Topic
Foreclosures
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Legislation Law Prof Blog
New Scholarship on Legislative and Regulatory Issues Related to Mortgage Foreclosures
By Sara Rankin
As part of the Legislation Law Prof Blog effort to spotlight relevant new scholarship, today we are featuring an article submitted by Professor Christopher Odinet concerning legislative and regulatory issues…
Virginia Condominium & Homeowners' Association Law Blog
NEW LAWS FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2015
By Jeanne Lauer
By: Jeanne S. Lauer, Esq. The Virginia General Assembly and the Governor have agreed on several changes to the Condominium Act and the Property Owners Association Act (POAA). As…
Legal Profession Blog
Home Shopping Gets Lawyer In Hot Water
An attorney who represented clients in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy has been charged with a conflict of interest in purchasing the clients' home in the foreclosure sale.The Illinois Administrator filed…
Land Use Prof Blog
Visualizing zombie foreclosures
A fun, and potentially very useful, infographic on the current state of "zombie" foreclosures--and what to do about them--from blog reader Jared Speck.
PropertyProf Blog
Fisher on Stalled Foreclosures
Linda Fisher (Seton Hall) has posted Shadowed by the Shadow Inventory: A Newark, New Jersey Case Study of Stalled Foreclosures and Their Consequences (Irvine Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the…
Crunched Credit
Foreclosure Attempt Blocked? What You Should Know Before the Clock Hits Zero
By Nicolas Novy, Crunched Credit
Just when you thought we were out of the housing crisis weeds of ’07—think again. Apparently when an abundance of people buy homes they can’t afford and predictably fall behind…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: Foreclosure: Standing Required at Filing; Proof Allowed Later. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Horn.
On April 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Horn, 2015-Ohio-1484. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Kennedy,…
Financial Services Perspectives
Can First Deeds of Trust Survive an HOA Foreclosure in Wake of the SFR Investments Decision?
In September 2014, the Nevada Supreme Court, in SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 334 P.3d 408 (Nev. Sep. 18, 2014), held that a portion of a…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Court Dismisses a Post-Schwartzwald Foreclosure Case as Improvidently Certified. SRMOF 2009-1 Trust v. Lewis.
On April 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio unanimously dismissed as improvidently certified SRMOF 2009-1 Trust v. Lewis, 2015-Ohio-1494. The case was argued February 25, 2015. The issue in…
Southeast Financial Litigation Monitor
Florida Second District Court of Appeal holds that Florida 20 year–not 5 year–statute of repose applies to foreclosure action where maturity date of loan agreement obligation secured by mortgage at issue not ascertainable from the public record.
In CCM Pathfinder Palm Harbor Management, LLC v. Unknown Heirs of Gendron, No. 2D13-5286 (Fla. 2d DCA January 21, 2015), CCM Pathfinder Palm Harbor Management, LLC, a mortgage loan servicing…