Published: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 3:15 PM     Updated: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 4:18 PM

A bid by major financial institutions to retroactively waive Oregon recording requirements blocking foreclosure sales appears in jeopardy but will get at least one more day, a legislative leader says.



The Oregon House Judiciary…

By James Perry and Seth Weingart

Home is where the heart is. Or at least it used to be. For many Americans over the last few years, homeownership has been rife with heartache -- the reality of trying to make ends meet during the worst economic era since the Great Depression. And of course, the fundamental causes of the entire downturn were multiple failures by most of the players in the mortgage lending and sales industries. A hardline focus on profitability above all else…

By ALEX VEIGA and DEREK KRAVITZ AP Business Writers

WASHINGTON June 1, 2011 (AP)

Even cities that weathered the housing market crash with relatively little damage are suffering now.

Severe price declines have spread to Dallas,…

Men inform cops, break into foreclosed house

Law's delay halts foreclosures

The required state dispute resolution program has not been set up, slowing many repossessions

By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 29, 2011

It will be several months until a key consumer-protection provision of Hawaii's overhauled…

posted from LivingLies' weblog on 5/30/2011

CITIZENS OF AMERICA SHOULD BE UNITED AGAINST THE BANKS' SECURITIZATION FRAUD

Neil Garfield | May 29, 2011 at 1:07 am



"The sad part of this whole picture is that even after so many homebuyers were victimized, that the homeowners who fortunately were not, are not standing by those that were and bought into the story for the first several years that it was the dead beat homeowner that caused this demise, and with that mindset,…

• By Melissa E. Holsman
• TCPalm
• Posted May 29, 2011 at 3:22 p.m.…

Did you North Carolinian's know that Charlotte, NC has a FBI Mortgage Fraud Task Force and it has been in our state since 2006.  FBI Mortgage Fraud Report lists North Carolina as one of the top states “significantly affected” by mortgage fraud. 

In court you are in an adversarial position, trying to make your case as quickly and succinctly as possible, in an environment where you can expect to be interrupted by the judge and opposing counsel.

That is why I RECOMMEND using speaking notes, that are polite, short and to the point. 

Here is a sample Sample Speaking Notes

If possible put complex legal argument or case…

Thank You - Lisa

Thank you for nominating a…

-the name scrawled upon the "Notice of Trustee Sale" here in front of me is- 'Angelica Medina' (-aka ?)?.  The only such name i find by doing a google is a member of FaceBook, -which person is a Mexican gal into illegal-alien issues and organizations like LaRaza;  --thus am suspecting she's not a Corp-officer, but instead a min-wage…

Bank of America foreclosing on building with branch office

Bank of America wants to foreclose on a Boynton Beach building where it houses one of its branches.

The Charlotte, N.C.-based bank (NYSE: BAC) filed a foreclosure lawsuit on May 17 against One Boynton LLC over the 21,552-square-foot financial building at 114 N. Federal Highway. It concerns a mortgage…

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By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Jim Abrams, Associated Press

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WASHINGTON – Minutes before a midnight deadline, President Barack Obama signed into law a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.

"It's an important tool for us to continue dealing with an ongoing terrorist threat," Obama said Friday after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

With…