What is mortgage toxicity?

Some examples of the types of toxicity an FLD Assessment and Reports might produce or bring into questions might be finding evidence that:

  • failing to properly account
  • ownership issues
  • falsified affidavits
  • Homestead protection
  • assignments of the mortgage
  • failing to identify proper parties to the transaction
  • the court does not have jurisdiction in the case
  • lender risk of buying back the loan
  • lender not acting as lender but as broker, exceeding earnings limits
  • dual track issues
  • the mortgage was actually paid in full
  • note was sold, original being presented is not current original
  • servicer attempting to foreclose is not owner
  • MERS ownership issues undermined
  • current Note owner not identified
  • true note transfers prevent lost note claims
  • predatory lending and servicing issues
  • similar lender cases dismissed for similar reasons in other courts
  • investor owner loan loss insurance issues
  • loan potentially resold many times at face amount in CDOs and Credit Default Swaps
  • Document Custodian issues
  • CDO Manager tranche issues
  • potential ratings agency involvement and liability
  • foreclosure sale proceeds allocation issues
  • misrepresentation
  • intrinsic fraud
  • extrinsic fraud
  • Frivolous lawsuit