Foreclosure Crisis Information - Upcoming Symposium - Real Estate ...

The?Berkeley Business Law Journal?and the?Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy?invite you to attend a Symposium on

The Foreclosure Crisis: Challenges and Solutions to the Mortgage Meltdown
Friday, April 13, 2012;?8:30am-1:30pm
International House;?2299 Piedmont Avenue - Berkeley, CA

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Home foreclosures continue to plague the US economy and wreck havoc in the lives of individuals, families and communities. Attempts to resolve the foreclosure crisis have sparked government programs, lender initiatives, and multiple lawsuits.?Speakers from UC Berkeley will join other scholars, business leaders, and policymakers to address what the public and private sectors should and could do to resolve the seemingly endless stream of home foreclosures and avoid their?future repetition. ?

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Topics to be addressed will include:

• the current state of foreclosures and their impact on the residential market
• the recent mortgage foreclosure settlement between federal regulators, all 50 states' attorneys general, and the largest loan services
• lender and government initiatives to prevent foreclosures
• how adequate financing can be made available to home purchasers without repeating the foreclosure crisis
• foreclosure process defects and the need for modernization of the recording system??

Panelists to include:

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William Falik,?Mortgage Resolution Partners

Dwight Jaffee,?Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

Paul Leonard,?California Office of the Center for Responsible Lending

David Moskowitz,?Consumer Lending, Wells Fargo Bank?

Official Representative,?Office of San Francisco Assessor Phil Ting

James Rhyne,?Thematix?Partners

Nancy Wallace,?Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

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Lunch will be provided, and three units of CLE credit are available.

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Advance registration is encouraged due to space limitations.?To register,?please follow this?link. For questions, please contact us at?bblj@law.berkeley.edu?or call Phyliss Martinez at 510-642-0532.

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