Nevada Agrees to Take Foreclosure Deal

Yesterday’s announcement that Nevada joined 48 other states in a $25 billion settlement with the nation’s five largest residential mortgage services is certain to impact Nevadans but it could take as long as three years to find out just how many homeowners will be helped. via Nevada Agrees to Take Foreclosure Deal.

Huffington Post Reports on Reporter George Knapp as Victim Of Foreclosure Fraud

Improper foreclosure practices are so widespread in Las Vegas that one reporter trying to expose them instead found he too was a victim of foreclosure fraud.  Las Vegas foreclosure attorney Tisha Black told Knapp that nine out of 10 foreclosure filings aren’t done properly, jeopardizing the ownership status of the house in the future. To […]

Black & LoBello on AM720 KDWN

Click here to listen to the Legal Hour on KDWN AM720 from November 16th, 2011 in which Managing Partner, Tisha Black Chernine, Esq., discusses  her contribution to Channel 8’s Desert Underwater series and talks with Chief Investigative Reporter, George Knapp, about the effects of the Real Estate crisis on the Las Vegas valley.  Assemblyman Marcus L. Conklin also makes a guest appearance […]

Tisha Black Chernine Helps Ch 8 Reporter Discover He’s a Victim of Mortgage Fraud

One of the most insightful reports about the mortgage crisis gripping the nation, and especially Nevada, took an unexpected twist of irony when the leading reporter for the series found out that he himself was a victim of mortgage fraud.  Channel 8 News Now has been airing “Desert Underwater” for the past two weeks with […]

Tisha Black Chernine on Ch 8 Desert Underwater: Who Owns Your Home?

The foreclosure crisis has several causes, but government investigators now believe that high risk gambling by major banks is mostly to blame for the economic meltdown. Millions of Americans who played by the rules and paid their bills have lost their homes because banks and their service providers cranked out mountains of bogus mortgage documents. […]

Tisha Black Chernine on Channel 8: Desert Underwater

Watch Tisha Black Chernine, Esq., Managing Partner of Black & LoBello on the Channel 8 week-long special titled, “Desert Underwater” at 5 PM and 11 PM.  Las Vegas, used to decades of continuous building and growth, is now in the middle of an unprecedented housing crisis. With unemployment over 13 percent and thousands of homes […]

FHA Program for Underwater Homeowners

Beginning September 7th, the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) will offer FHA-insured mortgages to qualifying borrowers who have a non-FHA mortgage.  To be eligible, the borrower must owe more on the mortgage than the home is worth, be current on the mortgage, occupy the property as a primary residence, qualify for the new loan under standard […]