Saturday, May 14, 2011

Feds Reviewed Only 100 Foreclosure Files in Servicer Whitewash

From Naked Capitalism website:

We were already very unhappy about the fact that the review was conducted on 2800 mortgage files across 14 servicers and there seemed to be no scientific process for how the cases were selected. The GAO signaled it had reservations about the exercise. And no wonder. Not only was it a garbage-in, garbage out process (whether the borrowers were delinquent was based on the servicers’ say so, not any analysis to see if the fees, charges, and applications of payments were in compliance with the law and the various agreements), it effectively said pretty much all foreclosures were warranted when it looked at only 100 completed foreclosures:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said in a Senate committee hearing this week that these reviews will be a major issue. The investigation conducted by the OCC and the Fed included a review of just 100 foreclosure files.

No wonder Bair felt compelled to distance herself from this regulatory theater. It isn’t just pathetic, it’s the regulators thumbing their noses at the public.

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