Category Archives: foreclosures

Live Broadcast: Title insurance, Foreclosures, MERS, Standing and you (live radio broadcast)

The United States Foreclosure Crisis Michael Haltman of Hallmark Abstract Service appearing live on 1220 KDOW in San Francisco The show: The Real Wealth Show with Kathy Fettke The topic: Who’s really got title now? Where: The interview can be listened to below (the interview begins at 4 minutes, 10 seconds into the broadcast). Taped […]

Ibanez ruling in Mass. could have far reaching impact on foreclosures

The ruling by the Massachusetts State Judicial Court upheld a lower court ruling that US Bancorp did not have standing to foreclose on the loan of Antonio Ibanez. The issue concerned the banks inability to produce a document chain that showed them as the rightful holder of the note and mortgage with the standing to […]

Where have you been?

The Hallmark Abstract Sentinel, after an extended hiatus, is back with a vengeance! Hallmark Abstract will now be providing updates and insights to the mortgage and title industry on a regular basis going forward. In the current climate that includes questions surrounding foreclosures and terms that were once foreign to most including MERS, REMIC’s, robo-signing […]