SAN ANTONIO - The Texas Attorney General's office has called for a halt on all foreclosures, all sales of properties previously foreclosed upon and all evictions of persons residing in previously foreclosed upon properties until companies have completed a review of their processes.
The review includes "robo-signed” affidavits and other documents which were recorded in the State of Texas.
The AG’s office sent out letters to 30 loan servicers doing business in Texas in an effort to determine the full harm Texas homeowners may have suffered or could suffer as a result of these business practices.
Specifically, the AG is concerned about bank officials signing documents without reading them, signing affidavits with false claims, notarizing documents without the right parties present and filing documents that did not correctly reflect loan payment charges and advances.
People I spoke with at the first Tuesday foreclosureauction that takes place on the steps of the Bexar County Courthouse say the sale of foreclosed homes will continue in Bexar County.
A spokesman for the attorney general tells me it’s ultimately up to the banks and loan companies to stop the foreclosures. They have given the bank until the 15th of October to reply to the letter.