Mitt, Mitt, Bo Bit, Banana Fanna, Fo Fit on Foreclosures
Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney made it quite clear that he does not support any type of foreclosure relief for the millions of Americans at risk of losing their homes. Incredibly, he...
View ArticleCome on now, tell the truth… the GOP doesn’t want to win the White House in...
Haven’t you figured it out yet… if it wouldn’t be so rude, the GOP convention would be nominating OBAMA in 2012, right? That’s why they’re running Newt, Santorum, Bachman, the black guy with...
View ArticleAn Important Message about 2012 for both President Obama & Mitt Romney
I realize you’re both very busy and were it not important, I would not presume to take up any of your time, or the time of your advisers, but it has long since become clear that neither of your...
View ArticleForeclosure crisis now includes “Irresponsible Churches”
According real estate information company CoStar Group, as of March of this year, 270 churches have been sold after defaulting on their loans. In 2011 alone, banks sold off 138 churches, and that...
View ArticleOBLABLA or MITTENS for President in 2012? Here’s how I’m going to choose…
I’ve been giving a great deal of thought to how I’m going to decide whether to vote for OBLABLA or MITTENS this coming November and I believe I’ve finally come up with a plan that will work for me....
View ArticlePresident Obama, Bored With the Foreclosure Crisis. That Explains A Lot,...
Jean Braucher is the Roger C. Henderson Professor of Law at the University of Arizona law school. She occasionally guest posts on Georgetown Law School Professor, Adam Levitin’s blog, Credit Slips....
View ArticleWhen Will the Pivotal Nature of the Foreclosure Crisis be Understood
I suppose it’s for any number of reasons, but it’s more than obvious that the foreclosure crisis is still not being recognized as having the impact that it unquestionably has on our economy....
View ArticleWhy I Didn’t Want to Watch the Presidential Debate Last Night
Last night was another presidential debate. And I didn’t want to watch. Maybe it’s an exaggeration, but I don’t give a rat’s petute about Syria at the moment. And besides that, I’m confident...
View ArticleThe Case Against Philip Kramer, Et Al
Okay, so it figures that while I was in Arizona and Nevada filming the documentary I’m anxious to complete and release this calendar year, the fit hit the shan on several of the “mass joinder...
View ArticleForeclosure crisis now includes “Irresponsible Churches”
According real estate information company CoStar Group, as of March of this year, 270 churches have been sold after defaulting on their loans. In 2011 alone, banks sold off 138 churches, and that...
View ArticleArizona Supreme Court Ends the Argument – No Note Needed to Foreclose
Does a trustee have to “show the promissory note” in order to foreclose by non-judicial trustee sale. The Arizona Supreme Court, in a decision on May 18, 2012, said NO. According to the Supreme...
View ArticleNo Surprise – Arizona Court Rules Mortgage Settlement Funds Don’t Have to...
The National Mortgage Settlement with the five largest banks was to provide $26 billion in various kinds of assistance to the country’s homeowners in an effort to mitigate the damage caused by the...
View ArticleO.C. Superior Court Judge Agrees State Bar WRONG on SB 94, But…
NOTE: This was written based on a preliminary ruling and today the judge’s final ruling came out, but as I thought would be the case, the final ruling is identical to the preliminary, so what’s...
View ArticleForeclosures Are Down? RealtyTrac VP, Daren Blomquist – The Definition of Obtuse
Daren Blomquist, a Vice President at RealtyTrac, has proclaimed that we have “past the worst of the foreclosure crisis.’ He points to what he claims to be a five-year low, along with...
View ArticleSouth Carolina’s Hardest Hit Funds Farce… Failing but Finally Changing?
The 18 states designated as being those “hardest hit” by the foreclosure crisis were given a total of $7.6 billion in February of 2010. The money was to be used by the states to help homeowners...
View ArticleThe Foreclosure Bowl: Connecticut Finally Makes it Into Top 10
Understandably, Connecticut has always had a bit of an inferiority complex. Wedged in just north of high profile states like New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, while looked down on by the erudite...
View ArticleThe Year is New… But the Housing Hype is the Same Old Thing
Just a couple of weeks ago, after RealtyTrac’s U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ was published, it was pure jubilation that filled the air as the headlines proclaimed foreclosure starts for November...
View ArticleMM EXCLUSIVE: AZ Bill Writes Down Underwater Loans for Homeowners – A...
It’s an issue that begs to be turned into a riddle, such as… Who lives hopelessly underwater and in the desert at the same time? Answer: Arizona’s homeowners. Over this past year, Arizona State...
View ArticleFrank & Brian in Arizona for Spring Training: Think… Not, Work… Not.
Look, I like Frank and Brian of Think Big/Work Small… I really do. A lot. In fact, I would say that we’re friends. But, seriously guys… after reporting the facts on today’s video story, which...
View Article30 Minutes of Talking: Has Housing or Our GDP Hit Bottom?
MINUTES OF TALKING (I understand that last week’s edition of 30 MINUTES OF TALKING had a few audio problems. I apologize for that, and they should be all fixed for this week’s show. I hope you’ll...
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