The idea that “robo-signers” may have dashed off thousands of foreclosures without verifying them is unsettling enough. But underlying many of those claims is a deeper legal question, one that challenges the validity of a key tool of the modern mortgage industry.

Tagged with: Foreclosures Mortgages robo-signing

The attorneys general of all 50 states and the District of Columbia have banded together to investigate the practice of “robo-signing” and other concerns that have arisen about banks and mortgage processing firms.

Tagged with: attorneys general Banks Foreclosures mortgage robo-signing

MIAMI — Three weeks before the election, anger over tainted home foreclosure documents is bursting into the battle for control of Congress, especially in hard-hit states such as Nevada and Florida. Democrats in tight races in the worst housing markets ...

Tagged with: attorneys general election Foreclosures moratorium Mortgages robo-signing

New York is joining the rest of the nation in a bipartisan mortgage foreclosure working group being led by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. It is part of a coordinated national effort by states to review the practice ...

Tagged with: attorneys general foreclosure Mortgages New York State robo-signing

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller on Wednesday unveiled the details of the multi-state mortgage foreclosure working group created to review the practice of “robo-signing” and other issues that have arisen against banks and mortgage processing firms.

Tagged with: Banks Foreclosures Mortgages review robo-signing

New York is calling on any and all banks involved in so-called “robo-signing” procedures to immediately suspend all foreclosure actions in the state. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said his office ...

Tagged with: Attorney General Banks Foreclosures Mortgages robo-signing