From the Blog Editor: The following comes from the Wells Fargo-Wachovia Blog of April 2009 . . . and if you believe it, I have a bridge I would like to sell you. I came across it while seeking a definition of “false advertising” to include in a Consumer Complaint Form being sent to the [...]

California’s economy is the largest in any state in the U.S. (we actually pull in 13% of the United States gross domestic product). California by itself is the 8th largest economy in the world.

A bankruptcy filing often stops a home foreclosure, but only temporarily.

I am grateful for my almost 51 years of living in West Marin. At first it was the Beauty of the Area, but it didn’t take long to realize it was the People and no matter which Generation, they are the Staff of Life in West Marin. And then, there is my Church, St. Columba’s [...]

The report, “Why Servicers Foreclose, When They Should Modify, and Other Puzzles of Servicer Behavior,” reveals that servicers, unlike investors or homeowners, generally don’t risk losing money on foreclosures.

Attorney General Brown takes Moody’s to court April 19th, 2010 at 10:19am Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced he is taking bond rating firm Moody’s Investor Service to court to force it to explain how it decided to give its highest ratings to subprime mortgage-backed securities that ruined investors and caused the government to [...]

In the right hands, an audit, done correctly, can be a powerful tool for the attorney and the homeowner. However, an audit done by an inexperienced attorney or homeowner can cause more harm than good.