One of the most notable bi-products of the foreclosure disaster, was another disaster – the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act; a 2300 page tome bearing the names
In a scathing editorial by Wall Street Journal writer, David Weidner [“Where the U.S. Once Led, Europe Is Now Far Ahead”], compares our country’s response
Oregon homeowners dodged a big bullet late last month [April, 2013], when some at the state legislature sought to deprive them of the mortgage interest
According to a recent LexisNexis article titled “Big Brother is Watching…”, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has been in the process of assembling a massive
Introduction. In January of this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), issued what turns out to be a not-so-final rule[1] regarding the ability to repay (“ATR”)
Distressed real estate transactions are taxing enough without them also being a taxable event. That’s why the 2007 Mortgage Debt Relief Act was a COD-send. Read why.
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste.” Rham Emanuel [PCQ Translation: Take advantage of economic tragedy to regulate the lives and activities of more citizens than you
Regrettably, I cannot disclose the source that provided me with this purloined post. ~ PCQ Lead Chief Counsel: “OK, everyone, I think we’re ready to start.
“To be forewarned is to be forearmed.” The term “deficiency” arises in the context of a borrower’s default to their lender. It refers to the
If the politicians in Washington today were instead the CEOs of private industry, they’d all have been fired by now.” Anonymous [sort of] Introduction. At the
