Archive for October, 2009


Thu
22
Oct

The IRS Moves to Save Commercial Loans from Foreclosure

While our main focus on this Blog has been on people facing foreclosures on loans on single family homes, condos and town houses, this financial crisis has also hit commercial properties as well. On a daily basis I am sure that you pass by apartment complexes. office buildings and strip plazas.  Most of these have [...]


Wed
21
Oct

Oregon Passes Law to Help People Facing Foreclosure

Have you realized that while mortgage companies have been slow in helping people facing foreclosure to save their homes, more and more states, courts and local organizations have taken action to get the mortgage companies to respond?  The latest state to do so is Oregon. On Monday, September 28, a new law went into effect [...]


Tue
20
Oct

A Bank Walk Away – A Real Legal Nightmare

I don’t know if you have heard of it.  It does not happen frequently.  If you are facing foreclosure, this is something that you need to be aware of it.  What am I talking about? A Bank Walk Away  What is a Bank Walk Away?  It is where right in the middle of the foreclosure [...]


Mon
19
Oct

The Little Known Net Present Value Test and Its Impact on a Loan Modification

Most people have never heard of this.  Those who have really have no concept of what it is. Yet it’s in the Making Home Affordable Modification Program.  It is one of the tests to determine if the person facing foreclosure qualifies for a trial loan modification.  What is it? The Net Present Value Test This [...]


Fri
16
Oct

Arizona Judge Orders Wells Fargo Executive to Testify in Bankruptcy Case

I continue to be amazed at the stories I hear about the work Wells Fargo has been doing on loan modifications.  This one really angered me.  It was in an article in the New York Times at the beginning of September. In a post on this blog several weeks ago I reported on the trial [...]