foreclosure

The Massachusetts Foreclosure Mess

10/24/11

The Gogel and Gogel Foreclosure Blog The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court gets the foreclosure fraud problem and has strongly stated that parties filing foreclosure actions must have title to the mortgages they attempt to foreclose and must be able to prove that the chain of title supports that assertion. It is a new day in [...]

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Bankruptcy Reform

10/22/11

People who are facing mortgage foreclosure routinely ask me if they can get their house payment lowered by filing bankruptcy.  This question highlights a common misconception of bankruptcy law, and may be the result of news articles dealing with the mortgage foreclosure crisis.  Last year the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1106: The Helping Families Save Their Homes Act [...]

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In re: Iftikhar, No. 10-54579 SLJ (Bankr. ND Calif., March 15, 2011). Companion Blog

09/24/11

In Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you may be able to ask the court to lower the amount that you owe on a mortgage.  Actually, it is slightly more complicated than that, but it boils down to the same thing. If you have a mortgage that you owe more on than your home is worth, the court [...]

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Tucson Mayoral Candidate Arrested for Bankruptcy Fraud

09/12/11

A fringe candidate for mayor of Tucson was arrested for bankruptcy fraud a few months ago.  The 81 year old Marshall Home after filing on March 16, 2011, in United States Bankruptcy Court in Tucson an Involuntary Petition in Bankruptcy, seeking to place the United States in bankruptcy. Home claimed to have a claim for [...]

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It's The Economy - Your Economy

09/05/11

Now that the economy is no longer an issue, we have to turn to a new topic- "The Economy", but a different sense of the economy - YOUR econ

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It's The Economy - Your Economy

09/05/11

Now that the economy is no longer an issue, we have to turn to a new topic- "The Economy", but a different sense of the economy - YOUR econ

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The Foreclosure Saga and How Bankruptcy Could Help

08/24/11

By Aaron Huff Day in and day out the news seems to almost constantly be about the foreclosure rate in the United States.  It’s almost become commonplace.  As regular a story as the local weather.  The recession and downward spiral of the housing market have gone hand-in-hand, and unfortunately have been issues that have been [...]

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Countrywide Home Loans Will Pay $108,000,000 to Customers Affected by its Unfair Lending Practices

08/24/11

Countrywide Home Loans Will Pay $108,000,000 to Customers Affected by its Unfair Lending Practices – and Give Adequate Notice of its Charges to Debtors in Bankruptcy   This Department of Justice News Release is Reprinted Here as an Educational Service It is always prudent for homeowners to check with a lawyer specializing in financial rescue [...]

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