mortgages

Over 40 states have already signed on to the sellout deal the corrupt politicians negotiated, so they could run for office beating their chests bragging about their tremendous accomplishment, with their mortgage company liege lords, who should have already started their prison terms, to get them off the hook for the greatest financial crimes in [...]

Of Course You Can Qualify for a Mortgage After Bankruptcy, FHA Says

by Craig Andresen, Minneapolis, MN, Bankruptcy Attorney

One of the things that troubles those considering filing personal bankruptcy is the fear that it might be impossible to qualify for a home mortgage after a chapter 7 or 13 case.  Indeed, it would be a cruel irony if a bankruptcy filing freed you at last from a heavy debt burden, enabling you to finally [...]

We have bailed out the mortgage companies that brought us the foreclosure crisis, now the states and a federal government agencies are on the verge of a sellout buyout by the bad guys for fraudulent foreclosures. The Office of Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, and the attorney generals for all 50 states are participating [...]

Don’t Want To Reaffirm in Bankruptcy? Change The Law!

by Eugene S. Melchionne, Connecticut Bankruptcy Lawyer

If you have been reading Bankruptcy Law Network recently, you would have seen various articles about reaffirmations.  What they are, what they do, under what circumstances you should reaffirm a debt or mortgage and when you should not.  There are even some courts that say you must reaffirm a car loan in bankruptcy.  But there [...]

All You Need To Know About Your Mortgage

by Kurt O'Keefe, Attorney at Law

(picture from University of Pennsylvania blog on regulations) The most common question I get for a long time is what happens if I do not, or cannot, pay my mortgage? If you can afford to continue paying, and are current, there is really no bankruptcy alternative. The so-called “strategic default” option is to simply stop [...]

Can Collective Union Action Force Mortgage Modifications?

by Peter Orville, Binghamton Bankruptcy Lawyer

Congress has been unable to pass any legislation that would allow for effective modification of mortgages. And the HAMP program is failing miserably.  Two New York unions, however, have come up with the idea that collective action through the market may get the needed results. The heads of the Transport Union Workers and the United Federation of Teachers [...]