[urbanrealtor]

[quote=bubba99]Yes, I think this is a real problem. For centuries, all property records were kept at the local county recorders office. With MERS, that all ended. The notion of a Trust Deed that gave title to a property or (loan on a property) is forever clouded. In the “old days” the paper deed was kept at the bank and returned to the homeowner when the note was paid. The county had all the appropriate records recorded in their “books”

But that “paper” never existed for many of the note resale’s under MERS. There very well could be multiple people who believe they own a note on a particular property – MERS is the only record. The original trust deed lost forever.

The county would charge a recording fee each time a title was changed or encumbered. But not under MERS, the funds were never paid the changes never record, but the fore closers want the counties to enforce their implied claim anyhow.

I suppose that title companies could just insure the hell out of a sale until the claims forced another AIG type of bailout We are in for a long ride.[/quote]

Okay you are conflating 2 or more things here.

1)
The deed defines who owns a property.
It is almost always recorded (though it can be enforceable without recordation).

2)
A note is a private contract between a lender and a borrower.
It is not generally recorded and may be re-sold.

3):
A trust deed defines the consequences for violating the note.
Technically, it creates a trust where the borrower is a trustor, who entrust a trustee (of the note holder’s choosing), to keep a copy of the trust deed.
If certain circumstances (defined in the trust deed) are met (like the borrower stops paying for a year) that trustee is entrusted to a) hold an auction for the property and b) turn the property over to the beneficiary of the trust (the lender) if nobody buys the property at the auction.
It is recorded but only kicks in if certain conditions are met.

None of these things has ever changed.

What has changed is that the note (the private lending contracts) have been securitized and re-sold and such (sometimes without a proper trail). The problem with MERS is that it hires itself out as a database and clearinghouse for notes with itself listed as nominee for all the banks.
Therefore if Wells sells a note to ABC fund (both of whom have MERS as their nominee), then it is really sold from MERS to MERS and the transaction only exists in their records.
Also, the physical notes (which is supposed to be the final record of the ownership of debt) get all screwed up because of sloppy acquisitions and record keeping.

Here is an example of the selling of these notes:
My client took out a loan with an outfit called 123Loan.com (or something equally retarded).
This lender (which consisted of 10 employees and 1 small office) was a correspondent lender for First Franklin (that is where a small lender underwrites loans with an agreement from a big bank to buy them as soon as they are originated–generally based on the big bank’s underwriting standards).
First Franklin was swallowed by Merrill Lynch.
Merrill Lynch was crammed down the throat of BofA.
Therefore, when I was negotiating the short sale, I was dealing with a BofA negotiator.

For an example of bad record keeping for physical notes, here is a good write up that the late Tanta did in 2007.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2007/11/deutsche-bank-fc-problems-and-revenge.html

The paragraph starting with “well, there’s a big problem” is the one that you need most.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=bubba99]Yes, I think this is a real problem. For centuries, all property records were kept at the local county recorders office. With MERS, that all ended. The notion of a Trust Deed that gave title to a property or (loan on a property) is forever clouded. In the “old days” the paper deed was kept at the bank and returned to the homeowner when the note was paid. The county had all the appropriate records recorded in their “books”

But that “paper” never existed for many of the note resale’s under MERS. There very well could be multiple people who believe they own a note on a particular property – MERS is the only record. The original trust deed lost forever.

The county would charge a recording fee each time a title was changed or encumbered. But not under MERS, the funds were never paid the changes never record, but the fore closers want the counties to enforce their implied claim anyhow.

I suppose that title companies could just insure the hell out of a sale until the claims forced another AIG type of bailout We are in for a long ride.[/quote]

Okay you are conflating 2 or more things here.

1)
The deed defines who owns a property.
It is almost always recorded (though it can be enforceable without recordation).

2)
A note is a private contract between a lender and a borrower.
It is not generally recorded and may be re-sold.

3):
A trust deed defines the consequences for violating the note.
Technically, it creates a trust where the borrower is a trustor, who entrust a trustee (of the note holder’s choosing), to keep a copy of the trust deed.
If certain circumstances (defined in the trust deed) are met (like the borrower stops paying for a year) that trustee is entrusted to a) hold an auction for the property and b) turn the property over to the beneficiary of the trust (the lender) if nobody buys the property at the auction.
It is recorded but only kicks in if certain conditions are met.

None of these things has ever changed.

What has changed is that the note (the private lending contracts) have been securitized and re-sold and such (sometimes without a proper trail). The problem with MERS is that it hires itself out as a database and clearinghouse for notes with itself listed as nominee for all the banks.
Therefore if Wells sells a note to ABC fund (both of whom have MERS as their nominee), then it is really sold from MERS to MERS and the transaction only exists in their records.
Also, the physical notes (which is supposed to be the final record of the ownership of debt) get all screwed up because of sloppy acquisitions and record keeping.

Here is an example of the selling of these notes:
My client took out a loan with an outfit called 123Loan.com (or something equally retarded).
This lender (which consisted of 10 employees and 1 small office) was a correspondent lender for First Franklin (that is where a small lender underwrites loans with an agreement from a big bank to buy them as soon as they are originated–generally based on the big bank’s underwriting standards).
First Franklin was swallowed by Merrill Lynch.
Merrill Lynch was crammed down the throat of BofA.
Therefore, when I was negotiating the short sale, I was dealing with a BofA negotiator.

For an example of bad record keeping for physical notes, here is a good write up that the late Tanta did in 2007.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2007/11/deutsche-bank-fc-problems-and-revenge.html

The paragraph starting with “well, there’s a big problem” is the one that you need most.

[urbanrealtor]

Fair question.
The mortgage is a security interest, not an ownership interest.
That’s why a lender can’t evict you prior to taking the property.
The ability to accept payoff or approve a short sale is the sole prerogative of the servicer, not the note-holder.
The note-holder (be it a hedge-fund or fannie mae) may have published requirements for servicer approval or may have the right to review it prior to servicer issuance of the approval but the letter of payoff and approval (aka the demand) is issued from the servicer.

If it turned out that was done in error (eg: the servicing contract had been cancelled or the payoff figure was wrong), then that is when title insurance kicks in.
Every deal done through an escrow company in California uses title insurance (with very few exceptions).
The attorneys for the title company would make a deal with whomever claimed a color of title.
Basically, the nature of the note being a surety interest and not a title interest, adds an extra layer of unlikeliness to that concern.
Its unlikely (though remotely possible) to ever be an issue for a buyer or seller.

[urbanrealtor]

Fair question.
The mortgage is a security interest, not an ownership interest.
That’s why a lender can’t evict you prior to taking the property.
The ability to accept payoff or approve a short sale is the sole prerogative of the servicer, not the note-holder.
The note-holder (be it a hedge-fund or fannie mae) may have published requirements for servicer approval or may have the right to review it prior to servicer issuance of the approval but the letter of payoff and approval (aka the demand) is issued from the servicer.

If it turned out that was done in error (eg: the servicing contract had been cancelled or the payoff figure was wrong), then that is when title insurance kicks in.
Every deal done through an escrow company in California uses title insurance (with very few exceptions).
The attorneys for the title company would make a deal with whomever claimed a color of title.
Basically, the nature of the note being a surety interest and not a title interest, adds an extra layer of unlikeliness to that concern.
Its unlikely (though remotely possible) to ever be an issue for a buyer or seller.

[urbanrealtor]

Fair question.
The mortgage is a security interest, not an ownership interest.
That’s why a lender can’t evict you prior to taking the property.
The ability to accept payoff or approve a short sale is the sole prerogative of the servicer, not the note-holder.
The note-holder (be it a hedge-fund or fannie mae) may have published requirements for servicer approval or may have the right to review it prior to servicer issuance of the approval but the letter of payoff and approval (aka the demand) is issued from the servicer.

If it turned out that was done in error (eg: the servicing contract had been cancelled or the payoff figure was wrong), then that is when title insurance kicks in.
Every deal done through an escrow company in California uses title insurance (with very few exceptions).
The attorneys for the title company would make a deal with whomever claimed a color of title.
Basically, the nature of the note being a surety interest and not a title interest, adds an extra layer of unlikeliness to that concern.
Its unlikely (though remotely possible) to ever be an issue for a buyer or seller.

[urbanrealtor]

Fair question.
The mortgage is a security interest, not an ownership interest.
That’s why a lender can’t evict you prior to taking the property.
The ability to accept payoff or approve a short sale is the sole prerogative of the servicer, not the note-holder.
The note-holder (be it a hedge-fund or fannie mae) may have published requirements for servicer approval or may have the right to review it prior to servicer issuance of the approval but the letter of payoff and approval (aka the demand) is issued from the servicer.

If it turned out that was done in error (eg: the servicing contract had been cancelled or the payoff figure was wrong), then that is when title insurance kicks in.
Every deal done through an escrow company in California uses title insurance (with very few exceptions).
The attorneys for the title company would make a deal with whomever claimed a color of title.
Basically, the nature of the note being a surety interest and not a title interest, adds an extra layer of unlikeliness to that concern.
Its unlikely (though remotely possible) to ever be an issue for a buyer or seller.

[urbanrealtor]

Fair question.
The mortgage is a security interest, not an ownership interest.
That’s why a lender can’t evict you prior to taking the property.
The ability to accept payoff or approve a short sale is the sole prerogative of the servicer, not the note-holder.
The note-holder (be it a hedge-fund or fannie mae) may have published requirements for servicer approval or may have the right to review it prior to servicer issuance of the approval but the letter of payoff and approval (aka the demand) is issued from the servicer.

If it turned out that was done in error (eg: the servicing contract had been cancelled or the payoff figure was wrong), then that is when title insurance kicks in.
Every deal done through an escrow company in California uses title insurance (with very few exceptions).
The attorneys for the title company would make a deal with whomever claimed a color of title.
Basically, the nature of the note being a surety interest and not a title interest, adds an extra layer of unlikeliness to that concern.
Its unlikely (though remotely possible) to ever be an issue for a buyer or seller.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=tiny tim]IT’S FUNNY YOU DON’T COMMENT ON ANY OF THE CORE FACTS OF THE DISCUSSION.

UNCORK YOUR EARS AND LISTEN.[/quote]

UNLOCK YOUR CAPS AND CLARIFY THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=tiny tim]IT’S FUNNY YOU DON’T COMMENT ON ANY OF THE CORE FACTS OF THE DISCUSSION.

UNCORK YOUR EARS AND LISTEN.[/quote]

UNLOCK YOUR CAPS AND CLARIFY THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=tiny tim]IT’S FUNNY YOU DON’T COMMENT ON ANY OF THE CORE FACTS OF THE DISCUSSION.

UNCORK YOUR EARS AND LISTEN.[/quote]

UNLOCK YOUR CAPS AND CLARIFY THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=tiny tim]IT’S FUNNY YOU DON’T COMMENT ON ANY OF THE CORE FACTS OF THE DISCUSSION.

UNCORK YOUR EARS AND LISTEN.[/quote]

UNLOCK YOUR CAPS AND CLARIFY THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=tiny tim]IT’S FUNNY YOU DON’T COMMENT ON ANY OF THE CORE FACTS OF THE DISCUSSION.

UNCORK YOUR EARS AND LISTEN.[/quote]

UNLOCK YOUR CAPS AND CLARIFY THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=CONCHO]As with the present, I don’t see conspiracy, I just see idiocy and greed.

If more than one person is involved, if the parties plan and agree to a course of action, it is a conspiracy. Look up the word. con for together/with, spire, from respire, “to breathe.” It basically means, “to breath the same air.”

The US media has very effectively conditioned the public to laugh at or dismiss anything that the word “conspiracy” is attached to. If conspiracies don’t exist, then neither does the mafia, the drug cartels, etc…[/quote]
Taking that broad of a definition of the term is just plain dumb. By that definition, my loan officer and I are “conspiring” to sell houses. Connotation matters as much as denotation.
Seriously, I have yet to see an explanation of a the a Fed that denotes or suggests an extralegal or criminal conspiracy (which is what Griffin was connoting).

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=CONCHO]As with the present, I don’t see conspiracy, I just see idiocy and greed.

If more than one person is involved, if the parties plan and agree to a course of action, it is a conspiracy. Look up the word. con for together/with, spire, from respire, “to breathe.” It basically means, “to breath the same air.”

The US media has very effectively conditioned the public to laugh at or dismiss anything that the word “conspiracy” is attached to. If conspiracies don’t exist, then neither does the mafia, the drug cartels, etc…[/quote]
Taking that broad of a definition of the term is just plain dumb. By that definition, my loan officer and I are “conspiring” to sell houses. Connotation matters as much as denotation.
Seriously, I have yet to see an explanation of a the a Fed that denotes or suggests an extralegal or criminal conspiracy (which is what Griffin was connoting).

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=CONCHO]As with the present, I don’t see conspiracy, I just see idiocy and greed.

If more than one person is involved, if the parties plan and agree to a course of action, it is a conspiracy. Look up the word. con for together/with, spire, from respire, “to breathe.” It basically means, “to breath the same air.”

The US media has very effectively conditioned the public to laugh at or dismiss anything that the word “conspiracy” is attached to. If conspiracies don’t exist, then neither does the mafia, the drug cartels, etc…[/quote]
Taking that broad of a definition of the term is just plain dumb. By that definition, my loan officer and I are “conspiring” to sell houses. Connotation matters as much as denotation.
Seriously, I have yet to see an explanation of a the a Fed that denotes or suggests an extralegal or criminal conspiracy (which is what Griffin was connoting).

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