Archives
- 2012.01.17: Mortgage Servicers Make More Money In Foreclosure
- 2012.01.10: Why Foreclosure Defense Is More Than Just "Wasting Time"
- 2011.12.28: Much Ado About Abandoned Housing
- 2011.12.27: The Foreclosure Crisis -- A Year In Review
- 2011.12.27: The Foreclosure Fraud Settlement -- End Of The Year Edition
- 2011.12.23: Fannie and Freddie Under Scrutiny
- 2011.12.20: There Goes The Neighborhood
- 2011.12.19: Nevada AG Masto Files Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Lender Processing Services
- 2011.12.13: Federal Housing Finance Agency Sues Chicago Over Vacant Property Ordinance
- 2011.12.07: Nevada Names Three Notaries In LPS Fraud Suit
- 2011.12.06: Eileen Foster on 60 Minutes
- 2011.12.05: GMAC Takes Ball, Goes Home
- 2011.12.02: Massachusetts AG Coakley Sues Five Major Lenders and MERS
- 2011.12.01: Are Promissory Notes Negotiable?
- 2011.11.30: Federal Judge Blocks Settlement Between Citigroup And The SEC
- 2011.11.18: Nevada Indicts Two LPS Employees
- 2011.11.17: The Cook County Apartment Shortage
- 2011.11.15: Judges Are Coming Around
- 2011.11.09: Freddie and Fannie Ask For More Money; Kamala Harris On The Attack
- 2011.11.08: Buyer Beware: Buy Here, Pay Here Auto Dealerships
- 2011.11.04: Useful Information Related To The Foreclosure Reviews
- 2011.11.03: OCC Settlement Letters Going Out This Week
- 2011.11.01: Short Sales, Deficiency Judgments, And Ways To Avoid Liability
- 2011.10.31: The Foreclosure Fraud Settlement -- Doing It Wrong Since 2010
- 2011.10.28: Delaware AG Beau Biden Sues MERS
- 2011.10.27: FHFA To Consider Principal Reductions
- 2011.10.26: "No Case Of Robosigning In Illinois"
- 2011.10.25: Can The Obama Administration's Refinance Plan Help You?
- 2011.10.24: Facing Facts: Why A Mortgage Cramdown Is Necessary
- 2011.10.21: Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez -- Any Impact on Illinois Foreclosures?
- 2011.10.20: Fannie and Freddie Cutting Their Attorney Networks Loose
- 2011.10.18: Rushing To Settlement Helps Nobody
- 2011.10.17: Who Is To Blame For The Housing Crisis?
- 2011.10.15: Fannie Mae -- Major Factor In The Housing Disaster? Probably Not.
- 2011.10.14: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
- 2011.10.12: Want To Be A Foreclosure Auditor? It's Easier Than You Think.
- 2011.10.11: Don't Be Fooled By The "Just Walk Away" Boosters
- 2011.10.06: ProPublica: Government Docs Reveal Zero to Minimal Oversight of HAMP/TARP
- 2011.10.05: More Revelations From FHFA's Inspector General
- 2011.10.03: The Coalition of The Unwilling Almost Gains Another Member
- 2011.10.01: The SIGTARP Report Indicates Banks Exited TARP Too Early
- 2011.09.30: FHFA Update -- Doing Nothing Is The New Something
- 2011.09.30: Someone Is Wrong On The Internet: Bankruptcy Concern Trolling
- 2011.09.29: Hardest Hit Funds Remain Unspent, Program Ending
- 2011.09.29: Bank of America Facing a $50 Billion Claim Based On Merrill Lynch Acquisition
- 2011.09.28: What HAS the FHFA Been Doing?
- 2011.09.27: Bring Back the Home Owners Loan Corporation
- 2011.09.26: Fannie Mae Did Nothing To Stop Robosigning
- 2011.09.25: Countrywide's Fraud Coverup Part 2
- 2011.09.24: Did Countrywide Cover Up Fraud Within Its Ranks?
- 2011.09.23: Moody's Downgrades Bank of America -- The Implications
- 2011.09.22: Why Nobody Went To Jail
- 2011.09.22: Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway Joins The Coalition of the Unwilling
- 2011.09.21: Dallas County, Texas v. MERS (and BoA)
- 2011.09.20: Nevada AG Catherine Cortez Masto: Criminal charges likely coming soon.
- 2011.09.19: The State of Illinois Announces A New Mortgage Relief Program
- 2011.09.17: The Snake Eats Itself -- Wells Fargo Sues JPMorgan
- 2011.09.16: Minnesota AG Swanson Joins The Coalition of The Unwilling
- 2011.09.15: Banks Ramping Up The Foreclosure Machine -- Again
- 2011.09.14: Sulaiman Law Group In The Media
- 2011.09.14: Lien Stripping In Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Is There Really A Chapter 20?
- 2011.09.12: Robosigning: Why Is It Back In The News?
- 2011.09.09: Banks Cancel Settlement Meeting with State AGs
- 2011.09.02: We The People -- The White House's New Online Petition App
- 2011.09.01: The More You Know . . .
- 2011.08.31: Bank of America Increasingly Under Fire
- 2011.08.30: Bank of America -- Bank of New York Mellon Settlement Update
- 2011.08.29: Pattern and Practice -- JPMorgan Chase As An Object Lesson
- 2011.08.27: Cook County's Mortgage Foreclosure Fund Task Force
- 2011.08.26: H.R. 2636 -- The Neighborhood Preservation Act of 2011
- 2011.08.24: The Time For Settlement Has Passed, Bring On The Perp Walks
- 2011.08.24: New York AG Schneiderman Loses Role On Foreclosure Panel
- 2011.08.23: Principal Writedowns via equity sharing?
- 2011.08.22: Chicago's "Micro-Market Recovery Program"
- 2011.08.17: Fannie Mae Made A Promise It Had No Intention Of Keeping
- 2011.08.11: Correia v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
- 2011.08.10: The Federal Housing Finance Agency Is Considering Converting 250,000 Foreclosed Homes Into Rentals
- 2011.08.09: New York Attorney General Intervenes in Bank of New York/Bank of America Settlement
- 2011.08.08: The United States v. City of Joliet -- U.S. Alleges Housing Discrimination
- 2011.08.04: Florida Attorney General Firings Update
- 2011.08.03: More On Document Fraud & Minimum Pleading Requirements
- 2011.08.02: Legal Helpers Fined $314,000, Pursued by AG's Office
- 2011.08.01: MERS Changes Its Rules . . . Again
- 2011.07.28: Chicago City Council Passes Vacant Building Ordinance
- 2011.07.27: The U.S. Treasury Department Is Considering A Principal Reduction Plan
- 2011.07.26: Florida Attorney General Forces Out Foreclosure Fraud Investigators
- 2011.07.25: Bank Settlements and MERS
- 2011.07.21: Mortgage Industry Continues to Robosign
- 2011.07.20: Illegal Cash Back Deals Exacerbated Mortgage Crisis
- 2011.07.19: Illinois Creates Mortgage Resolution Fund
- 2011.07.18: Shelia Bair, The Sneetches, and The Mortgage Industry
- 2011.07.11: Banks Are Making Stealth Modifications, But Why?
- 2011.07.09: More Rumors About A Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
- 2011.07.08: Chicago City Council Considering Ordinance To Hold Banks Accountable For Abandoned Buildings
- 2011.06.29: Visualizing Chicago Area Home Values
- 2011.06.23: Illinois Fines PHH Mortgage For Robo-Signed Documents, But Is It Forgery?
- 2011.06.21: An Introduction to Mortgage Securitization
- 2011.06.16: Debt Collectors Using Pseudonyms: FDCPA Violation?
- 2011.06.13: Let The Games Begin -- New York and Delaware Probing Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of New York Mellon's Securitization Practices
- 2011.06.02: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act & You
- 2011.05.23: Is Your Home Underwater? Here Are Some Of Your Options
- 2011.05.20: A Lesson On Plain Language Hidden In A Tax Lien Case
- 2011.05.18: Wells Fargo Continues To Foreclose On Servicemembers
- 2011.05.17: HUD's Inspector General Uncovers Servicer Fraud
- 2011.05.16: Servicing Fraud Settlement, Take Two
- 2011.05.14: Bank of America "Giving" 150 Properties to Chicago
- 2011.05.13: Foreclosure Rate Drops Nationwide, Also Locally
- 2011.05.12: Why Deutsche Bank Isn't A Scapegoat
- 2011.05.12: 45.7% of Chicago Homes Are Underwater
- 2011.05.11: Squatter Rent?
- 2011.05.10: NBC Describes Many Of Our Clients
- 2011.05.09: JP Morgan Chase's CEO Calls Foreclosure "Debt Relief"
- 2011.05.07: South Carolina Halts All Foreclosures
- 2011.05.07: Sweet Home Chicago Ordinance Passes . . . More or Less
- 2011.05.06: Elizabeth Warren On The Daily Show
- 2011.05.06: U.S. Government Sues Deutsche Bank For Mortgage Fraud
- 2011.05.03: Are Contracts A Moral Obligation?
- 2011.04.30: Graphic of The Week: Housing Values Map
- 2011.04.29: U.S. Supreme Court Expands FAA To The Detriment of U.S. Consumers
- 2011.04.29: One Step Beyond Ibanez
- 2011.04.28: 35% of Mortgages In Strategic Default
- 2011.04.27: New Woodstock Institute Data Indicates Increase In Completed Foreclosures
- 2011.04.27: Senator Franken Introduces The Homeowner Advocate Act of 2011
- 2011.04.26: Robosigning In Credit Card Cases
- 2011.04.20: The Foreclosure Fraud and Homeowner Abuse Prevention Act of 2011 -- My Analysis
- 2011.04.19: Senator Sherrod Brown Introduces The Foreclosure Fraud and Homeowner Abuse Prevention Act of 2011
- 2011.04.18: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Issue Consent Orders To Major Lenders And Servicers
- 2011.04.14: A Post In Which I Am A Fanboy
- 2011.04.13: Picking A Nit
- 2011.04.12: Rolling Stone Continues To Out-Report The Financial Press
- 2011.04.11: New York Attorney General Issues Subpoena To Foreclosure Firm and Servicing Company
- 2011.04.09: 60 Minutes on Foreclosure Fraud
- 2011.04.08: Keeping Elizabeth Warren
- 2011.04.07: Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Derailed By A Consent Agreement
- 2011.04.07: Incremental Changes
- 2011.04.06: Still Just A Bill . . .
- 2011.04.05: Freddie Mac Issues New Servicer Guidelines -- No More MERS-As-Plaintiff Foreclosures
- 2011.04.01: Faster Is Not Better
- 2011.03.31: It's Not Just Your Wallet That's Shrinking -- So Is Your Food
- 2011.03.30: U.S. House of Representatives Votes To De-Fund HAMP
- 2011.03.30: State of Minnesota Sues Midland Funding, LLC
- 2011.03.29: Payday Loans + Crass Advertising = Bachelor Party Loans
- 2011.03.28: Altered Affidavits Affect 1700 Cook County Foreclosure Cases
- 2011.03.28: Fannie Mae Knew About Foreclosure Abuses in 2006
- 2011.03.27: Another Example Of An Outlier
- 2011.03.26: Habitat For Humanity's Role As Mortgagee
- 2011.03.25: Housing Prices Have Remained Flat -- In Real Dollars
- 2011.03.25: Scam Avoidance Best Practices
- 2011.03.24: More Payday Lending News
- 2011.03.23: The Rights of Service Members In Foreclosure
- 2011.03.22: Payday Lenders Challenging Licensing Laws
- 2011.03.21: In Defense of Elizabeth Warren
- 2011.03.19: The Proposed Foreclosure Fraud Settlement -- Bailout or Shakedown?
- 2011.03.18: FDIC Files Lawsuit Against Former WaMu Execs
- 2011.03.17: Guilford County, North Carolina Seeks $1.3 Million From MERS
- 2011.03.16: Chase, WaMu and EMC Customers: Four Day Mortgage Help Event
- 2011.03.15: The Most Obvious Justification For Principal Reductions
- 2011.03.14: The NYT Weighs In On The Foreclosure Settlement
- 2011.03.12: Graphs Ahoy! Pro Publica Releases HAMP Data
- 2011.03.11: The Truth Is Usually Somewhere In Between
- 2011.03.11: Highlights From The Proposed Foreclosure Settlement
- 2011.03.09: Too Big To Fail Years
- 2011.03.08: Testimony About TARP and Financial Stability
- 2011.03.07: Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Update
- 2011.03.07: The Proposed Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
- 2011.03.04: File Under: Asking Too Soon
- 2011.03.03: The Florida Legislature Just Doesn't Get It
- 2011.03.02: Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
- 2011.02.28: The Housing Market, Coin Tosses, and Perception of Value
- 2011.02.26: Freddie Mac Loses $1.7 Billion in Q4 2010
- 2011.02.25: Attorney Indicted For Allegedly Defrauding Clients
- 2011.02.24: Oral Assurances Are Binding
- 2011.02.23: Strategies For Fixing Your Credit Score
- 2011.02.21: Detroit's Mayor Offers Foreclosed Properties For $1,000
- 2011.02.18: Guest Post: What Does Islam Say About Federal Bankruptcy?
- 2011.02.18: A Recent MERS Ruling
- 2011.02.17: Know The Cost Of Credit
- 2011.02.16: Evaluating Your Situation By Establishing Your Home's Value
- 2011.02.14: Wachovia Sued For Alleged Role In Loan Modification Scam
- 2011.02.13: Disappointing: Chicago's City Council Tables Sweet Home Chicago Ordinance.
- 2011.02.12: Aurora Loan Services, Inc. Sued For Its Loan Modification Strategy
- 2011.02.11: Treasury and HUD Release Their Recommendations For Fannie and Freddie's Future
- 2011.02.11: Joseph Stiglitz Predicts Two Million Foreclosures in 2011
- 2011.02.10: F.U.D. As New Rules Are Debated
- 2011.02.09: Know Your Balances
- 2011.02.08: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Has A YouTube Channel
- 2011.02.08: Are Small Towns At Risk?
- 2011.02.07: Bank of America Gets Organized
- 2011.02.05: The CFPB Website Is Live
- 2011.02.04: Strategic Default and The Walking Away "Revolution"
- 2011.02.04: 1.76 Million Loan Modifications Issued in 2010
- 2011.02.03: HAMP Data Released, Largely Unsurprising
- 2011.02.02: Government 2.0: Chicago's MetroPulse
- 2011.02.01: Amongst The Rubble -- An All Too Common Story
- 2011.01.31: The FCIC Report -- First Impressions
- 2011.01.30: File Under: Not Getting The Point (Citigroup Continues To Issue Bad Mortgages)
- 2011.01.29: Paying It . . . Twice?
- 2011.01.28: Coming Home To Roost -- Bank of America's Countrywide Division Accused Of Mortgage Fraud
- 2011.01.27: The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report Is Out
- 2011.01.27: Maryland Class Action Kicks Out 10,000 Foreclosure Cases
- 2011.01.26: The Fed Reverses Itself On Rescission Changes
- 2011.01.26: The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Suggests Criminal Prosecutions
- 2011.01.25: Non-Judicial Foreclosures Also Prone To Fraudulent Documentation
- 2011.01.24: Some Interesting Foreclosure Statistics
- 2011.01.24: Should We Reconsider Shelving 'Right To Rent' Initiatives?
- 2011.01.22: Logan Square's Proposed Urban Orchard
- 2011.01.21: Government 2.0 Technologies & Neighborhood Revitalization
- 2011.01.20: Bank-Abandoned Properties In Chicago
- 2011.01.19: JP Morgan Chase Overcharges U.S. Troops
- 2011.01.18: An Interesting Case From Utah
- 2011.01.15: Sweet Home Chicago Ordinance Delayed Again
- 2011.01.14: From The Benches . . .
- 2011.01.14: Interactive Foreclosure Data
- 2011.01.13: Deceptive Numbers: Chicago Beats Detroit For Foreclosure Inventory
- 2011.01.13: Holding Them Accountable
- 2011.01.12: Frustration, Fraud and Failure
- 2011.01.11: Woodstock Institute To Issue Report on Lender Walk-Aways
- 2011.01.10: The Massachusetts Ruling -- What It Really Means
- 2011.01.07: Massachusetts Holds Banks To The Rule Of Law
- 2011.01.07: Using Small Claims Court To Seek Redress For Loan Mod Bait and Switch
- 2011.01.06: The Fed vs. The FDIC: Brief Update
- 2011.01.06: Bank of America Settles With Fannie Mae
- 2011.01.05: Bank of America Behaving Badly . . . Again
- 2011.01.05: Art & Decay
- 2011.01.04: A Settlement Looms On The Horizon
- 2011.01.04: 2010 Bankruptcies Highest Since 2005, Using Ch 13 To Your Advantage
- 2011.01.01: Looking Forward to 2011
- 2010.12.31: Looking Back At 2010
- 2010.12.31: Elizabeth Warren on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- 2010.12.30: New Normals Don't Last Very Long
- 2010.12.30: More on MERS, But Simpler Than It Sounds
- 2010.12.29: More On The Fed vs. The FDIC
- 2010.12.28: $73 Million Grant Fund For Housing Counselling Established
- 2010.12.27: 203k Rehab Loans
- 2010.12.24: Bank of America Buys Up Domain Names
- 2010.12.24: On A Lighter Note
- 2010.12.23: A Government By The People and . . . Against The People? A Festivus Post
- 2010.12.22: "Volume is not an excuse for violating someone's rights."
- 2010.12.22: Nevada and Arizona Sue Bank of America
- 2010.12.21: California's Attempt To Prevent Mortgage Rescue Fraud Leaves Homeowners In a Lurch
- 2010.12.20: Breaking: New Jersey To Suspend Foreclosures
- 2010.12.20: Bankruptcy Advice From Other People
- 2010.12.19: Bank of America In Negotiations With Investors
- 2010.12.18: An Interesting Write-Up About MERS
- 2010.12.17: Geithner Orders Some Waffles
- 2010.12.17: Too Big To Fail or Too Big To Function? Part II
- 2010.12.16: Illinois Issues New Guidelines for Foreclosure Affidavits
- 2010.12.15: Bank of America to Liquidate Its Bad Loans
- 2010.12.14: Two Professors' Solution To RoboSigners &c.
- 2010.12.13: Et Tu Tim? Geithner To States: Don't Use TARP Money To Fund Legal Aid
- 2010.12.10: Saving A Home By Switching Roles
- 2010.12.09: Zombies Make Only 99% Of All Things Cool
- 2010.12.08: The Tale of the Tellez Family
- 2010.12.08: Suggested Strategies For Lenders
- 2010.12.07: The 25-Year-Long Foreclosure Case
- 2010.12.06: Progress In North Lawndale?
- 2010.11.23: A Response to Judge H. Lee Sarokin
- 2010.11.22: File Under: Spoke Too Soon (Cook County Resumes Foreclosure Evictions)
- 2010.11.17: Illinois Attorney General Madigan's Proposed Changes to the Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law
- 2010.11.15: Just In Case You Weren't Reading: Beware of Credit Scams
- 2010.11.13: Adverse Possession 2: Renting Properties You Don't Own
- 2010.11.12: Some Weekend Reading
- 2010.11.10: Trial Modifications Don't Prevent Foreclosure
- 2010.11.09: Here Come The Lawsuits -- MERS, Bank of America, and Citigroup
- 2010.11.08: Innovative Billing Method or Conflict of Interest Waiting to Happen?
- 2010.11.06: Spotting Issues In Your Paperwork
- 2010.11.05: Too Big To Fail or Too Big To Function?
- 2010.11.04: Bankruptcy for BoA/Countrywide?
- 2010.11.03: Eleven Loan Modification Scams Exposed In Chicago
- 2010.11.02: Quick Practice Tip: Pay Attention to Signatures
- 2010.11.01: Strategic Default Is Still A Bad Idea
- 2010.10.31: Once Again, This Crisis Is About Real People
- 2010.10.30: Cicero Has The Right Idea
- 2010.10.29: State Attorney Generals, Federal Investigations, Lenders, The Housing Market, and You
- 2010.10.28: A Mixed Bag of Statistics
- 2010.10.27: Why Ignoring The Problem Is A Bad Idea
- 2010.10.26: Practice Tips From A Former President
- 2010.10.21: The NYT Predicts A Big Legal Clash
- 2010.10.19: Et Tu, Bank of America?
- 2010.10.18: How We Got Here -- A Deeper Analysis
- 2010.10.15: Why Judges Aren't "Doing More"
- 2010.10.15: The Gathering Storm
- 2010.10.11: Illinois Attorney General Madigan Calls For A Suspension of Illinois Foreclosures
- 2010.10.10: Another Human Side To Foreclosure
- 2010.10.08: How Deep Does The Rabbit Hole Go?
- 2010.10.07: Cook County Not Seeing Many Halted Foreclosures
- 2010.10.07: More Lenders Halt Foreclosures Due To Potentially Faulty Documents
- 2010.10.06: Shared Appreciation As A Way To Save Homes?
- 2010.10.05: Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law Changes Benefit Illinois Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
- 2010.10.04: HMDA and Privacy
- 2010.10.03: The Human Side of Loan Modification
- 2010.10.01: HAMP, HAFA, and HARP: A Solid Overview
- 2010.09.30: Squatters Moving Into High-End Foreclosed Homes
- 2010.09.29: Private Loan Modifications On The Rise
- 2010.09.28: Security Rating Agencies Ignored Due Diligence Consultants
- 2010.09.27: What We Can Learn from GMAC
- 2010.09.17: Caveat Emptor -- Loan Modification Loopholes Lead to Lawyer Liability
- 2010.09.15: The Home Mortgage and Disclosure Act
- 2010.09.13: A New Option for Underwater Homeowners
- 2010.09.10: Affordable Housing and Foreclosed Properties
- 2010.09.09: When Numbers and Facts Collide: Why HAMP Looks Like a Failure
- 2010.09.06: Have the Reports of the Death of the American Dream Been Greatly Exaggerated?
- 2010.09.03: Explore Your Options Before Litigating
- 2010.09.01: Strategic Foreclosures vs. The Economy
- 2010.08.30: The Fed On Securitization of Mortgages
- 2010.08.27: For Friday: What Not To Do
- 2010.08.25: A Trial Loan Modification Does Not Stop Foreclosure
- 2010.08.23: "New Normals" and the Housing Market
- 2010.08.20: Back of The Yards -- The Epicenter of Mortgage Fraud
- 2010.08.18: Not All Advice Is Useful, Part 2
- 2010.08.16: Risky Propositions -- Don't Count On Volume To Protect You
- 2010.08.13: Attorneys Teaching Attorneys -- Upcoming Seminar
- 2010.08.11: Not Another Post About The Housing Market, The Economy, And Foreclosures
- 2010.08.09: The Land of Red Tape
- 2010.08.06: Gov. Quinn Signs New Legislation Aimed At Helping Homeowners
- 2010.08.04: Frequently Asked Questions: How Is That Fair?
- 2010.08.02: Illinois Legislators and Counties Balk On New Foreclosure Bill
- 2010.08.01: Chicago Voters May Have Option To Tax Banks
- 2010.07.31: For The Weekend -- A Disturbing Info Graphic
- 2010.07.30: Cook County and Special Process Servers -- The Federal Case
- 2010.07.28: $18 Million Unpaid To Victims of Foreclosure
- 2010.07.26: Rise In Renting Indicates A Need For Balanced Housing Policy
- 2010.07.24: The Week In Google Alerts
- 2010.07.23: Pregnancy As A Reason To Deny A Loan?
- 2010.07.21: Mortgage Rescue Fraud -- One Example of a Scam
- 2010.07.19: High-Volume Debt Collection Firms -- Prone To Mistaken Identity?
- 2010.07.16: FDIC Files Lawsuit Against Officers & Directors of IndyMac's Homebuilder Division
- 2010.07.15: Goldman Sachs Settles SEC Suit
- 2010.07.14: Bank of America v. Chicago Part 2
- 2010.07.12: Strategic Defaults -- Who's Foreclosing Now?
- 2010.07.09: Good Ideas From California
- 2010.07.07: Bank of America, Chicago's Largest Forecloser
- 2010.07.05: Community-Based Foreclosure Mediation
- 2010.07.01: The HAMP Program -- Success or Failure? It Depends Who You Ask.
- 2010.06.29: Fannie Mae's Plan to Prevent Strategic Defaults
- 2010.06.24: Another Frequently Asked Question -- How Late Is Too Late?
- 2010.06.22: Bankruptcy vs. Loss Mitigation
- 2010.05.28: "How Long Does It Take?"
- 2010.04.16: SEC charges Goldman Sachs with fraud - Apr. 16, 2010
- 2010.04.05: Housing crisis drives families into overcrowded living conditions - Chicago Tribune
- 2010.04.05: Obama's New Foreclosure Prevention Plan -- About 75% There
- 2010.03.25: Bank Of America's New Program
- 2010.03.09: Federal Program To Push Short Sales
- 2010.03.09: Virtual Goods and Real Estate
- 2010.02.12: Citigroup to launch "revolutionary" program
- 2010.02.11: Illinois Foreclosure Filings Are Up
- 2010.02.04: Don't Be Surprised By Deficiencies
- 2010.02.03: Crain's Chicago Business: Chicago Housing Market Won't Recover Until 2013
- 2010.02.03: Strategic Foreclosures
- 2010.01.21: On The Virtual Law Office
- 2010.01.06: A New York Lawsuit With Promising Implications for Chicago Homeowners
- 2009.12.29: Twitter from the Jury Box = Mistrial?
- 2009.12.28: Freddie and Fannie To Get Extra Assistance
- 2009.12.17: AIG, GMAC, Fannie & Freddie Remain On Government Assistance
- 2009.12.16: Using 2-619 Motions and Affirmative Defenses When Plaintiff Fails to Accelerate
- 2009.12.10: Foreclosure filings down . . . but is it sustainable?
- 2009.12.09: Geithner Indicates That TARP Money To Apply To Loan Modifications
- 2009.12.07: Is Buying A Foreclosure Worth It?
- 2009.12.04: An Interesting Blog Post From The Golden State
- 2009.12.03: Ethical Pitfalls of Social Networking
- 2009.12.01: U.S. Dept. of Treasury and HUD To Spur HAMP
- 2009.12.01: What Is A Yield Spread Premium?
- 2009.11.30: The Purpose of The Truth In Lending Act
- 2009.11.24: Deed In Lieu Foreclosure In Illinois
- 2009.11.24: U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies Reach a Record High And Illinois