Black hat foreclosure has been an accepted practice since 2006? Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
As Florida’s top prosecutor continues to investigate the state’s law firms for improper foreclosure work, a report has surfaced showing Fannie Mae was warned in 2006 of abuses in the way lenders and their law firms handled foreclosures, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The fraud-closure problem that’s been snow-balling could have been minimized, if only the government paid attention to documented reports!
This internal report, produced years before regulators began investigating the mortgage industry’s practices, said Florida foreclosure attorneys “routinely made” false statements in court attempting to process foreclosures more quickly.
The report said Fannie Mae officials “believe foreclosure counsel are sacrificing accuracy for speed” but did not name any firms, the Journal said.
How ironic that the government has essentially known of the fraudulent, illegal practices of banks and the mortgage industry for five years, and is still trying to fix these catastrophic wrongs. Essentially, this equates to fraud, perpetuated by the idea that you can privatize profits and socialize losses.
And apparently this is what you get when the fox is asked to clean up the hen house.
It is also interesting to note that after the government took complete control of Freddie and Fannie in 2008 amid soaring loan losses, Florida foreclosure filings soared to unprecedented levels. This report proves that the government is to blame for our real estate debacle as much, if not more, than the banks who have taken the brunt of America’s scorn for years.
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