Bankers Apoplectic Over Arizona’s Republican Dominated Senate Passing Chain...
Frankly, I don’t know where to begin. There’s just so much to say. It’s like a cornucopia of… well, lots of stuff to say. Bankers everywhere must be walking in circles, muttering to themselves,...
View ArticleKPHO Channel 5 Arizona Airs Story on Rep. Seel’s Principal Reduction
Well, if you remember the story on Mandelman Matters last week about Arizona’s Rep. Carl Seel who received roughly a $100,000 PRINCIPAL REDUCTION on his $190,000 mortgage two days before he was to...
View ArticleThe Discovery of Robo-Signing – Memorable Moments from the Foreclosure Crisis
The Discovery of Robo-Signing By now the term “robo-signing” has practically become a household word. But it wasn’t always that way. Just a few years ago no one had ever heard the term before. So,...
View ArticleEstate Planning Experts Make a To-Do List for the Complete Estate Plan – A...
Most people would acknowledge that estate planning is important. After all, dying without a will is not a nice thing to do to your family. Termed dying “intestate,” when someone dies without a will,...
View ArticleIBANEZ & BACK: Attorney Glenn Russell Back in Front of the Mass Supreme Court...
Massachusetts Attorney Glenn Russell, that’s him in the center of the picture above… sorry about the quality, I took it myself with my iPhone, when we were both attending Max Gardner’s special weekend...
View ArticleRealtors & Mortgage Brokers: Toughest Year for Housing Markets Since 2010 Ahead
Our housing markets are now heading directly into the perfect storm and those in the real estate and mortgage industries would be well advised to get prepared for the downturn now. I dislike...
View ArticleGLASKI TAKES A HIT: California Court Rejects Reasoning in Glaski Decision
Glaski v. Bank of America, N.A., 218 Cal. App. 4th 1079 (July 31, 2013), the decision was widely referred to as a “landmark.” In Glaski the California Court of Appeal held that Mr. Glaski would be...
View ArticleGUEST POST: Don’t Be Concerned Martin Is Dead Wrong, by Michael Pines
So, this morning I posted an article about the Glaski decision, which I first wrote about just after it became a “published decision” last August. In my article this morning I wrote about the Glaski...
View ArticleNOW AVAILABLE: The RMBS Trust/Modification Analysis Report for Homeowners
If you’re applying for a loan modification, or you’re in mediation, or if you’ve already applied for a loan modification and feel as if you’re now on the Loan Modification-Go-Round, then you know that...
View ArticleWe’re Looking at a Retirement Crisis, Because We’re Gambling Unnecessarily
We’re facing a very serious retirement crisis in this country. A recent Congressional Survey of Consumer Finances showed that the average 401(k) balance for 65 year olds in this country is roughly...
View ArticleI SAY GIVE HIM TWO – Ernie Banks Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama puts the Presidential Medal of Freedom onto Mr. Cub… Ernie Banks. My wife is a Chicago Cubs fan. And if you don’t know what that means, then you’ve simply never known a Cubs fan....
View ArticleThe Rush for Rentals by Investors Turns Into a Run for the Exit
This is the story of Dumb and Dumber… The list of private-equity firms that over this past year have been rushing to get a stake in the supposedly red hot single-family home market include: Colony...
View ArticleBankers Apoplectic Over Arizona’s Republican Dominated Senate Passing Chain...
Frankly, I don’t know where to begin. There’s just so much to say. It’s like a cornucopia of… well, lots of stuff to say. Bankers everywhere must be walking in circles, muttering to themselves,...
View ArticleKPHO Channel 5 Arizona Airs Story on Rep. Seel’s Principal Reduction
Well, if you remember the story on Mandelman Matters last week about Arizona’s Rep. Carl Seel who received roughly a $100,000 PRINCIPAL REDUCTION on his $190,000 mortgage two days before he was to...
View ArticleSpire Law Group’s Mass Torte Lawsuit Seeks $43 Trillion from Banks – Former...
Yesterday, the PR Wire was set ablaze by a press release issued by Spire Law Group, announcing their filing of a lawsuit seeking $43 trillion in damages on behalf of a long list of homeowners… and it...
View ArticleFannie Mae’s Latest Housing Survey Shows Many Have No Idea What’s Happening
Fannie Mae has just released it’s Quarterly National Housing Survey and the results are… well, in some cases predictable… and in others just bizarre. I’m not entirely sure, but I’m think some of the...
View ArticleWhen Will the Pivotal Nature of the Foreclosure Crisis be Understood
I suppose it’s for any number of reasons, but it’s more than obvious that the foreclosure crisis is still not being recognized as having the impact that it unquestionably has on our economy....
View ArticleBankers Apoplectic Over Arizona’s Republican Dominated Senate Passing Chain...
Frankly, I don’t know where to begin. There’s just so much to say. It’s like a cornucopia of… well, lots of stuff to say. Bankers everywhere must be walking in circles, muttering to themselves,...
View ArticleKPHO Channel 5 Arizona Airs Story on Rep. Seel’s Principal Reduction
Well, if you remember the story on Mandelman Matters last week about Arizona’s Rep. Carl Seel who received roughly a $100,000 PRINCIPAL REDUCTION on his $190,000 mortgage two days before he was to...
View ArticleNew Bankruptcy Court Decision Sounds the Alarm – The USS MERS is Going Down
Preface… Before I jump into this decision by a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge in New York, I just want to acknowledge that I very rarely write about MERS. And it’s not an accident; I’ve chosen not to do...
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