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 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…

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…

Using an "Auto-Pen".

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…

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Hank Investigates: Mortgage Documents

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Tonight -- an exclusive investigation -- if you've ever bought or sold a home...you need to hear this. Hank found a signature buried deep in your mortgage documents could be a ticking time bomb for thousands of Massachusetts homeowners. For those in foreclosure: it could be a lifesaver. It's a shocking,…

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Illinois is investigating both NTC and LPS here

California is investigating LPS here

Florida AG has a formal investigation into LPS…

Clergy, Religious Leaders Call Out AG Bondi for Siding with Wall Street, Opposing Strong Foreclosure Fraud Settlement

On Thursday, May 26, over 50 clergy, faith leaders, and homeowners from 6…

Homeowner-Borrower Carr was foreclosed upon in California.

In fighting the UD (unlawful detainer or eviction) action Carr pulled the documents at the county recorder and discovered an assignment that was recorded from Home123 Corporation to US Bank in June of 2007.

Carr's Notice of Default was dated 4-12-2007 so the assignment was recorded several months after the NOD.  California is a non-judicial foreclosure state.



Carr brought this to the attention of the…

In Lynn Szymoniak's 60 Minutes piece, the banks that gave a comment stated, "It's not us forging or fabricating documents, it's the servicers or it's MERS."

(60 Minutes - THREE Segments - Fraud Exposed!  http://uleak.it/?0mh  and http://uleak.it/?0mi and http://uleak.it/?0ms )

A Blueprint to Curb the Foreclosure Crisis

National Consumer Law Center Attorney Testifies Before the U.S. Senate

Washington, D.C. − The nation’s mortgage servicers—banks and other firms who accept mortgage payments and process foreclosures—have been lining their pockets at the expense of homeowners, communities and investors, and they must be reined in, according to Diane E. Thompson, counsel for the National Consumer Law Center. On…

Starring HSBC Robosigner Maria Vadney!

Making a late and surprising appearance: Allonge!

Decision linked here

http://mattweidnerlaw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/MAINESUPREMECOURT.pdf

I've been watching the squid's stock price. Since Taibbi's story last week GS market cap down around ten percent. Ouch. My thoughts are - behind the curtain - they are starting to eat their own. 130 is the resistance point...they are…

Tucson SWAT Team Defends Shooting Iraq Vet 60 Times

ABS News -- May 20, 2011 by ELLEN TUMPOSKY

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A Tucson, Ariz., SWAT team defends shooting an Iraq War veteran 60 times during a drug raid, although it declines to say whether it found any drugs in the house and has had to retract its claim that the veteran shot first.

And the Pima…