Loan Modification

Frank and OTS Urge Foreclosure Moratoriums
A key member of Congress and one federal regulator Wednesday urged financial institutions to enact foreclosure moratoriums, until lawmakers hash out the details of a “comprehensive” plan to address the housing crisis, which is currently in the works...

Californias Foreclosure Activity Lives On: Report
After an across the board drop in California’s foreclosure activity in January, Notices of Default, Sales at Auction and negative equity at foreclosure surged once again in February, according to Foreclosure Radar’s California Foreclosure Report released Friday...

Bankruptcy and Foreclosure: The Basics in California
As real estate values plummet and foreclosures skyrocket in California, more and more debtors are inquiring as to whether Bankruptcy can stop Foreclosure.  The short answer in most cases is Yes...

California Feds, State Law Enforcement Agencies Form Task Force Targeting Foreclosure Scams
Buried in a recent story by KFSN-TV Channel 30 in Fresno, California is this excerpt on the initiative led by the Feds in central California to combat foreclosure rescue scams:[U.S...

FORECLOSURE CONSULTANT ACT GETS TOUGHER!
By Nathan Fransen, Esq.  The Foreclosure Consultant Act (California Civil Code Section 2945 et. al.) is being amended effective July 1, 2009 and the changes will affect many people now in the loan modification industry...

California Court Hammers Foreclosure Rescue Operator For $280K Plus Attorney Fees In Sale-Leaseback Foreclosure Rescue Deal
A November, 2008 decision by a California appeals court affirmed a lower court ruling that awarded a homeowner facing foreclosure monetary and exemplary damages in the amount of $280,000 (plus the homeowner's legal fees) from a real estate broker / foreclosure rescue operator to whom she sold her home in a sale-leaseback arrangement which violated the California Home Equity Sales Contract Act (

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

GMAC Faces Class Action over Foreclosure Abuses
GMAC Faces Foreclosure Abuses Class Action

Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices
Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices

Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings
Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings

Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees.

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action
Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action