Showing posts with label california foreclosures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label california foreclosures. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Court rules against Wells Fargo U.S. Bancorp in foreclosure case

BOSTON -- The highest court in Massachusetts ruled against U.S. Bancorp and Wells Fargo on Friday in a widely watched mortgage foreclosure case that could have serious implications for the nation's largest banks. 


Saturday, November 6, 2010

Wide variation seen in mortgage servicers’ performance

Data suggest a wide variation in how well the firms handle such things as dealing with delinquent homeowners and negotiating loan modifications.
From the Los Angeles Times

Friday, October 22, 2010

Mortgage database’s murky legal status adds another wrinkle to foreclosure mess


Major banks and mortgage lenders are coming down with another legal headache in their efforts to seize properties from homeowners in default.


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From the Los Angeles Times

Friday, October 15, 2010

Banks seize 288,000 homes in Q3, but challenges await

Lenders seized more U.S. homes this summer than in any three-month stretch since the housing market began to bust in 2006.  But many of the foreclosures may be challenged in court later because of allegations that banks evicted people without reading the documents.


From the San Francisco Chronicle

California to join multistate inquiry of foreclosures by banks

In late September and early October several major lending institutions began voluntarily halting foreclosures in select states while they reviewed their foreclosure processes.  This action is in response to findings that questioned whether some lenders/servicers were following the correct procedures to foreclose on a property.

From the Los Angeles Times