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MERS back in the spotlight
At the height of the foreclosure fiasco, MERS went from a little known computer database-driven company with roughly 50 employees to near-household name (if you had mortgage troubles anyway). The
Did servicers force homeowners into foreclosure?
The Washington Post has taken a look at the testimony scheduled for today's hearing in front of the Senate banking committee and draws some interesting conclusions. The industry--and quite a few
Bank of America pledges to end robo-signing, but how?
When Barbara Desoer, president of the Bank of America's home loans division, appeared at a Congressional hearing, she said all the right things, including a pledge that the legal documents used in
A look at the foreclosure fiasco from Florida trenches
For a micro look at the foreclosure fiasco, consider what's going on in the Florida state courts. Even before revelations about robo-signers and other shoddy practices emerged, the foreclosure cases
Judges increasingly contest foreclosure attempts
Judges in state courts are something of a wildcard in the foreclosure fiasco. Banks and service companies are no doubt hoping for some leniency in judicial states, where they now wade cautiously back

