Mortgage modification rules issued
The Federal Trade Commission has issued new rules banning providers of mortgage foreclosure rescue and loan modification services from collecting fees from homeowners before a written offer from their lender is made and accepted.
2009AP943 Country Wide Home Loans Servicing LP v. Anderson, et al.
Property Foreclosure; voluntary dismissal; prejudice Thomas Anderson, pro se, appeals two orders in this foreclosure action. The first order granted Country Wide Home Loans Servicing, L.P.’s motion for voluntary dismissal. We conclude the circuit court properly exercised its discretion by permitting Country Wide to voluntarily dismiss its action against Anderson. The second order denied Ande[...]
2009AP2873 Countrywide Home Loans Inc. v. Russ, et al.
Property Foreclosure; confirmation Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., appeals the order denying its motion to confirm the foreclosure sale of Daniel J. and Dennis R. Russ’s residential property. Countrywide argues that its bid of $68,674.54, which was the amount remaining due on the mortgage, was a fair value, and, therefore, the circuit court erroneously exercised its […]
Van Hollen part of AGs group reviewing foreclosures
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller Wednesday unveiled the details of the multi-state mortgage foreclosure working group created to review the practice of “robo-signing” and other issues that have arisen against banks and mortgage processing firms.
2009AP1122 Lowell Management Services Inc. v. Geneva National PQC LLC, et al.
Property Foreclosure; confirmation Lowell Management Services, Inc. appeals from an order confirming the foreclosure sale of property on which it held a construction lien. We previously decided Lowell’s appeal from the judgment of foreclosure. Lowell Mgmt. Serv. Inc. v. Geneva Nat’l PQC, LLC, 2009 WI App 149, 321 Wis. 2d 589, 774 N.W.2d 811 (Lowell […]
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