Tag: sub-prime mortgage crisis

Foreclosure Victims Get Little Of Huge Settlements

The headline-grabbing civil lawsuit settlements against financial institutions highlight one solid trend: relatively little of the money goes to the actual victims, if we know how much at all. Take the story in the Atlanta Constitution-Journal about the… Read More

Settlements A Source For Civil Gideon?

The idea of providing the civil-court version of “if you cannot afford one, a lawyer will be appointed without charge” – aka “Gideon” – usually runs into funding questions. But what about all these hundreds of millions of… Read More

Homeowners Silenced Over Mortgage Complaints

It seems that any frustration over mortgage disputes has an added twist: Shut up about the problem. Reuters is reporting that β€œβ€¦ mortgage payment collectors at companies including Ocwen, Bank of America Corp and PNC Financial Services Group… Read More