In my earlier post I was critical of the Obama Administration’s second run at jumpstarting the woefully inadequate Home Affordable Refinance Program or “HARP.” As
Introduction. As we know today, there are many bank-owned properties being listed and sold. A term commonly used to refer to these homes are REOs,
The credit and real estate meltdowns, coupled with the subsequent foreclosure crisis, caused many politicians, all with differing motives, to shift into high legislative gear.
“ If the Servicer is foreclosing on a property in the State of Oregon, the Servicer must destroy any unrecorded assignment to Freddie Mac no later than 10 days
Shill – “…a person who helps a person or organization without disclosing that he or she has a close relationship with that person or organization.
The sad reality is that negative equity, short sales, and foreclosures, will likely be around for quite a while. “Negative equity”, which is the excess
“You’re not going to create jobs until you fix the economy; you’re not going to fix the economy until you fix housing; and you’re not
[This is Part Two of my post regarding the recent ruling by Magistrate Judge Stewart in the case of James v. ReconTrust, Bank of America,
“[The defendant banks] categorize [the plaintiff borrowers] as ‘strategic defaulters’ who are riding out their admitted default by raising frivolous legal challenges while continuing to
Having counseled approximately two hundred Oregon homeowners drowning in negative equity, I have discovered that many, if not most, believe that somehow their lenders can
