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Foreclosures
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Financial Institutions Law Blog
California Court Holds That Borrowers May Enjoin A Foreclosure If A Lender Fails To Meet Servicing Guidelines
By Alejandro Moreno, Shannon Petersen
In Pfeiffer v. Countrywide Home Loans, --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2012 WL 6216039 (Dec. 13, 2012), mortgage borrowers filed a damages claim against a trustee for violating the federal Fair Debt…
Eminent Domain and Real Estate Valuation
NJ Expedites Foreclosure Process For Abandoned Homes
By David Snyder
New Jersey has adopted a process which may expedite foreclosures on vacant and abandoned residential properties. Under this procedure, vacancy and abandonment must be established by clear and convincing evidence.…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Why Experienced Bankruptcy Counsel Matters
By Bryan Fears
Filing for personal bankruptcy doesn’t take place in a vacuum. Phone calls and home visits from debt collectors, piles of unpaid credit card bills, and painful, personal rejections from bank…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Chapter 13 May Let You Save Your House
By Bryan Fears
Most Americans don’t simply own a house. They live in their home. Years of birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and little joys and tragedies have made their residence something far more meaningful…
Mortgage Crisis & Financial Services Watch
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Think your house has been foreclosed? Think again... As reported by Michelle Conlin at Reuters, when banks fail to follow through on foreclosure of homes, this has serious, often dramatic ramifications for…
PropertyProf Blog
Foreclosure Settlement Announced
By propertyprof
Last week, the government announced that ten of the country's largest banks have agreed to pay $8.5 billion to settle claims that they improperly foreclosed on homeowners during the height…
PropertyProf Blog
A Quick Foreclosure Process: The Secret to a Housing Recovery?
By propertyprof
The Wall Street Journal looks at the link between efficient real estate foreclosures and the rebound of the housing market:[T]he rebound is strongest in states that let lenders enforce contracts.…
The Appellate Strategist
Illinois Supreme Court Holds Judgment of Foreclosure Not Immediately Appealable
By Kirk Jenkins
Under Illinois law, a judgment of foreclosure does not end a mortgage foreclosure case; it remains modifiable by the trial court and is strictly interlocutory. After such a judgment is entered,…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Will a Bankruptcy Petition Let Me Save My House?
By Bryan Fears
Filing bankruptcy comes with serious costs, but it also provides meaningful benefits. Of those benefits, one of the most important is a provision of the Bankruptcy Code known as the…
Financial Institutions Law Blog
California Homeowner Bill of Rights: A New Mortgage Law For The New Year
By Mark Rackers, Alejandro Moreno, Shannon Petersen
The California Homeowner Bill of Rights (“HBR”) goes into effect on January 1, 2013. The HBR revamps California’s non-judicial foreclosure statutes granting borrowers additional rights. It was designed to correct…