Hypocrisy: [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,
The following Frequently Unanswered Questions have been provided in an effort to better understand Big Banks and their systemic inability to explain, answer, or even
As we know, until recently, the vast majority of foreclosures in Oregon were conducted non-judicially, by advertisement and sale. However, due to the McCoy and
When we last left this telephone conference in Part One, Damien Faust, chief legal counsel for Belial Bank, was regaling everyone with his brilliance in
Once again, the best and brightest minds in the banking, servicing, and title industries are on yet another conference call discussing the latest events in
The Conundrum. In Oregon we have a foreclosure conundrum: ORS 86.735(1) requires lenders to record all successive trust deed assignments when non-judicially foreclosing a trust
“The great thing about working at ________________ Bank is that no one has to take personal responsibility for the institutionalized immorality of our industry. We
On April 13, 2010, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), together with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and
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,
