Archive for July, 2009

New Troubles For A Troubled Washington Mortgage Plan. Snap.

July 18, 2009

As the Obama administration attempts to turn around the beleaguered Hope for Homeowners program to fight foreclosures, it faces a nettlesome new headache. The primary lender involved is under investigation by the Department of Justice. snap. Senior federal housing officials say that of 51 loans made under the program, 50 were made by Melville, N.Y.-based [...]

Tags:
Posted in Today's News 4 Comments »

Why Won’t My Mortgage Company Help Me?

July 17, 2009

With President Obama’s recently released Housing Rescue Plan, the pressure is on to stop the foreclosure crisis, but making that happen will require the cooperation of lenders. So clearly it won’t happen. Related Reading: reddit_url = http://chasehomefinancesucks.com/2009/07/17/consumer-alerts-top-stories-voice-of-democracy-wheres-the-outrage-your-money-search-browse-home-featured-top-stories-wheres-the-outrage-why-won/;reddit_title = Why+Won%27t+My+Mortgage+Company+Help+Me%3F;reddit_newwindow=’1′;yahooBuzzArticleHeadline=Why+Won%27t+My+Mortgage+Company+Help+Me%3F;yahooBuzzArticleId=http://chasehomefinancesucks.com/2009/07/17/consumer-alerts-top-stories-voice-of-democracy-wheres-the-outrage-your-money-search-browse-home-featured-top-stories-wheres-the-outrage-why-won/;Share

Posted in Today's News No Comments »

JPMorgan Chase Profits Soar 36%

July 17, 2009

Net profit for the second quarter totalled $2.72bn (£1.6bn), an increase of 36% on the same period last year. Revenues at the company rose 41% to a record $27.7bn. Its results come two days after rival Goldman Sachs reported a $3.44bn second quarter profit. Also this was one day after they received my mortgage payment. [...]

Tags:
Posted in Today's News No Comments »

Chase: More Month Than Money?

July 8, 2009

The banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. and some regional banks, are trying to pressure lawmakers to end the impasse by warning that, after Friday, they won’t accept IOUs issued by the state. The move would leave many businesses and families with pieces of [...]

Tags:
Posted in Today's News No Comments »

Got Class Action Lawsuit?

July 8, 2009

We can do this 1. Numerosity – enough plaintiffs to make class action an efficeint way to handle the claim. 2. Commonality – common issues of fact and law for each claimant 3. Adequacy of Class Rep – the person who is the class representatitve needs to have claims that are the same as the [...]

Tags:
Posted in Lawsuits 9 Comments »

JP Morgan – 25 Billion – What!

July 8, 2009

JPMorgan said it had returned $25 billion, with interest, to the government — money that the bank’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, has said it never needed in the first place. What about all the other money they have received. When the Feds suck up 25 billion and you get a bank. PLEASE! Related Reading: reddit_url [...]

Tags:
Posted in Today's News No Comments »

JPMorgan Continues To Pay Dividends

July 8, 2009

Of course TARP isn’t the only form of taxpayer subsidy that has benefited Dimon’s bank. The Fed absorbed $29 billion of Bear Stearns’ toxic assets as part of its acquisition by Chase. They also got a sweet deal on WaMu, which was seized by FDIC and handed to Chase on a silver platter. More importanly, [...]

Posted in Today's News No Comments »

HUD Is In Charge of 1,035,322,485 Things.

July 7, 2009

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced that HUD is approving plans submitted by state housing finance agencies for $1,035,322,485 to jump start affordable housing programs in states throughout the country that are currently stalled due to the economic recession. Funded through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), HUD’s [...]

Posted in Today's News No Comments »

$10 Billion (more) To Do Your Job

July 7, 2009

Aurora Loan Services, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase will receive payment from the government for each loan modification they process. To further entice mortgage companies to participate, the government is offering payments totaling up to $10 billion to compensate them for the risk of falling home prices. Mr. President, Why pay a company more for [...]

Posted in Today's News No Comments »

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes
10 visitors online now
3 guests, 7 bots, 0 members
Max visitors today: 15 at 11:31 am UTC
This month: 35 at 09-05-2010 10:37 pm UTC
This year: 70 at 05-29-2010 03:47 am UTC
All time: 70 at 05-29-2010 03:47 am UTC