duty, working for one or more attorneys and [...]
Posted in Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Miscellany | Tagged Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, LawyersJudicial or Non-Judicial? Belial Bank Debates How to Foreclose Oregon Homeowners – Part Two
November 25, 2011 by Phil QuerinWhen we last left this telephone conference in Part One, Damien Faust, chief legal counsel for Belial Bank, was regaling everyone with his brilliance in creating the following legal provision that the Big Banks had quietly inserted into every lender’s trust deed forms: “Borrower understands and agrees that MERS holds only legal title to the [...]
Posted in B. L. Zebub, Belial Bank, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Legislation - Oregon, Lenders, Market Conditions, Miscellany, Real Estate/Distressed, Servicers, Trust Deeds | Tagged B.L. Zebub, Banks, Belial Bank, Distressed Transactions, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Mills, Legislation - Oregon, Oregon, REOs, Trust Deeds ← Older posts
