When the borrower did not receive the loan she sought, she brought
a lawsuit against the mortgage broker, alleging violations of the federal Truth in Lending Act.
Borrowers are starting to file
lawsuits against their mortgage lenders and banks are not only finding themselves as defendants in courtrooms across the country, they are also finding judges more than happy to rule against them and in favor of home owners and home loan borrowers.
AG Horne Files Two
Lawsuits Against Mortgage Modification Assistance Companies Operating In Both Phoenix and Tucson
These home owners are filing
lawsuits against their mortgage lenders for failing to agree to a mortgage loan modification.
Not exact matches
PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for an investigative reporting organization filed a
lawsuit Wednesday
against the Philadelphia region's main transit agency after it refused to run ads about the group's stories on racial disparities in
mortgage lending.
There are also many other private
lawsuits that have been filed
against the investment bank related to
mortgage bonds.
The face - to - face meeting between Moynihan and Holder is being pushed as the bank faces the possibility of a
lawsuit from the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey
against Merrill Lynch's actions leading up to the
mortgage crisis.
In a statement shortly after he sued JPMorgan Chase, Mr. Schneiderman said the
lawsuit was a template «for future actions
against issuers of residential
mortgage - backed securities that defrauded investors and cost millions of Americans their homes.»
In this type of foreclosure, when you default on a
mortgage loan, the lender files a
lawsuit against you.
Although the federal government has not pursued criminal prosecutions of bankers at the heart of the
mortgage operations that collapsed in 2007, it has stepped up civil
lawsuits against the largest originators and securitizers of home loans during the boom.
If bankruptcy or debtor's court is not an option, or you are interested in correcting your credit report, defending a collection
lawsuit, fighting back
against abusive debt collectors, or challenging
mortgage company abuses, you will have the information you need to decide what to do next.
The second
mortgage holder can simply start a
lawsuit against the borrower, with the idea that a judgment will be entered
against the borrower and the second
mortgage company can collect the money owed it without having to go through a foreclosure.
Maybe you got a mailer promising
mortgage relief — via a
lawsuit against...
According to the FTC, Brookstone Law and Advantis Law firms convinced homeowners to make an upfront payment to join a
mortgage lawsuit against banks and lenders, supposedly to help them avoid foreclosure, get rid of their
mortgages, or get money from their lenders.
By the way... there is a class action
lawsuit against CIBC... it hasn't been heard by the courts yet but you may want to follow it... just google it by typing in CIBC class action
lawsuit mortgage.
Additionally, talking about
lawsuits, as we pointed out before, a
mortgage on a property could serve as a poison pill
against greedy lawyers trying to sue you and a put option on the property value in case of idiosyncratic catastrophic losses.
The complaints are echoed by borrowers across the country, according to a review of federal and state court
lawsuits against reverse
mortgage lenders.
When the bankruptcy is filed, a
lawsuit is filed
against the
mortgage company to remove the secured lien and make it an unsecured debt like a credit card.
While programs advanced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) did not attract the attention of
mortgage lenders, changes in the way the industry is approaching this problem — and the high risk of class - action
lawsuits against those institutions that do not act — are leading more lenders to consider moving forward with
mortgage modification programs.
Homeowner wins $ 21M
lawsuit against lender — ultimate David and Goliath tale America's 8th largest
mortgage company, PHH Mortgage was just ordered to pay a single homeowner $ 21 million in damages after they falsely reported him as «seriously delinquent» to credit rating companies despite his never making a late
mortgage company, PHH
Mortgage was just ordered to pay a single homeowner $ 21 million in damages after they falsely reported him as «seriously delinquent» to credit rating companies despite his never making a late
Mortgage was just ordered to pay a single homeowner $ 21 million in damages after they falsely reported him as «seriously delinquent» to credit rating companies despite his never making a late payment.
She could have paid the
mortgage, but because of mismanagement by the bank, she was forced to foreclose (she subsequently won a
lawsuit against them).
Sometimes if you get a $ 1,000 default judgment
against Wells Fargo because it doesn't answer your questions in a
lawsuit, and the bank neglects to pay the judgment, then you can get the sheriff to schedule a sale of the contents of a local Wells Fargo Home
Mortgage office to satisfy the judgment.
Partner responsible at trial for Lending Tree's infringement and validity case in its patent infringement
lawsuit against Zillow, Adchemy and NexTag over a method for generating on - line
mortgage leads.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced it would be filing a
lawsuit against investment bank Morgan Stanley, alleging discrimination in the way the bank packaged subprime
mortgage loans into securities.
The group says that discrimination
lawsuits have traditionally been brought directly
against the original
mortgage lenders rather than investment banks that packaged the loans into securities.
They launched several
lawsuits against the property owner,
against a party to whom they thought they were lending,
against their own lawyer and
against the friend /
mortgage broker.
A federal appellate court has ruled that a consumer can't bring a
lawsuit based on the federal Truth in Lending Act
against a
mortgage broker.
In connection with their negligence
lawsuit against the friend / broker specifically, the court found that his liability hinged on the difficult question of whether there was evidence to show that, at the time the
mortgage was being negotiated, there was insufficient value in the property to adequately protect them — in other words, that the property was overvalued at the time the friend / broker urged them to invest.
The Court of Appeal of Ontario ruled that the
lawsuit against the guarantor of the
mortgage was governed by the Real Property Limitations Act and was 10 years.
A federal court has considered how the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's («HUD») recent clarification of its 1999 Statement of Policy affects a class - action
lawsuit brought
against a lender alleging RESPA violations for its practice of making yield - spread payments to
mortgage brokers.
A federal appeals court has affirmed that a class - action
lawsuit can proceed
against a
mortgage lender for alleged violations of the RESPA anti-kickback provisions in a case previously summarized in The Letter of the Law.
PHOENIX (Wednesday, August 15, 2012)-- Attorney General Horne announced today two
lawsuits have been filed
against Arizona companies selling
mortgage modification services to distressed homeowners.
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Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS), a national provider of real estate technology, services and
mortgage performance data, recently filed to dismiss a consumer fraud
lawsuit against the company filed by the state of Nevada.
Unfortunately, they are all too often blindsided by a new
lawsuit filed
against them by their lender that seeks to collect the unpaid balance left on their
mortgage after the sales price of the home is deducted (the «deficiency»).
Gary Lang and his company, American Financial
Mortgage, («Company»), filed a
lawsuit against the Caller in response to his threats.
The government filed a civil
lawsuit against Bank of America Corp. last week over the sale of $ 850 million in residential
mortgage - backed securities.
This
lawsuit by Ms. Fletcher is following along the same aggressive, fight - back at the bank stance that Lisa Wigod took in her
lawsuit against a denied
mortgage loan modification up in Illinois and the battle that Amira Jackmon is fighting with Wells Fargo in a legal courtroom over in California.
A Georgia federal court has considered whether a former homeowner's
lawsuit against the Federal National
Mortgage Association («Fannie Mae») for conversion of property that she had left in her home after the property was foreclosed could proceed.