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11 Oct 2010, 6:22 am by By PETER J. HENNING
Figuring out the role of Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS, in the mortgage market will be important in the investigations into the foreclosure process, says Peter J. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 12:34 pm by doug
Just in case you are not obsessed with the lingo of real-estate banking, MERS stands for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation whose sole business is filing mortgage documents at county registry of deeds nationwide. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 10:53 pm
The Supreme Court ruled that MERS, the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, can foreclose on a Deed of Trust. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 7:52 am by Jordan Bublick
., No. 98,489 (Kansas 2009) involving the controversial organization known as "MERS" - the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 6:07 am
Stern, P.A. and the Mortgage Electronic Registrations Systems, Inc. is a criminal enterprise. [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 5:50 am
Reston, Virginia based Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, otherwise known as MERS, is now being investigated by Federal bank regulators Comptroller of Currency John Walsh recently announced. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 3:39 am by Seth
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 3:23 am by propertyprof
From Joe Singer's blog: State courts have disagreed about whether MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has standing to foreclose on property or to assign whatever interest it has in the mortgage to the bank that holds the mortgage currently so... [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 2:21 pm
Freddie Mac will no longer allow loan servicers that are managing Freddie loans to foreclose on a piece of property in the name of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 3:30 am by propertyprof
The NY Times looks at how deficiencies within MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) continue to cause problems for courts and borrowers: Amid the foreclosure crisis . . .critics have contended that the registry . . . served to hide the... [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 6:15 am
State and federal officials have been engaging in negotiation settlement talks with the United States' largest banks regarding the shoddy foreclosure practices of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS). [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 5:15 am
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman brought suit against at least three of the nations biggest banks and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems; Inc. [read post]
23 Apr 2011, 6:19 am by Timothy P. Flynn
  MERS [you know, the Mortgage Electronic Registration System] has been getting drawn deeply into the nationwide mortgage meltdown.The Michigan Court of Appeals recently handed MERS some more bad news here in Michigan: they cannot foreclose by advertisement because the COA ruled they do not hold an interest in the indebtedness under the applicable Michigan statute.In the 2-1 decision in Residential Funding Corp v Saurman,… [read post]
13 Nov 2010, 5:17 am by Glenn Reynolds
GET READY FOR THE GREAT MERS WHITEWASH BILL: “When Congress comes back into session next week, it may consider measures intended to bolster the legal status of a controversial bank owned electronic mortgage registration system that contains three out of every five mortgages in the country. [read post]
29 Oct 2011, 10:35 pm by Jean Braucher
The Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) has been the target in a lot of lawsuits during the mortgage crisis for its shoddy, opaque practices. [read post]
14 Oct 2015, 6:56 am by Charles Ochab
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that an assignment of a mortgage deed of trust (“DOT”) from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (“MERS”) to an assignee (“Assignee”) was valid under Texas law, because MERS was specifically named as a beneficiary in the DOT and was vested with the power to exercise […] Charles Ochab [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 6:30 am by Carolyn Moskowitz
A recent Monitor article highlighted the massive legal problems created by banks’ use of MERS, the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems. [read post]
21 Aug 2010, 10:21 am
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company decided in the 5th District of Florida has given us some new case law relating to the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS). [read post]