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Mandelman Matters Presents: ARE YOU READING THIS STUFF?

Mandelman Matters Presents: ARE YOU READING THIS STUFF? What am I supposed to do?  I read constantly and it’s painful.  I figured that maybe by sharing it with you, I would know I wasn’t alone, and it...

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Worst June EVER for New Home Sales

Here’s a re-post from last June… but it’s going to be the same, only that much worse… this June.  I’m just sayin… A friend of mine called me this evening.  He’s a lawyer, but he used to be a real...

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The Fed Releases: The Beige Book, December 1, 2010, Summary of Economic...

For those that enjoy a good summarizing… The forecast in this December 1, 2020 edition is for continued overall beige-ness, I suppose, with some areas possibly becoming a slightly darker beige while...

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Finally, Housing Market Analysts Starting to Get It

Well, I don’t know about you, but for me it’s been a long time coming… Finally, it appears, housing market analysts are publicly recognizing that housing prices are NOT COMING BACK.  CNN/Money.com has...

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Please Stop Bernanke’s Transparency – He’s Frightening the Children

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did something the media is describing as being unprecedented… he held a televised meeting at which he read some Fed-type talking points and answered some...

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30 Minutes of Talking: Has Housing or Our GDP Hit Bottom?

MINUTES OF TALKING (I understand that last week’s edition of 30 MINUTES OF TALKING had a few audio problems.  I apologize for that, and they should be all fixed for this week’s show.  I hope you’ll...

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Foreclosures Are Down? RealtyTrac VP, Daren Blomquist – The Definition of Obtuse

  Daren Blomquist, a Vice President at RealtyTrac, has proclaimed that we have “past the worst of the foreclosure crisis.’   He points to what he claims to be a five-year low, along with...

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About foreclosures, our housing markets, and economic recovery… oh, and lying.

Okay, so let’s start by remembering where we started on the housing and foreclosure crisis back in 2009… here’s President Obama’s delivering his speech that introduced his Making Home Affordable...

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David Min, Part 3 – Housing’s Recovery… Fact or Fiction? A Mandelman Matters...

  Part 3 of my interview with UCI Law Professor David Min contains a discussion between David and I that might normally be left on the cutting room floor.  It’s a discussion that wasn’t intended to be...

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Special Report for Oregon Homeowners – A MM Podcast With Portland Attorney...

  This past March, Oregon’s state legislature passed a bill that everyone thought would provide extra protections to homeowners at risk of foreclosure.  Here’s what KGW News, Channel 8, Portland, just...

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PREVIEW: Neil Barofsky talks BAILOUT on a Mandelman Matters Podcast

    No need for the ‘preview’ as the real one is out.  CLICK HERE.    Every crisis has its superstars, right?  I mean, the Savings & Loan crisis had famous bad guy, Charles Keating and famous good...

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Former SIGTARP Neil Barofsky – The Last Honest Man in Washington – A...

HERE HE IS! He could very well be the last honest man in Washington, but he’s certainly one of the last.  Former Special Inspector General for TARP, Neil Barofsky, is flat out my hero.  In his role at...

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Attorney John Long – State of Washington Foreclosure Better for Homeowners –...

  My trusted attorney in the State of Washington is John Long of John Long Law.  John has been practicing law for over 30 years, during which time he’s represented both banks and now borrowers.  He...

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Katherine Porter to Make Sure Homeowners Get What Servicers Promised – A...

When I first heard that Professor Katherine Porter was going to be the State of California’s Monitor for the National Mortgage Settlement, I thought … “Wow, well that’s certainly great news.”  Well,...

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Spire Law Group’s Mass Torte Lawsuit Seeks $43 Trillion from Banks – Former...

Yesterday, the PR Wire was set ablaze by a press release issued by Spire Law Group, announcing their filing of a lawsuit seeking $43 trillion in damages on behalf of a long list of homeowners… and it...

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Attorney Bruce Levitt on Saving Homes from Foreclosure in New Jersey – A...

  Attorney Bruce Levitt is considered one of the top foreclosure defense and consumer bankruptcy attorneys in New Jersey and even in the entire country.  He’s the lawyer from responsible for the...

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Stopping Foreclosure in Missouri: Attorney Dale Wiley on a Mandelman Matters...

  Missouri Attorney Dale Wiley had tried over a hundred civil and criminal cases before judges and juries, and served as President of the Missouri 39th Bar Association before forming Foreclosure Law...

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Un-Freezing Foreclosures in the Nevada Desert – A Mandelman Matters Podcast...

In October of 2011, the State of Nevada made national news when it passed a law related to foreclosures known as Assembly Bill 284.  It was often referred to as Nevada’s “robo-signing law,” because...

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View from Inside the Financial Crisis with Former Treasury Chief Economist...

   THIS IS A MUST HEAR! In December of 2006, academic economist Phillip Swagel, after serving as chief of staff and senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and as an economist...

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State Bar Hypocrisy on Display – Bar to Offer Grants to Fund Legal Help with...

  According to the February edition of the California Bar Journal, in an article written by State Bar president Patrick Kelly, the State Bar of California has offered to administer a $10 million grant...

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