COP Report – Congressional Oversight Panel Report on Foreclosure Fraud | How To Stop Foreclosure

COP Report – Congressional Oversight Panel Report on Foreclosure Fraud | How To Stop Foreclosure:

"The worst-case scenario is considerably grimmer. In this view, which has been articulated by academics and homeowner advocates, the “robo-signing” of affidavits served to cover up the fact that loan servicers cannot demonstrate the facts required to conduct a lawful foreclosure. In essence, banks may be unable to prove that they own the mortgage loans they claim to own.
The risk stems from the possibility that the rapid growth of mortgage securitization outpaced the ability of the legal and financial system to track mortgage loan ownership. In earlier years, under the traditional mortgage model, a homeowner borrowed money from a single bank and then paid back the same bank. In the rare instances when a bank transferred its rights, the sale was recorded by hand in the borrower?s county property office. Thus, the ownership of any individual mortgage could be easily demonstrated."