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Foreclosures
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PropertyProf Blog
Top SSRN Downloads
In honor of the beginning of the month, here are the most downloaded property articles on SSRN over the last 60 days:1. [230 downloads] 2015 Trying Times: Important Lessons to…
PropertyProf Blog
Schneider on Reclaiming Abandoned Bank-Owned Homes for Community Uses
Valerie Schneider (Howard) has posted Property Rebels: Reclaiming Abandoned Bank-Owned Homes for Community Uses (American University Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:At least theoretically, in many cities, every homeless…
Legal Profession Blog
No Duty To Adversary
An attorney for a bank that had initiated foreclosure proceedings against a homeowner was entitled to summary judgment when sued by the opposing party, according to a decision of the…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
Home Foreclosure: How to determine when your home is being sold.
By Sam Turco
In Solvency
Commercial Landlord Dispute – Dismissal for Cause and the Interplay of Sections 349 and 1112
Not uncommonly, the timing of a commercial tenant’s bankruptcy filing will correspond with a landlord seeking to evict the tenant or institute foreclosure proceedings. What is the effect of a…
Southeast Financial Litigation Monitor
The CFPB Details Recent Supervisory Activities Regarding Mortgage Servicing
By Debra Lewis, Gregory C. Cook
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently published the eighth edition of its Supervisory Highlights, in which the Bureau "shares recent supervisory observations" touching on several legal topics under its jurisdiction.…
PropertyProf Blog
Boyack & Berger on Zombie Mortgages
Andrea Boyack (Washburn) & Robert Berger (U.S. Bankruptcy Court) have posted Bankruptcy Weapons to Terminate a Zombie Mortgage (Washburn Law Journal) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Bankruptcy’s strongest public policy is…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Chan et al. on the interconnection of household debts
By BDG
"Determinants of Mortgage Default and Consumer Credit Use: The Effects of Foreclosure Laws and Foreclosure Delays" FRB of New York Working Paper No. FEDNSR732SEWIN CHAN, New York University (NYU) - Robert F.…
New Jersey Law Blog
Debtor Does Not Get a Free House After All
On February 2, 2015, the New Jersey Law Journal published my article discussing the Bankruptcy Court decision of In re Washington, Case No. 14-14573 (Bankr. D.N.J. Nov. 5, 2014), where…
Pennsylvania Law Monitor
The Federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, one of the pieces of legislation that was intended to be considered “Main Street”-friendly, which is another way of referring to legislation…