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"Anatomy of a Financial Collapse"
On April 13, 2011, the United States Senate Permanent Subcommitte on Investigations, Committe on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs issued its report "Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse." Jordan E. ... Read full article
Change in Miami-Dade Foreclosure Mediation Program
The Miami Herald reports today that the 11th Circuit Court, which includes Miami-Dade County, has made a change in the organization that has been managing the mortgage foreclosure mediation program since its initiation. It has replaced the Collins Center ... Read full article
FDIC's Blair: Millions of Foreclosures Could be "Infected"
The issues present in the many of the mortgages that are part of today's mortgage crisis have been much debated. It appears that there is much more yet to be debated or learned. In order to help resolve the mortgage crisis, many have urged mortgage ... Read full article
HAMP has "Failed to Make a Dent in the Foreclosure Crisis"
Senate Banking Committtee Sets Hearing on Foreclosures
The Senate Banking Committee has announced that it will hold a hearing on Tuesday November, 16 "to investigate allegations of improper and fraudulent mortgage servicing and foreclosure processing." The witnesses scheduled to testify are ... Read full article
Yet Further Congressional Hearings on the Foreclosure Crisis
"The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" - Some Residential Mortgage Provisions
H.R. 4173 ... Read full article
American Securitization Forum - White Paper
Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010
On September 29, 2010, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6198 , the "Bankruptcy Technical Correction Act of 2010" and referred it to the Senate Judiciary Committee. HR 6198 was introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) on September 23, 2010. ... Read full article
From Where Will Help Come for Homeowners ?
Yesterday's New York Times has an article "For the Jobless, Little U.S. Help on Foreclosure". The article states or quotes those who suggest the following: ... Read full article
Modifying Your Mortgage in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
New mortgage modification rules make it easier to combine a HAMP or "Obama Plan" mortgage modification with a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. Combining a HAMP mortgage modification may be beneficial to many homeowners. ... Read full article
Mortgage Modification and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Roundup of Recent Bankruptcy Scholarship
Another "Robo-Signer" Class Action Suit
Various "Robo-Signer" class action suits have been filed across the country. The case of Geoffrey Huber, et al. vs. ... Read full article
Observations on the South Florida Foreclosure Crisis
The mortgage foreclosure crisis in South Florida is far from resolved. I offer the following observations. ... Read full article
Professor Levitin Refutes the American Securitization Forum
The Supreme Court's Decision in Ransom
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its 8-1 decision in Ransom today. Justice Kagan wrote for the majority and Justice Scalia wrote a dissenting opinion. It is reported that this is Justice Kagan's first opinion. ... Read full article
Change in Miami-Dade Foreclosure Mediation Program
The Miami Herald reports today that the 11th Circuit Court, which includes Miami-Dade County, has made a change in the organization that has been managing the mortgage foreclosure mediation program since its initiation. It has replaced the Collins Center ... Read full article
House Committee on Financial Services Hearing
The House of Representative's Committee on Financial Services held a hearing today on "Robo-Signing, Chain of Title, Loss Mitigation and Other Issues in Mortgage Servicing." Among the witnesses were: Mr. Adam Levitin, Associate Professor of ... Read full article