Message on the Forensic TILA Analysis — It’s a Lot More Than it Appears

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Bringing in the Clowns Through Breach of Fiduciary Duties

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES CLICK HERE TO GET COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION REPORT CUSTOMER SERVICE 520-405-1688 Editor’s Comment: In my many conversations with both attorneys and pro se litigants they frequently express intense frustration about those invisible relationships and entities that permeate the entire mortgage model starting in the 1990′s and continuing to the present day, [...]

PRIORITY OF LIENS: TWISTED TAIL OF TITLE FRAUD

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT CASE LAW IN VARIOUS CASES REPORTED IN THIS BLOG SHOWS THAT WHEN ONE INSTITUTION CONFRONTS ANOTHER, THE APPARENTLY INFERIOR LIEN BECOMES EITHER SUPERIOR, OR THE ONLY LIEN. CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS, HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS TAKE NOTE: YOUR LIEN MIGHT BE WORTH THE ENTIRE HOUSE IF YOU FILE FOR A DECLARATORY ACTION RAISING THE [...]

APPRAISAL FRAUD IN DETAIL

APPRAISAL FRAUD IS THE ACT OF GIVING A RATING OR VALUE TO A HOME THAT IS WRONG — AND THE APPRAISER KNOWS IT IS WRONG. This can’t be performed in a vacuum because there are so many players who are involved. They ALL must be complicit in the deceit leading to the homeowner signing on [...]

Berating the Raters and Appraisers

“of AAA-rated subprime-mortgage-backed securities issued in 2006, 93 percent — 93 percent! — have now been downgraded to junk status.” Editor’s Note: What homeowners and their lawyers, forensic analysts, and experts need to realize is that the ratings scam on Wall street was only one-half of the equation in a scheme to defraud homeowners. If [...]

Reg Z TILA Amendment requires new owners and assignees of mortgage loans to notify consumers of the sale or transfer

The Federal Reserve Board has issued an interim final rule under Regulation Z to implement the recent Truth in Lending Act (TILA) amendment that requires new owners and assignees of mortgage loans to notify consumers of the sale or transfer. While mostly helpful in foreclosure defense,  the rule leaves open the question of ownership of [...]

Foreclosure Defense and Offense: Right of Rescission Reg Z

§ 226.15  Right of rescission.    (a)  Consumer’s right to rescind.  (1)(i) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section, in a credit plan in which a security interest is or will be retained or acquired in a consumer’s principal dwelling, each consumer whose ownership interest is or will be subject to the security interest shall have the right [...]