The Privatopia Papers

The "robo-signing" settlement won’t help homeowners, and it doesn’t hurt the banks. - Slate Magazine The main motivation behind th...

Insider Says Wells Fargo’s Independent Foreclosure Review for OCC is “a Sham” - Mandelman Matters " “I was hired as one of those “Inde...

Case shines light on how much power private security has when policing neighborhoods - chicagotribune.com "It's a massive, ad hoc ...

Man admits embezzling from Wisconsin, other homeowner groups - TODAY'S TMJ4 Palmer owned and operated Home Owner Association Services, w...

Courts order demolition of $1.1 million Macomb County mansion built too close to property line | Detroit Free Press | freep.com The Michigan...

Foreclosure abuse rampant across U.S., experts say | Reuters A report this week showing rampant foreclosure abuse in San Francisco reflects...

Condo Relief -- Extension of the Florida Distressed Condominium Relief Act ? | The National Law Review See my post below below for the refer...

Suburbs May be Losing Their Luster to Home Buyers - Yahoo! Finance With gas prices hitting record highs the past few years, long commutes i...

Arizona Senators debate HOA legal status « HOA Constitutional Government Take a look at this remarkable post by George Staropoli, and the ev...

H 319 -- REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE MORAITIS MALARKEY " To be very honest I have barely ever seen more malarkey than the excuses Repre...

How Citibank Dumped Lousy Mortgages on the Government - ProPublica "Citigroup agreed yesterday to pay $158 million to settle a lawsuit ...

Mortgage settlement with banks sparks new scam - WTOP Mobile WASHINGTON - Scammers are trying to take advantage of the multi-state mortgage...

Cash in as yet another housing bubble bursts - MoneyWeek Canada’s housing market is plagued by “overvaluation, speculation and over supply”...

After Mortgage Settlement, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Face Renewed Pressure On Principal Reduction Top law enforcement officials in several sta...

Incomplete subdivisions face dangerous conditions | www.wsbtv.com LOVEJOY, Ga. — Communities left incomplete by the housing bust are causin...

Horror stories prompt industry group to ask Colorado to regulate HOA managers - The Denver Post "Colorado legislators received so many ...

Outsourcing Gym Class - The Bay Citizen The school district can't afford enough gym teachers, so the Parent-Teacher Organization is payi...

Mind-Blowing Charts From the Senate's Income Inequality Hearing | Mother Jones Just take a look at this and you can see who our public p...

Cities Turn to a Crop for Cash - Medical Marijuana - NYTimes.com OAKLAND, Calif. — As the stubborn economic downturn has forced this city t...

Exclusive: Mortgage problems? Turn your house into a billboard | Reuters In return for allowing the front of their four-bedroom house to b...