When Banks literally pass the Buck...

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Cleveland To Use National Mortgage Settlement Money To Demolish Homes, Sill Wants Banks To Pay

And in passing the buck, it just starts a new litigation, or defaults to another default...

The details of these deals vary. In most, the mortgage finance agency and banks have agreed to give, or sell for $1, deteriorated homes valued at about $25,000 or less, then, cover all or part of the cost of demolition. Gus Frangos, the land bank's president and general counsel, isn’t convinced that the Cleveland lawsuits over vacant homes helped the land bank make those deals. Divisions of JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Bank of America have all been named in Cleveland's litigation.
  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    I had a very very long post and my grandson came and banged my keyboard and I lost it, I will rewrite later, but the gist was, Everyone needs to start fighting back against one of the crookest banks out there, Bank Of America.
    More to the story to come later.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by KimW View Post

      I had a very very long post and my grandson came and banged my keyboard and I lost it, I will rewrite later, but the gist was, Everyone needs to start fighting back against one of the crookest banks out there, Bank Of America.
      More to the story to come later.
      Haha Kim!

      I'm sorry about that, it's not so much being funny, but more like I can so relate!

      I was writing an ebook and lost two whole chapters when my two year old grandson crept up ever so stealthily and pushed the power button!

      Anyway, I look forward to your longer post.

      Terra
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    My grandson isn't very happy with me at the moment,of course,I'm not happy with him either. he had free roam of my room/office but the doors have suddenly become locked to him. I might have a change of heart later,but for now, he is staying out a while!
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  • Here's more to chew on:

    Secret clause in mortgage agreement forces taxpayers to foot the bill for banks
    by Rick Moran

    This is outrageous. Forty billion dollars of taxpayer monies could very well be used to get banks off the hook for their sloppy, negligent procedures in handling foreclosures.

    US taxpayers are expected to subsidise the $40bn settlement owed by five leading banks over allegations that they systematically abused borrowers in pursuit of improper home seizures, the Financial Times has learnt.
    The deal, agreed last week, calls for Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial to pay about $5bn in cash fines and to reduce monthly payments and loan balances for distressed US borrowers by as much as about $35bn.

    However, a clause in the provisional agreement - which has not been made public - allows the banks to count future loan modifications made under a 2009 foreclosure-prevention initiative towards their restructuring obligations for the new settlement, according to people familiar with the matter. The existing $30bn initiative, the Home Affordable Modification Programme (Hamp), provides taxpayer funds as an incentive to banks, third party investors and troubled borrowers to arrange loan modifications.
    Neil Barofsky, a Democrat and the former special inspector-general of the troubled asset relief programme, described this clause as "scandalous".
    "It turns the notion that this is about justice and accountability on its head," Mr Barofsky said.
    BofA, for instance, will be able to use future modifications made under Hamp towards the $7.6bn in borrower assistance it is committed to provide under the settlement. Under Hamp, the bank will receive payments for averting borrower default and reimbursement from taxpayers for principal written down.
    Incredible. This is TARP all over again. The banks screw up and taxpayers are left holding the bag. It is an example of "Too big to be accountable." And before one dime of taxpayer money is doled out to these robber barons, the process should be stopped and the agreement renegotiated - this time, with Congressional oversight.
    (note: this is entire story without links)


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