Foreclosures eased slightly in October, falling 4% from the previous month. According to foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac, the decrease most likely stemmed from the “robo-signing” controversy which halted foreclosures acros…
Depositions by three employees of Nationwide Title Clearing describe a factory-like process that’s awful to look at. But Nationwide defends the system as being benign as sausage-making — and that it’s standard industry practic…
That would be in California, Texas and 25 other states where the lender doesn’t have to go to court to foreclose. Except in rare instances, lenders can use fraudulent paperwork with impunity in those states. A closer look at C…
A lack of staff in the face of overwhelming volume is the excuse banks give for turning to robo-signers to speed foreclosures, and for their inability to manage the the mortgage modification process. Now, a class action against…
Now that N.Y. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has considerably tightened the state’s foreclosure rules, his effort to eliminate robo-signing has greatly raised the stakes for the banks’ attorneys. But what will the practical impac…