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Why Did All These Foreclosures Happen ?

The foreclosure problem is so large right now that even the mainstream media and Wall Street investors devote their time worrying concerning the impact in the greater economy. It’s worth examining a few of the factors for these record foreclosure rates, though, in order to figure out what went wrong and what homeowners can do to stop foreclosure now and steer clear of getting in this type of circumstance ever again. [...]

Why You Should Do A Short Sale Soon!

There are consequences of doing a short sale whether it be within the Santa Maria real estate market or anywhere your house is located this is on the grounds that you owe more relative to your mortgage home loan than what your home happens to be worth at this time, this is when you are upside down. [...]

Breaking Up The Big Banks

Once Unthinkable, Breakup of Big Banks Now Seems Feasible

by Jesse Eisinger ProPublica, July 27, 2011, 3:50 p.m.June 29, 2011

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Fraudulent Foreclosure

Internal Doc Reveals GMAC Filed False Document in Bid to Foreclose

by Paul Kiel ProPublica, July 27, 2011, 1:07 p.m.

GMAC, one of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers, faced a quandary [...]

Update On The Foreclosure Process

While federal and state officials investigating flawed foreclosures [1] have largely focused on holding the banks accountable and bringing relief to wronged homeowners, officials in a few states have begun targeting the more obscure middlemen of the foreclosure scandal. [...]