Resources > News > Foreclosure Crisis News: September 2011

Boca lawyer goes on offensive against Chase. DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW (Adolfo Pesquera) September 30, 2011

Foreclosed Families March On Boston Bank Of America. BANKER & TRADESMAN September 30, 2011

No Deal: California Backs Out Of Nationwide Foreclosure Settlement. FORBES (Halah Touryalai) September 30, 2011

California Pulls Out of Foreclosure Talks. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (Ruth Simon and Nick Timiraos) September 30, 2011

State Attorney Dennis Ward To Take Closer Look at Robo-signing. KEY WEST THE NEWS (Matt Gardi) September 30, 2011

Foreclosed homeowners fighting back with lawsuits. TAMPA BAY ONLINE (Shannon Behnken) September 28, 2011

Freddie Mac Loan Deal Defective, Report Says. THE NEW YORK TIMES (Gretchen Morgenson) September 27, 2011

Gulf remains between AGs, banks in robo-signing talks. HOUSING WIRE (Jon Prior) September 27, 2011

Florida Supreme Court reconsidering foreclosure mediation program. THE PALM BEACH POST (Kimberly Miller) September 27, 2011

Home-buying season the worst in at least 50 years. ASSOCIATED PRESS (Derek Kravitz) September 27, 2011

Effort to cut courts out of foreclosure process could be costly to all Floridians. ST. PETERSBURG TIMES (Editorial) September 26, 2011

A Real Robo-Signing Scandal. Look who knew about the problem all along. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL September 25, 2011

Firms open Florida offices to take over foreclosure business. THE DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW (Julie Kay) September 24, 2011

Banks to meet with state, federal officials over foreclosure deal. THE WASHINGTON POST (Brady Dennis) September 23, 2011

Fannie Mae knew about Florida foreclosure mill malpractice in 2006, did nothing. THE PALM BEACH POST (Kimberly Miller) September 23, 2011

Mortgage industry tanks, fraud continues at Countrywide. IWATCH NEWS (Michael Hudson) September 23, 2011

Foreclosure lag spurs price gains. THE MIAMI HERALD (Toluse Olorunnipa) September 22, 2011

Wells Fargo accused of forging loan documents. LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL (Doug McMurdo) September 22, 2011

iWatch News investigative series reveals legacy of corruption that still plagues Bank of America. IWATCH NEWS (Michael Hudson) September 22, 2011

Floridians facing foreclosure could lose their homes faster under plan making rounds in Tallahassee. THE SUN SENTINEL (Kathleen Haughney) September 22, 2011

Foreclosure mediation program's low rate of success leaves its future in doubt. THE PALM BEACH POST (Kimberly Miller) September 21, 2011

$1B foreclosure aid program helps fewer than planned. USA TODAY (Julie Schmit) September 21, 2011

Computer Records 'Inadmissible Hearsay' in Foreclosure: Court. AMERICAN BANKER (Kate Berry) September 21, 2011

Rick Scott, GOP look at taking courts out of Florida foreclosure process. ST. PETERSBURG TIMES (Janet Zink) September 21, 2011

Who owns the note? Paperwork problems still plague foreclosure actions. THE FLORIDA BAR NEWS (Gary Blankenship) September 20, 2011

Bank attorneys warn 4th DCA decision may “dramatically” change Florida foreclosures. THE PALM BEACH POST (Kimberly Miller) September 16, 2011

Court Decision Could Impact Thousands of Florida Foreclosures. TOTAL MORTGAGE SERVICES ( Michael Kraus) September 8, 2011

Fla. Appeals Court Reverses Ruling Against Homeowners in Foreclosure Case, Due to Bad Affidavit. ABA JOURNAL (Martha Neil) September 8, 2011

4th DCA bars affidavit over failure to verify. DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW (Paola Iuspa-Abbott) September 8, 2011

'Procedures Matter' in Foreclosure; Do Outcomes Matter More? AMERICAN BANKER (Marc Hochstein) September 8, 2011

Florida Appeals Court Rules Banks Must Follow Rules. (Abigail Caplovitz Field) September 8, 2011

Florida Appellate Decision May Be Major Obstacle to Foreclosure. NAKED CAPITALISM (Yves Smith) September 8, 2011

Ruling in Wellington case could further complicate Florida foreclosures. THE PALM BEACH POST (Kimberly Miller) September 7, 2011

Banks are accusing advocates of borrowers of using antiquated legal rules to stop foreclosures. GOARTICLES.COM (Jessica Alberton) September 7, 2011

Florida legislature trying to bust foreclosure backlog - again. THE PALM BEACH POST (Kimberly Miller) September 6, 2011

Robo-signed mortgage docs date back to late 1990s. ASSOCIATED PRESS (Pallavi Gogoi) September 3, 2011

US and big banks play a game of chicken over mortgages. MSNBC (Martha C. White) September 3, 2011

Florida AG under fire for terminating employees. ASSOCIATED PRESS (Gary Fineout) September 2, 2011

U.S. Is Set to Sue a Dozen Big Banks Over Mortgages. THE NEW YORK TIMES (Nelson D. Schwartz) September 2, 2011

Fed Orders Goldman Sachs To Conduct Review Of Foreclosures. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (Tom Barkley) September 2, 2011

Robo-Signing Redux: Servicers Still Fabricating Foreclosure Documents. AMERICAN BANKER (Kate Berry) September 1, 2011