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Saxon Fails as mortgage servicer and SaxonWatch.com begins oversight

Written by Timothy Blake on January 13, 2009 under Risk Management

Earlier we wrote the article “F-rated Saxon Mortgage and calls from 800-594-8422 annoy homeowner” as seen here. Even after talking to Saxon Mortgage and parent company Morgan Stanley, Saxon Mortgage continues to call homeowners, even after the house payment was made. The company claims they are again offering a service. Specifically Saxon is giving the homeowner the ability to pay by Western Union. I’m not sure about Saxon, their attention to detail, or their ability to act like a professional organization as opposed to a predatory mortgage servicer.

Discover Card, Goldfish, Marbles are warning signs for U.S. banks

Written by Timothy Blake on December 03, 2007 under Archives, Economic Impact, International, Lenders, Risk Management

If the U.K. truly is a window to the future of U.S. economics the credit card industry must be on edge. Discover Card said this morning that it would take a charge to write off part of its Goldfish credit card business in Britain, where consumer credit has deteriorated. HSBC recently said they wanted to sell their Marbles credit card operation. Common sense tells us that credit cards will begin to sour, as did mortgages. On a related note, analysts finally admitted the so-called ‘subprime’ crisis is not related entirely to people with spotty credit.

Watchdog calls for coordinated mortgage complaint database

Written by Timothy Blake on November 28, 2007 under Archives, Government Positions, Opinion, Risk Management

State Division of Banking offices examine the soundness and lending practices of licensed mortgage companies and are designed to prevent unscrupulous lenders and brokers from taking advantage of consumers. Watchdog organization Household – HSBC Watch called for a national database that would enable all states to coordinate data and perform trend analysis. “If an examiner sends a problem to a state Attorney General the AG’s office should be able to immediately see if the problem exists in the other 50 states” said the group.

Barclays and HSBC manage to lose $6 billion

Written by Timothy Blake on November 15, 2007 under Adjustables (ARMs), Archives, Economic Impact, Outside the U.S., Risk Management

Barclays and HSBC are on different ends of the mortgage crisis but between them they lost $6 billion from their exposure to the U.S. housing crisis and related credit crunch. HSBC lost money because of U.S. mortgages going bad, and Barclays lost money because of collateralized debt obligations (CDO’s) based on U.S. mortgages. The process of putting together a mortgage pool begins when a home loan is originated by a bank or mortgage lender. That loan is typically sold to a Wall Street firm that pools it with thousands of others. Once a pool is packaged, it is sold to investors in different slices, based on risk. That is the CDO.

Federal ruling stops foreclosures as bank can’t prove ownership

Written by Timothy Blake on November 15, 2007 under Archives, Government Positions, Investors, Lawsuits, Risk Management

Pooling of home loans into securities has been going on for decades and helped increase real estate prices in recent years as investors sought higher yields that such mortgage trusts could provide. Some $6.5 trillion of securitized mortgage debt was outstanding at the end of 2006. Mortgages are recorded in the MERS system. It seems the system is causing problems relating to true ownership of the properties.

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