Federal Judge Narrows Options: Baltimore vs. Wells Fargo
Editor’s Note: Baltimore decided to take on one of the worst “Club 100″ players in the mortgage meltdown, Wells Fargo. The thrust of their argument is that Wells Fargo targeted poor people and made a...
View ArticleMERS Attempting to Get Correct Identity of Investors
Training Bulletin Number 2010-05 To: All MERS Members ` May 26, 2010 Re: Identifying Investors on MERS® System MERS® System Release 19.0 on June 14, 2010, will include Phase II of MERS® InvestorID....
View ArticleTreasury market improves initially after downgrade?
When all other options look worse … After last Friday’s S&P downgrade, people expected the markets to decline today, and so far, that prediction has been fulfilled. European and Asian markets have...
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Options. “With the party’s frontrunner sagging, Chris Christie is reconsidering pleas from Republican elites and donors to run for president in 2012, two Republican sources told POLITICO. “The New...
View ArticleURGENT | Congress Takes Group Of Schoolchildren Hostage, Demands $12 Trillion...
Okay all… I needed a little Friday HUMOR so here we go… It is an ONION piece so it is pure SATIRE, it is NOT real… However, I wouldn’t rule out something like this actually happening… They are kinda...
View ArticleOpen thread: Sunday morning talking heads
Up and at ‘em. A little treat for the early-rising political-chat-show junkies among the HA faithful. If you’re hunkering down for the weekly MeetThePress/FaceTheNation/ThisWeek/FoxNewsSunday yakfest,...
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Options. “It is striking to me that in 2012 there is broad based popular angst against Wall Street and Washington and the Republican Party is on the verge of nominating a multi-millionaire scion of...
View ArticlePoll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
Now, where were we again? Time to get to work and choose the Obamateurism of the Week! Don’t get lazy on us now, or you’ll fall behind on this gaffe watch. Avoid rigidity in your choice, of course,...
View ArticleFlorida Senate Interim Report 2012-130 | Judicial vs Non-Judicial...
REVIEW ISSUES AND OPTIONS RELATED TO FORECLOSURE PROCESSES Issue Description During the nation‟s mortgage foreclosure crisis, Florida has sustained one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country....
View ArticleCheney: Why didn’t Obama just destroy the drone when he had the chance?
“The president had three options on his desk, and he rejected all of them.” That’s a good question — and according to former VP Dick Cheney’s contacts, Barack Obama didn’t lack for options to keep the...
View ArticleCredit for Parenthood (in the Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal Reporter Jessica Silver-Greenberg casts a spotlight on the market for fertility treatment loans – including loans that enable the purchase of other women's eggs - in the article...
View ArticleAttention Hawaii Homeowners with Bank of America and Ocwen Loans… Let Me Help
Okay, if you’re a homeowner in Hawaii with a Bank of America or Ocwen mortgage, and you’re trying to keep your home through a loan modification, or get out from under your loan through a short sale,...
View ArticleOnline poll: Majority say they’d turn to healthier options if big soda sizes...
Winning? I know, I know: “An online poll?!” C’mon, humor me. It’s Friday evening and the news pickins are slim. Besides, I feel a regrettable twinge of vindication in this result. Bloomberg is indeed...
View ArticlePost Exclusive | Homeowners Seeking Lifeline – Underwater Owners Try to Beat...
Post Exclusive | Homeowners Seeking Lifeline — Underwater Owners Try to Beat the Bank By Kimberly Miller Palm Beach Post Staff Writer By the time the stranger called that Thursday in March, suburban...
View ArticleJuly 4th 2012 | What Can Be Done and What Has Been Done RE Statewide...
What Can Be Done and What Has Been Done RE Statewide Moratoriums on Foreclosures (Originally posted July 3, 2010) As I sit here on this long 4th of July weekend to write this article and reflect on...
View ArticlePoll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
Once upon a time … Take a step in the right direction and cast a vote for this week’s top Obamateurism! Be sure to vet the options carefully. If you feel a little (out)spent by this time, you may...
View ArticleFHFA | Review of Options Available for Underwater Borrowers and Principal...
Review of Options Available for Underwater Borrowers and Principal Forgiveness In considering the use of principal forgiveness by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), it is important to place...
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