In the wake of the greatest foreclosure avalanche in American history, federal banking regulators settled with 14 major mortgage servicers over alleged foreclosure abuses. Part of the settlement included the opportunity for foreclosure victims to have their foreclosures reviewed for errors. If any errors were discovered, restitution could run from several hundred dollars to more than $100,000. To alert foreclosure victims, official letters were mailed to 4.1 million former homeowners. Months later, a measly 4%, or 165,000 people have responded to have their foreclosure cases reviewed.
Foreclosure victims are not claiming their money! If you or anyone you know had a mortgage in the foreclosure process in 2009 or 2010 on a primary residence and it was serviced by one of 27 companies, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank and Wells Fargo, you may have money waiting for you. To learn more, go to Independent Foreclosure Review. Also, questions can be answered Monday through Friday 8AM-10PM EST and Saturdays 8AM-5PM EST by calling 888-952-9105.
In addition to letters, follow up advertising as well as major media articles and reports have been ineffective in reaching foreclosure victims with this message. Perhaps one of the reasons why people aren't responding is that many have grown wary of foreclosure scams and government foreclosure programs. Also, many simply are not aware of this opportunity for restitution since a foreclosure victim typically moves to a different address and the letter may have gone to the wrong place. That's why I am doing my part to get the message out. If you are an active investor, I'm sure you know people who may can benefit from this information too. Send this link to them. Even though you won't benefit financially, it's the right thing to do. It's like knowing that someone has a winning lottery ticket and not telling them. Spread the word.
But wait, there's more! The recent $25 billion mortgage settlement provides borrowers who lost homes to foreclosure $2,000 each from a $1.5 billion fund recently set up by the major servicers. This is in addition to the restitution for wrongful foreclosures that was mentioned earlier. This will effect about 750,000 borrowers. To learn more about this program, go to National Mortgage Settlement. So if you or someone you know fits into both situations, there could be substantial money waiting to be claimed.
The only way to help the foreclosure victims in this country who are not claiming what is rightfully theirs is to tell them. Get the word out. Tweet, Facebook, Google Plus, Email the link to this page and tell the people who you know who may fit into these scenarios to claim their money!
LINDA MCKOY says
MANY VICTIMS WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO, SO GLAD YOU GUY ARE ASKING,GO TO THE NUMBER ONE MAN WHO CAN DO ANY BUT FAIL.THE ONE WHO OWNS EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING. TO BE MORE PERCISE.WE HAVE PUT OUR STORIES HERE,THERE AND EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE GONE TO THOSE WHO SUPOSE TO HAVE POWER,AND AUTHORITY TO HELP ALL VICTIMS AS THOSE INVOLVED HAD NO EARTHLY RIGHT TO TAKE OUR HOMES. IT MAY HELP ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT THE LORD ALLOWED THIS UNGODLY MESS TO TAKE PLACE. HERE ARE JUST A FEW REASONS TO MANY.GOD AND EMPLOYER JESUS WILL REMOVE MANY EARTHLY EMPLOYEES AND REPLACE MANY. LOCKSMITH JESUS WILL CLOSE MANY DOORS AND HE WILL OPEN MANY. THOSE OF US WHO WERE WRONGFULLY EVICTED LOCKSMITH PAD LOCK J ESUS WILL UNPAD LOCK MANY DOORS.HIS ONE KEY FITS ALL DOORS. SOME PEOPLE WILL GET BETTER THEN WHAT WERE WRONGFILLY TAKEN AND SOME WILL GET GODS VERY BEST. MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THEIR HOMES AND LAND IN FULL. SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO CONTINUE TO PAY WITH THE BALANCE DUE NEVER BEING ZERO BUT CONTINUES TO GO UNGODLY HIGHER THEN HIGH UNTIL THE MAN WHO OWS EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING SAYS NO MORE. BANKER JESUS WILL SEE THAT WE GET JUST WHAT HE KNOW WE WANT, NEED, DESIRE AS WELL AS DESERVE
Kelly Carter says
That’s awesome Phil.Thanks for posting for folks. Here’s my question… how is it that the settlement, enacted due to violation of law, only applies to primary residence? Is what the banks, mortgage companies, and robo-signers did NOT illegal because it was NOT a primary residence? Seems odd… unless there is more to come in future settlements.”
Frances Riffe says
Who do you contact to apply for the money? My daughter had a foreclosure and I worked on it for months when I was in real estate. Not working at this time, but still have my license.