Following up on yesterday’s post today president George Bush and the two highest economic officials in the US government all objected strongly today to plans in Congress for changing bankruptcy laws to protect homeowners caught up in the mortgage meltdown. The idea of allowing bankruptcy judges to restructure loans ‘wouldn’t be fair to millions who [...]
White House Opposes Bankrupty as Protection from Foreclosure
February 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Foreclosure Information · Mortgage Legislation
Mortgage Servicing Firms Have Wrong Incentives
February 19th, 2008 · No Comments
One problem is that mortgage servicers make their money from late fees and other penalties charged to borrowers.”There’s a built-in incentive for the servicing industry to really rip people off,” contends Richard Gaudreau, a Salem attorney who specializes in consumer bankruptcy law. “If they can throw your payment into a suspense account because it’s a [...]
Tags: Foreclosure Information · Mortgage Notes · Mortgage Scams
February 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Chart of foreclosure fillings of Prime vs Sub-prime mortgages.
Tags: Foreclosure Statistics