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6 Mar 2011, 2:52 pm by Peter Moulinos
A review of the article reveals that MERS (the Mortgage Electronic Registration System) is a murky attempt by banks to create their own nationwide county clerk within which mortgages can be assigned and traded like an electronic stock exchange. [read post]
6 Mar 2011, 12:43 pm by lennyesq
Image via Wikipedia   By MICHAEL POWELL and GRETCHEN MORGENSON Published: March 5, 2011   “…Judges, lawmakers, lawyers and housing experts are raising piercing questions about MERS, which stands forMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, whose private mortgage registry has all but replaced the nation’s public land ownership records. [read post]
5 Mar 2011, 2:44 pm by Peyton Biddle
MERS stands for Mortgage Electronic Registration System. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 4:13 am by Rich Vetstein
NY Bankruptcy Judge Rules That Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) Lacks Right To Assign Mortgages$8,000 Home Buyer Tax Deadline Expires Today: You Need A “Binding Contract”The Massachusetts Offer To Purchase Real Estate: A Binding Contract [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 8:00 am
Massachusetts homeowners, banks, and real estate practitioners will be well-served to note a recent bankruptcy court decision holding that the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) does not have the right to assign mortgages under New York law. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 11:32 am by Kent Anderson
Many home lenders use an entity called Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., or “MERS” as a nominal party in loan transactions to facilitate an electronic central registry of note holders and servicers. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 5:38 am
As the Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 14, a federal bankruptcy court judge in New York has ruled that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, the huge electronic mortgage database company created by a group of major lenders, has no right to transfer mortgages under New York law. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 6:15 pm by Craig Robins
  Below is an article about the highly-controversial MERS — the Mortgage Electronic Registration System — which has been negatively featured in national news over the past year for contributing to the foreclosure woes of millions. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 4:24 pm by Nathalie Martin
MERS, which stands for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, tracks more than 60 million mortgages, and has filed thousands of foreclosure actions on behalf of lenders. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 12:57 pm by Rich Vetstein
The case is In Re Agard (click here to download), and essentially throws a huge monkey wrench into a hugely important cog of the entire U.S. mortgage market, the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. known as MERS. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 7:07 am by Mandelman
Bank holds in the underlying mortgage was received by way of an assignment from the Mortgage Electronic Registration System a/k/a MERS, as a “nominee” for the original lender. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 4:20 am by Rich Vetstein
NY Bankruptcy Judge Rules That Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) Lacks Right To Assign MortgagesDealing With The Mess U.S. [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 5:30 am
The elderly woman was tricked into signing loan documents obligating her to hundreds of thousands of dollars of payments with several banks, including GMAC Mortgage, Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems or MERS. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 5:00 am
While this would make it much easier for homeowners to find out who owns their debt, it runs counter to the current system used by many lenders who employ Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems or MERS database to record these transfers. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 10:14 am by Rich Vetstein
NY Bankruptcy Judge Rules That Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) Lacks Right To Assign Mortgages [read post]
6 Jan 2011, 7:57 am
Today the Virginia-based Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) has more than 67 million electronic mortgages on file. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 1:33 pm by Carolyn Moskowitz
But the odds are pretty good that MERS, the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, is the record owner of the mortgage on your house. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 4:19 pm
Recently, we at Traywick Law Offices have noted an increase in the number of foreclosure law firms that are adding in MERS, Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc., as defendants in foreclosure filings. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 4:19 pm
Recently, we at Traywick Law Offices have noted an increase in the number of foreclosure law firms that are adding in MERS, Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc., as defendants in foreclosure filings. [read post]