On this page the following entries were made in the “June, 2008” time-frame.
Archive for “June, 2008”
And again . . .
Dear Rob,
It looks like there’s an ongoing effort to spin HB 2791 so your office is not held accountable for this monstrosity . . .
Attorney General McKenna has been working with the Washington State Realtors from the beginning to protect against the unintended consequences in the final version of the bill. Our original bill was modeled after legislation in other states and carefully crafted to allow homeowners to receive help from legitimate real estate professionals. Unfortunately, as noted in a previous NuWire story, the most onerous amendments were added to the bill in the final days of the session without input from either.
Attorney General McKenna and the Washington State Realtors are scheduling a meeting to discuss the legislative fix in the coming weeks. The Washington State Legislature doesn’t come back into session until January. We look forward to working with the industry to return the law to what we all intended-protecting desperate homeowners from the scammers who prey on them.Janelle Guthrie, Communications Director for Attorney General Rob McKenna
Commenting on the InvestorCentric Blog
Pretty much right on cue.
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And there it is . . .
For these transactions to turn out economically positive for both parties is just so difficult as to be beyond probability.
Dear Rob,
You may recall my post earlier this month when I suggested . . .
The next thing you will do is attempt to distance yourself from this ridiculous new foreclosure law, and you’ll do that by saying the bill as passed wasn’t the bill you’d intended.
You’ll say it got hijacked in committee and the folks who got in there and screwed it up are to blame, not you.
And you’ll be pointing the finger at Brian Weinstein to name just one. — June 2, 2008 Pushed to Shove.com
HB 2791 – What Happens Next?
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Black Thursday
Washington homeowners are counting on you, Rob. Do not let them down. Do not let them needlessly lose their homes.
Dear Rob,
Today, your new foreclosure rescue scam law goes into effect, dooming troubled Washington homeowners to almost certain foreclosure.
Agents won’t list and won’t show their homes, and investors are deciding they can’t help either.
It’s become the proverbial “wouldn’t touch them with a 10-foot pole” scenario, and responsibility rests squarely on your shoulders.
But you already know all of this. Worse, you don’t seem to care.
Apparently, you’d rather see people lose their homes than admit the HB 2791 debacle should be tabled until it can be properly sorted out.
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Condo Owner? Oops
. . . because of yet another oversight by the creators of our new foreclosure laws, they completely forgot about you.
Dear Rob,
Anyone from the HB 2791 brain trust ever hear of a condo?
Apparently not.
Your new foreclosure rescue scam law, from what we can tell, forgot to include condos when defining the type of properties covered by the new law.
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Irony of Ironies
So, with this new law, you've eliminated investors, real estate agents, and now even buyers in general from the foreclosure marketplace.
Dear Rob,
How bad is your new consumer protection law dealing with foreclosure rescue scams?
Worse than you could ever imagine.
It’s so bad, in fact, real estate agents are running from people in default, refusing to list their properties or help them sell.
Now, here’s the crazy part . . .
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