Category Archives: allocation of loss

In Letter to Bank Regulators, Senators Reverse Course

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Isaac Gradman

Loan servicers’ star may be quickly fading in Washington. In a stunning reversal of course, Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on … Continue reading →

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New Evidence Shows Loan-to-Value Ratio Contributed Most Heavily to Mortgage Meltdown

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Isaac Gradman

An article published in the Wall St. Journal this week by Stan Liebowitz posits a purportedly new take on the causes of the mortgage meltdown. Liebowitz’s analysis of recent data on millions of individual loans published by McDash Analytics, a … Continue reading →

Posted in allocation of loss, foreclosure rate, irresponsible lending, lending guidelines, loan modifications, loss causation, LTV, negative equity, stated income, subprime, toxic assets, Wall St. | Leave a comment

Helping Families Save Their Homes Act (S. 896) Passes Senate, Awaits Approval From House

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Isaac Gradman

The Senate passed a version of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act (S. 896) on Wednesday by a vote of 91-5. The bill will now go back before the House of Representatives, which can adopt it, amend it, send … Continue reading →

Posted in allocation of loss, bankruptcy cramdown, Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Helping Families Save Homes, incentives, investors, legislation, loan modifications, Servicer Safe Harbor | 1 Comment

A.I.G. (United Guaranty) v. Countrywide Complaint Now Available

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Isaac Gradman

The complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles by United Guaranty Mortgage Indemnity Co., the mortgage insurer subsidiary of A.I.G., against Countrywide Financial Corp., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and the Bank of New York Trust Company is posted below. … Continue reading →

Posted in AIG, allocation of loss, BofA, causes of the crisis, Complaints, Countrywide, lawsuits, litigation, loan modifications, loss causation, misrespresentation, mortgage fraud, United Guaranty | Leave a comment

A.I.G. and Countrywide Go Head-to-Head Over Mortgage Insurance Coverage

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Isaac Gradman

The battle of the titans has begun. As reported by Reuters on Friday, both A.I.G. and Countrywide have now sued one another over who will bear the losses on a $1 billion pool of subprime mortgage loans. Countrywide fired the … Continue reading →

Posted in AIG, allocation of loss, causes of the crisis, Countrywide, lawsuits, lenders, litigation, loss causation, misrespresentation, mortgage insurers, underwriting practices, United Guaranty | 1 Comment