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October 2, 2012 — The National Mortgage Settlement Servicing Standards Are In Effect

By Ahmad Sulaiman / October 10, 2012

As of October 2, the servicing standards included in the National Mortgage Settlement went into effect. This means that the […]

By Ahmad Sulaiman / October 9, 2012

A client recently notified me that the Illinois Attorney General is sending out notices to Illinois homeowners regarding the National

By Ahmad Sulaiman / October 2, 2012

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a highly effective regulator. It has obviously been spending some significant time investigating credit

By Ahmad Sulaiman / October 1, 2012

If you’ve been paying attention to local news lately, you may have heard that Chicago’s real estate market has finally

By Ahmad Sulaiman / September 28, 2012

It finally happened. After several disappointing decisions, the Appellate Court of Illinois has finally released a foreclosure-related opinion that I

By Ahmad Sulaiman / September 27, 2012

A study recently conducted by economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Columbia Business School, the University of Chicago,

By Ahmad Sulaiman / September 27, 2012

The FHFA, which is the agency that oversees Fannie and Freddie, has proposed a mortgage surcharge for five states —

By Ahmad Sulaiman / September 25, 2012

It wasn’t too long ago that the CFPB forced Capital One to refund $210 million to its customers for misleading them about

By Ahmad Sulaiman / September 20, 2012

Last week, the Chicago Tribune ran this article. In the article, it is implied that homeowners who choose to strategically

By Ahmad Sulaiman / September 18, 2012

According to the New York Times, debt collectors in certain jurisdictions have been using the letterhead of the local prosecutor’s