“Desert Underwater” wins Peabody Award
The Channel 8 I-Team’s “Desert Underwater” series which chronicled the housing crisis in Southern Nevada received a Peabody Award on Wednesday. The “Desert Underwater” series featured Black & LoBello managing partner attorney, Tisha Black Chernine. The series was acclaimed for the Channel 8 I-Team’s use of website content to assist Valley residents and statistic seekers. The Channel 8 […]
Can HARP Help?
The Home Affordable Refinance Program (“HARP”) is a federal program supported by the Obama administration which can help homeowners refinance their underwater properties. However, there are a couple major hurdles that homeowners must pass before being considered for the program. First, the homeowner’s loan must be with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. To determine this, simply […]
Black & LoBello on the Radio
Click here to listen to the Legal Hour on KDWN AM720 from March 21st, 2012 in which Managing Partner, Tisha Black Chernine, Esq., hosts special guest, Mark Baker from Sierra Pacific Mortgage. Ms. Black Chernine and Mr. Baker discuss what the HARP program does and how it can help people (1:50), the limits to the HARP (12:45), the pros and cons of strategic default vs. […]
Housingwire.com talks about principal reduction
Freddie Mac CEO Charles “Ed” Haldeman gave a strong signal Friday that new incentives from the Treasury Department may be enough to start principal reduction on mortgages backed by the government-sponsored enterprises. To read the full article, click here.
How to Check Your Property’s Chain of Title
One of the main dysfunctions that led to Nevada’s real estate crisis lies in how the paperwork was handled when transferring ownership of a property from one person to another. During the housing bubble, paperwork was pushed through so fast that critical errors occurred that could affect the marketability or ownership of many properties. During […]
Nevada Journal interviews Tisha Black about the Multi-State Settlement
The Nevada Journal interviewed Tisha Black about the detailed settlement documents that the Obama administration and 49 state attorneys general filed with the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., last week. To read the full article, click here.
Black & LoBello on AM720 KDWN
Click here to listen to the Legal Hour on KDWN AM720 from March 14th, 2012 in which Managing Partner, Tisha Black Chernine, Esq., discusses medical liens on real estate (2:30), a class action suit affecting military servicemembers suffering from foreclosure (6:45)(19:10), how to check the status of a mortgage (10:00), when banks make different insurance requirements (13:35), refinancing through […]
How To Combat Real Estate Fraud
Even though the Attorney General’s office is in charge of investigating fraud in Nevada, the tide of real estate fraud scams have been rising steadily as a by-product of the mortgage crisis and there are only 14 people in Chief Deputy John Kelleher office to pursue all these cases. As such, there are some actions […]
Black & LoBello on AM720 KDWN
Click here to listen to the Legal Hour on KDWN AM720 from February 29th, 2012 in which Managing Partner, Tisha Black Chernine, Esq., hosts special guest John Kelleher, the Chief Deputy Attorney General. Mrs. Black and Mr. Kelleher discuss the fight against foreclosure fraud (1:33), the new types of real estate fraud (6:55)(33:40), what to do to combat real […]
Black & LoBello on AM720 KDWN
Listen to the Legal Hour on KDWN AM720 from February 22nd, 2012 in which Managing Partner, Tisha Black Chernine, Esq., discusses the Multi-State Settlement (2:00), how mortgage modifications work (5:12), tips for dealing with banks (12:00), escrow impound accounts (18:30), what happens to a property and the mortgage after death (23:00), what happens to debt after death (25:20), how […]