Thursday, October 28, 2010

Florida Foreclosure Auction Cancellations `Frustrating' to Judge

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/florida-foreclosure-judge-criticizes-lenders-amid-cancellation-of-auctions.html

Which pretty much tells you the banks still don't have their shit together, because it's impossible to put together the documentation of something they don't own.

The Miami judge managing a backlog of 80,000 foreclosures said it’s “frustrating” that lenders including Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. continue to cancel foreclosure auctions.

Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey in Miami-Dade County, which has the most foreclosures in Florida, recently set up a system to clear the logjam. She also chaired a state Supreme Court task force last year set up to address the volume of foreclosures in the state’s courts.

Bailey said banks are canceling foreclosure sales every day. They canceled at least 20 yesterday in front of one judge, saying they had to review the affidavits used to seize homes.

The cancellations came as Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America and Detroit-based Ally Financial Inc.’s GMAC Mortgage unit said they were moving to complete pending foreclosures.