Ice, Ice Baby – Iceland’s people give cold shoulder to paying for acts of...
Note to the reader… Just in case you’re not all that interested in Iceland, I would encourage you to remember that it’s me writing this, and therefore it might not be entirely about Iceland. Just a...
View ArticleOne Bank Did Right by Homeowners & Shareholders – A Story You Haven’t Heard...
We all know what happened as a result of the mortgage market melt down that began during the summer of 2007… we’re still nursing our wounds, millions have lost homes, millions are still at risk of...
View ArticleForeclosure Surprise! Stomping on Maryland Homeowners
Here’s some further evidence of the housing market’s and the overall economy’s inexplicable, but unstoppable recovery… in Maryland foreclosures in April were up by 154 percent year-over-year… home...
View ArticleKPHO Channel 5 Arizona Airs Story on Rep. Seel’s Principal Reduction
Well, if you remember the story on Mandelman Matters last week about Arizona’s Rep. Carl Seel who received roughly a $100,000 PRINCIPAL REDUCTION on his $190,000 mortgage two days before he was to...
View ArticleKILL BILL: Arizona Mortgage Lender’s Association Takes Credit for Killing SB...
Remember Arizona’s SB 1259? It seems like only yesterday that we were watching it disappear on its way to Arizona’s House of Representatives after passing the senate by 28-2. Come on, you remember…...
View ArticlePaula Pennypacker – An Arizona Republican Conservative Finds Mandelman Matters
Paula Pennypacker is the founder Just for Redheads Beauty Products. She has also been a political activist for two decades. She hosted a political talk show on WSPD Radio in Toledo before moving to...
View ArticleForeclosure Surprise! Stomping on Maryland Homeowners
Here’s some further evidence of the housing market’s and the overall economy’s inexplicable, but unstoppable recovery… in Maryland foreclosures in April were up by 154 percent year-over-year… home...
View ArticleBRINGING UP THE REAR FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz
I’m really starting to struggle with this “loan modification fraud” stuff. I’ve never been quite comfortable with the whole thing… ever since Treasury Secretary Geithner and Attorney General Holder...
View ArticleSCAM PREVENTION PODCAST #3: With the One and Only Max Gardner
If you don’t already know who Max Gardner is… well, then you’re in for a very special treat, because Max is considered by everyone I can think of to be the top consumer attorney in the country. He’s...
View ArticleForeclosure Surprise! Stomping on Maryland Homeowners
Here’s some further evidence of the housing market’s and the overall economy’s inexplicable, but unstoppable recovery… in Maryland foreclosures in April were up by 154 percent year-over-year… home...
View ArticleDeadly Clear Blog is Dead Wrong on UETA, E-Sign & Foreclosure… A Guest Post...
A few days ago, I received an email containing a link to a post on the blog, Deadly Clear. It posed the question, “Is the Promissory Note Even Enforceable?” Considering we’ve lost over six million...
View Article3 out of 3 Dismissed WITH Prejudice! Tom Cox for the Homeowner – A Mandelman...
Stewart, Sawyer and Oathout… three Maine homeowners… three separate foreclosure cases… each dismissed with prejudice, meaning none of the servicers trying to foreclose gets another chance at...
View ArticleMeet Thomas Cox, Esquire. A National Hero in Foreclosure Defense
Portland Maine attorney Thomas Cox is a national hero of the foreclosure crisis. Frankly, I thought everyone already knew that, but apparently not. So, if you aren’t already familiar with what Tom...
View ArticleThe “It’s Not Real Money” Argument – Perhaps the Best Way to Make the Banks...
Below is a case brought by a homeowner arguing that there was no real money involved in their loan. It was dismissed without leave to amend, and the homeowner was lucky that they managed to get out...
View ArticlePODCAST: Saving Homes from Foreclosure in Ohio Today… with Ohio’s Former...
3 WAYS TO GET TO KNOW MARC DANN… 1. On this Mandelman Matters Podcast, I ask Marc Dann all about what’s going on related to the foreclosure crisis in Ohio today, because if there’s one subject he...
View ArticleIT’S DAVID STERN DAY! This Mandelman Matters Podcast is RATED ‘R’ for language.
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled in the case of the infamous “Foreclosure King,” attorney David Stern. Here’s what the high court said, among other things… This case aptly illustrates the manner...
View ArticleAnother Hawaii Homeowner Writes to Thank Me for Helping Her Get a Bank of...
October 7, 2013 Dear Martin, I am so grateful to you for keeping me in my home. You helped me do that which I was finding impossible to do on my own. Without your assistance, I cannot imagine, nor do...
View ArticleThe Discovery of Robo-Signing – Memorable Moments from the Foreclosure Crisis
The Discovery of Robo-Signing By now the term “robo-signing” has practically become a household word. But it wasn’t always that way. Just a few years ago no one had ever heard the term before. So,...
View ArticleRealtors & Mortgage Brokers: Toughest Year for Housing Markets Since 2010 Ahead
Our housing markets are now heading directly into the perfect storm and those in the real estate and mortgage industries would be well advised to get prepared for the downturn now. I dislike...
View ArticleNOW AVAILABLE: The RMBS Trust/Modification Analysis Report for Homeowners
If you’re applying for a loan modification, or you’re in mediation, or if you’ve already applied for a loan modification and feel as if you’re now on the Loan Modification-Go-Round, then you know that...
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