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If you've been fighting fraudulent foreclosures or predatory mortgage servicing abuses, odds are good you've heard of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. --better known as MERS.Over 62 million mortgages are now held in the name of MERS, an electronic recording...
Wondering what's driving the public outrage? Last year, CBS News and the New York Times polled 1,000 Americans to learn why so many Americans seemed so angry. They reported that eight in 10 people say it's because Congress is more...
Let's face it; establishing a fair foreclosure act--sounds good right? It should be. But things are not always as they appear to be. The proposed Florida Fair Foreclosure Act of 2012 is anything but fair. In 2010, some of our...
Sadly I've grown accustomed to reading headlines about innocent families, including our military families, fighting to save their home from a wrongful foreclosure.  I've grown incensed that I continue to get emails from consumers whose stories are so similar that...
As I've reported too many times recently, foreclosure fraud is a major problem in this country.  Thankfully there are people who are willing to fight against it and uncover shady dealings and unlawful mortgage and foreclosure practices that defraud the...
One of the greatest assets that this country has is the multitude of brave men and women who fight to defend its freedoms at home and abroad.  To help protect these soldiers who put their lives on the line, laws...
In an economy based on credit ratings and scores, a financial bureau designed to protect consumers would seem like a no-brainer.  And, if you were asked what you wanted in this bureau, you would probably note a few key ideas...
Was it so long ago that JPMorgan Chase admitted there were problems with military mortgage lending practices after more than a dozen soldiers and their families were evicted and subjected to foreclosure? A HUD (Housing and Urban Development) audit has...
When the bottom fell out of the mortgage/lending market, a lot of honest people ended up losing their homes.  And what's worse, in a staggering number of cases, it wasn't the fault of the homeowners. Many borrowers were held hostage...
The American Dream has now become the American Nightmare courtesy of the banking industry thanks to their slicing and dicing of loans that has now made it impossible for any of us homeowners to be certain of who really owns...

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