The mortgage lenders who have turned their avoidance of the Obama administration’s modification initiatives into a game of catch-me-if-you-can are starting to feel the heat. Deciding the courts do not have enough lawsuits in the pipeline, some bankruptcy judges are giving scorned borrowers their very own Jerry Springer moment.
An Arizona woman, Bobbi Giguere, who submitted the paperwork Wells Fargo requested to process her modification application three times and received virtually nothing but radio silence in return was given the opportunity to question a senior vice president at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Servicing, Joseph Ohayon, in court. And, much like Springer, people in this case have a hard time telling the truth until they are face-to-face with the other party.
Under preliminary questioning by one of the bank’s lawyers, Mr. Ohayon stated that Mrs. Giguere had repeatedly failed to provide a financial worksheet, a critical document in processing a loan modification.
Under cross-examination by Mrs. Giguere (who had a little assistance from Judge Haines), the bank’s defense withered. From her files, Mrs. Giguere produced a letter from Wells Fargo describing the paperwork that she needed to file for a loan modification. In the witness chair, Mr. Ohayon read the letter.
“Mrs. Giguere is right,” Mr. Ohayon concluded. “The letter did not ask for a financial worksheet.”
Sadly for Mrs. Giguere, the hearing ended much the same way as a Springer episode- with her exposing Wells Fargo for blatantly lying, Wells Fargo looking a bit foolish but walking away scot-free, and the judge reminding everybody ’till next time, take care of yourself and each other’.
Judges’ Frustration Grows With Mortgage Servicers [NYT]
UBS sucks.
Insightful.
Greg,
I am going to bring you decaf this morning and tell you its regular.
-Not Jeff Macke but a fan of his work
Original article notes that there were several refis to pay credit cards off. She hasn’t made a full mortgage payment since last November.
Seems a little ballsy to complain about paperwork not showing up on time.
NS – you are well on your way to achieveing your goal.
Good play baby! Solid work on the picture greggers!
even i’m smarter than greg!
#7, no you are not.
Greg Fan
Excellent pic Greg! This is probably one of your best combos.
–Now turn Jerry off and go back to trolling Bloomberg for non-stories.
@8 – You are the black swan of dealbreaker…now get that tar off your feathers…not even Greg is a Greg fan.
Gregdonkey,
HeeHaw! I haven’t even read this post. It just looks so damn boring. Zzzzzz. Zzzzzz. Try to put a little less Greg in your work next time champ. Have fun on Fire Island this weekend!
-Ted Nugent
Who quants a Fresca?
“Hey Greg, tell me how my ass tastes!”
Shaq
Greg, I’m going to replace the buttons on your sportcoat with slightly larger ones, so they’ll no longer fit through the buttonholes.
-Jeff Macke
@13 – Like Meredith Whitney…what you been up to?
Dare I say it out loud – this was a decent post. I was amused, it had some relevance (WF), picture related to the humor wrapped into the story line.
Then again, the one-eyed man is king in the land of the blind. I’ve got nothing else going on at the moment that is even remotely interesting.
TC – Seriously…let’s play that stupid sentence game, I’ll start:
“It was the Friday before Labor Day and all was well at Dealbreaker until…”
Macke, that’s fiendishly diabolical.
@17
….until… Bess discovered that Greg had been breaking into her private stash at which point she stapled Greg to the wall, drapped a collie suit over him, and invited DK over for some “fun and games”.
Greggy! Greggy! Greggy! Greggy!
For mortgage companies like Wells Fargo, modification interferes with sham foreclosure, FLIPPING fraud, and false IRS 1099-A’s! Some foreclosure cases (some Wells Fargo’s) which lack proof of owning the note are NOT errors (increasing cases are dismissed by courts). INTENTIONAL false ones (some under defunct mortgage names) often includes illegal fees in excess of “Acceleration Clauses,” make it even harder to pay arrears, and people become evicted despite those SEIZURES WERE NOT LAWFUL. Lawsuits for “Unfair Debt Collection Practices” fetch even more S$ for lawyers. PROOF@
*www.lawgrace.org/2008/08/08/my-august-8-2008-statement-to-the-louisiana-secretary-of-state-office-of-financial-institutions-concerning-wells-fargo-irs-and-mortgage-frauds-sham-foreclosures-and-judicial-collusion-and-national-app/
*www.lawgrace.org/2008/09/14/lehman-brothers%E2%80%99-mortgage-troubles-nationally-evidence-of-foreclosure-fraud-deception-and-conspiracy-with-wells-fargo-deceptive-judicial-filings/
I own a condo and have an outstanding balance of $140k, consisting of $104k primary and $36k secondary. I took the home equity to consolidate debts. At the time the property was valued at $163k but now it is valued at $134k. I’m looking to sell because i am engaged and will be moving into my fiancee’s home. Check http://www.obamamortgagerelief.org/. If I have a buyer who offers me within say $5-7k of the outstanding, can i agree to assume a loan on the residual and pay the bank the difference over time with interest? The same bank holds both mortgages.
Mr. President why are the banking,and loan company not making loans as you promised they would do for the american people we are all hurting and not getting any help. Time for them to answer to you for not helping us the little people that keep them in business, maybe we should boycott their business. Check http://www.obamamortgagerelief.org/.
@22 tell the bank to stuff it. you should sit down and negotiate with them. tell them they will accept what the buyer is paying, less $5k that you will take for your troubles to go away.