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WANT A GOOD LAUGH?...Dozens OF Financial Institutions Are Being Sued By The Federal Government!!!

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WANT A GOOD LAUGH?WANT A GOOD LAUGH?...Dozens of Financial Institutions Are Being Sued By The Federal Government!!!

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking unspecified compensation, claiming that these institutions knowingly peddled shoddy deals without informing the investors of the questionable paper....

AND:

"Securities and Exchange Commission officials are trying to make it easier on themselves to hold more individuals responsible for wrongdoing during the financial crisis.

In a major shift from the agency's traditional enforcement strategy, the SEC could file more civil cases in which defendants are accused of negligence only, rather than harder-to-prove charges of intentional wrongdoing or recklessness, according to SEC officials.

 

In the past, the SEC sometimes persuaded individuals to agree to narrow negligence charges in order to settle the case, rather than fight the agency in court over more-serious allegations, according to defense lawyers."

This action comes after how many years of suffering and loss of income, jobs, homes and retirement savings of the average American???.....WANT A GOOD LAUGH?

This is outlandish, in that the fraud is now going on in the actions of the FHFA and the rest of those in government who came up with this lawsuit which does nothing to identify exactly who was responsible! ...nor does it intend to take any action of significance to make the people, who lost so much, whole in any way!

So, pardon me while I chuckle a little bit, no laugh at the folly of it all!

Just what does the Federal Government intend to do, really? NOTHING!

IF IT WEREN'T SO BAD, I WOULD LAUGH!Right now there are Billions of dollars being literally thrown at "Green" companies that can't find their way in the dark-- or the light....failing companies that don't merit the money to try to survive, especially when the government knows they won't last!!

So, the money goes into a black hole---all the while the poor homeowner still suffers from the damage done to the housing market from the fraud perpetrated by huge financial institutions!!!---And the money that was set aside for the homeowner who was put at risk from all the bad loans that were given to people whoIF I DIDN'T LAUGH, I WOULD CRY! could not afford a home???

Why, that money is still there--not having been spent, because no one knows how to use it to help out the suffering homeowners!!! No, the homeowners who were given the bad loans are long gone---those houses were the first to be foreclosed upon and the individuals who were given those bad loans have moved on--into complete and utter poverty, homeless-ness or even worse!!!

We are now on the 2nd and 3rd wave of defaults in the aftershock of this fraud--Now qualified homeowners, who were ok in the beginning, are starting to feel the effects of the massive mortgage fraud. They have lost all equity and in most cases are now THE THIRD WAVE OF LOSSES IS UPON USunderwater---no chance to sell their home if they need to; and no money if they do manage to sell it!That money won't be used either, in my opinion--it will probably just go back into the coffers of the banks even though it makes the bank bailout look even worse in the eyes of those who lost the most......I WOULD LAUGH IF IT WEREN'T SO SAD!

 

What do you  think about this travesty??? I would love to hear what you think about the charade that is going on right now within our government.

 

 

Mike Morrison
Will & Will Real Estate Brokers, The Woodlands, Texas - Houston, TX

Using FHFA's logic, why is FHFA not suing itself for fraud?

Sep 30, 2011 04:36 AM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

It borders on insanity but is predictable...you start an investigation and you find out that the government butler did it.....too much...good post and host Paula

Sep 30, 2011 05:14 AM
Robert Smith
Preview Properties, PC - http://www.RealEstateMich.com - Brighton, MI
SRES, Search for Homes Brighton-Howell-SE Michigan

Uh, oh. If the banks are successfully sued it will probably mean our monthly ATM fees will be $10 instead of a measly $5.  <tongue firmly in cheek>

Sep 30, 2011 06:55 AM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons

Mike: Good question!!!

Richie: The butler did it??? I didn't know that! Thanks for telling me....(that's is the way the govt views us---stupid!!!)

Robert: Yes--and they will probably start charging us for using our debit cards! ...Oh, just a minute! They WILL be doing that January 1, 2012!!

Sep 30, 2011 07:01 AM
Bob Marsh
Warm Weather Real Estate - Mesa, AZ
480-529-2936, Warm Weather Real Estate

We (United States) give them all that bail out money, and now we sue them to get it back?

Sep 30, 2011 07:18 AM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons

Bob: Ludicrous, isn't it?

Sep 30, 2011 08:33 AM
Todd & Devona Garrigus
Garrigus Real Estate - Beaumont, CA
Broker / REALTORS®

Paula,

Its so absurd I don't even know what to think anymore! This is an amazing post. I am reblogging it.

Sep 30, 2011 09:12 AM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons

Garrigus: It is absurd! ...and there is no rhyme or reason as to why these institutions don't want to take the full letter of the law to prosecute the wrong doers!!!

Sep 30, 2011 09:29 AM
Doug Bullwinkel
E Mortgage Capital, Inc. NMLS 1416824 - Roseville, CA
Mortgage Loan Officer NMLS #281609

This has been the biggest heist in the history of our country and it's all been right in front of our eyes. 

Sep 30, 2011 09:38 AM
Charles Stallions
Charles Stallions Real Estate Services - Pensacola, FL
850-476-4494 - Pensacola, Pace or Gulf Breeze, Fl.

Wells Fargo has bailout money to pay back any penalties that they may be fined. The people need to sue Congress, TAR AND FEATHER would be better.

Sep 30, 2011 09:53 AM
Bill Gillhespy
16 Sunview Blvd - Fort Myers Beach, FL
Fort Myers Beach Realtor, Fort Myers Beach Agent - Homes & Condos

Hi Paula,  Anyone who doesn't understand the sheer gravity of this mess should be assigned to work with one of the many distressed homeowners getting bent over by these bastards !

Sep 30, 2011 11:08 AM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons

Doug: You are so right! The nerve and the arrogance of the big financial institutions is beyond anything I have ever seen....

Charles: Interesting how WF can still claim money left from the bailout! NO one ever contemplated the outcome of giving these bad loans out like candy! I can remember sitting in a meeting in 2005 when the topic turned to what was going to happen when these bad loans with low rates and long ARMS matured---the consensus was: "Let the banks worry about it--they are the ones who will take the losses"!!! Well, here we are, almost 7 years later and not one bank was soaked by the bad loans--no, it was the average homeowner and the investor who got the soaking!!!

Bill: You bet!! I am all for making the banks work with the homeowner, hand in hand until they get the whole mess fixed....why not? Make them sit with them, cry with them, scrape by with them and suffer like they are right now! A program like that might make a difference in the long run---but I doubt it could ever be accomplished. No, the banks can just close their doors and hang up the phone from the calls and the attempts to get help....The appearance that they were doing something to help was a bald faced lie--just as much a fraud as the original shenanigans that put homeowners in jeopardy in the first place!!!

 

 

 

Sep 30, 2011 11:30 AM
Robert L. Brown
www.mrbrownsellsgr.com - Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids Real Estate Bellabay Realty, West Mic

It's an inexcusable mess and like it was said above the good buyers are caught up in the same mess. Wouldn't it be nice if it could separate the two?

Sep 30, 2011 11:47 AM
Lisa Wetzel
RE/MAX Realty Affiliates - Carson City, NV
CDPE, SFR carsonvalleyland.com

This is nothing short of amazing but ... when the government is involved, what else can we expect? It seems its perfectly logical for them to do what every they want, regardless who it effects and how much it costs!

Sep 30, 2011 12:29 PM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons

Robert: It, meaning the bad loan mess is encompassing every bit of reale state---there is no way for the falling equity to NOT affect everything real estate, even commercial!

David: ...and we all know that to get a loan is an impossible dream right now, right??? I wonder  how long it will take for the banks to realize that you can only mess with the public's pockbook so much before the public starts looking for alternatives...private financing is the order of the day here right now.

Lisa: You said a mouthful there! We can think it is all a big mess because the govt is involved but that is what the banks want us to think---they are only concerned with their bottom line---the public be damned!  

Sep 30, 2011 01:22 PM
MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years
Oh if only more of the real crooks would get what they deserve.
Sep 30, 2011 05:21 PM
John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN
Phil Leng
Retired - Kirkland, WA
Phil Leng - Retired

Hi Paula,

The worst way to accomplish anything is to put the government in charge of it.

This present administration believes the opposite, so inept government intrusion will continue to escalate, while the mess, which could have been solved 2 years ago, just continues to get worse.

Phil

Sep 30, 2011 11:29 PM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons

Michelle: I doubt that the real perps will get any thing other than a slap on the hand..."it's too much trouble for the SEC and other parts of the govt to go after" according to certain spokes-persons of these ineffective institutions.

John: I did too! There is more: Now the banks are spending more and more of their time suing the former owners of foreclosed homes to pay up---the difference between what was owed and what the short sale brought in is being sought through deficiency judgments! ...and they are not letting up; they will track you down until they get everything you have to cover the difference, according to a report today in the WSJ.

Sep 30, 2011 11:54 PM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons

Phil: You better believe it! The way the govt is acting at the moment is going to go down in history as the most incompetent administration in history---there is nothing except the killing of Osama BIn Laden and Al Awlaki yesterday that will be shown to be effective in the these 4 years---and even that is being questioned now because Al Awlaki was an American!!!

Sep 30, 2011 11:59 PM