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McCoy on Lessons Learned on From The Home Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis
By propertyprof
Patricia McCoy (UConn) has posted The Home Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis: Lessons Learned on SSRN. Here's the abstract:From 2007 through 2011, the United States housing market suffered a severe imbalance in…
PropertyProf Blog
McCoy on Barriers to Foreclosure Prevention During the Financial Crisis
By propertyprof
Patricia McCoy (UConn) has posted Barriers to Foreclosure Prevention During the Financial Crisis (Arizona Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The number of modifications to distressed residential loans has been…
PropertyProf Blog
Zacks on High Volume Foreclosure Firms
By propertyprof
Dustin Zacks (King, Nieves & Zacks PLLC) has posted Robo-Litigation (Cleveland State) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The recent housing crisis increased demand for attorneys to process foreclosures through state courts.…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Don’t Let a Zombie House Eat You Alive
By Bryan Fears
A few years ago, TV stock analyst Jim Cramer advised people who are more than 20% upside-down on their home mortgages to simply “walk away.” This flippant advice sounds good…
PropertyProf Blog
Davidson on New Formalism in the Aftermath of the Housing Crisis
By propertyprof
Nestor Davidson (Fordham) has posted New Formalism in the Aftermath of the Housing Crisis (Boston University Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The housing crisis has left in its wake…
Land Use Prof Blog
Davidson on New Formalism in the Aftermath of the Housing Crisis
Nestor Davidson (Fordham) has posted New Formalism in the Aftermath of the Housing Crisis, Boston University Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 389, 2013. The abstract:The housing crisis has left in…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Who Owns Your Home After Bankruptcy?
By Bryan Fears
The law is an indecipherable mess to most people. Bankruptcy law is no different, and the relationship between federal and state law can create some frustrating situations. Take, for instance,…
The Appellate Strategist
How Late Can a Default on a Foreclosure Suit Be Vacated?
By Kirk Jenkins
In the closing days of the March term, the Illinois Supreme Court allowed a petition for leave to appeal in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. McCluskey, a decision from the…
The Appellate Strategist
California Supreme Court To Tackle Arbitration, Foreclosures and Peer Review in Upcoming Oral Arguments
In addition to the more typical criminal issues, the oral arguments scheduled for April 3 and 4 in L.A. will also address when to compel arbitration, foreclosure sales and hospital…
PropertyProf Blog
Kochan on Recording Systems for Property
By propertyprof
Donald Kochan (Chapman) has posted Certainty of Title: Perspectives after the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis on the Essential Role of Effective Recording Systems (Arkansas Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Recording…