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Foreclosures
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Land Use Prof Blog
ABA Professor’s Corner on Eminent Domain for Mortgage Modifications
This month's installment of the ABA Section on Real Property's "Professor's Corner"--a free monthly teleconference featuring scholars' takes on important new property cases and issues--will feature a really hot topic,…
PropertyProf Blog
A Stunning Map of How Foreclosures Ate America
By propertyprof
This chart is courtesy of Atlantic Wire.Tanya Marsh
Southern California Bankruptcy Law Blog
The Treatment Of A Second Mortgage After A Foreclosure Sale
I recently had an interesting email exchange with a couple of fellow bankruptcy attorneys on the subject of foreclosure. The specific question we discussed was whether a second mortgage holder’s…
Crunched Credit
Caught up in a Waive: Federal Judge Holds Guarantor Liable for Disputed Deficiency
Last month, Federal District Court Judge Milton I. Shadur (a long-time Federal Judge and something of a legal legend in Illinois) held a guarantor liable for a deficiency claim brought…
CAFA Law Blog
“No, You Just Thought You Were a Defendant,” the Sixth Circuit Tells MERS
In Re Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., 680 F.3d 849 (6th Cir. 2012). Here, the plaintiff, Kathy Hanson, obtained a loan from America’s Wholesale Lender to purchase real property, and…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Remember Your Pre-Bankruptcy Options
By Bryan Fears
If you’re a homeowner struggling to make your debt payments, you should remember several important rules before you engage in a strategic default, submit to foreclosure, or declare bankruptcy. …
The Appellate Strategist
Argument Report: When Can a Foreclosure Be Appealed?
By Kirk Jenkins
Our reports on the oral arguments of the Illinois Supreme Court's September term continue with EMC Mortgage Corp. v. Kemp. Kemp presents the question of when a home foreclosure may be…
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
Before You Start Pointing Fingers….
By Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP
I recently read an article where a homeowner was upset about her condominium association initiating foreclosure proceedings against her for her failure to pay her assessments. While people may read this…
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
Foreclosures and Liens – Some Basics
I recently worked with a client who had purchased a property at the sheriff's sale on a homeowners association lien. We frequently take properties through this kind of judicial foreclosure,…
The Faculty Lounge
Call for Articles: Arkansas Law Review
From my friend (and Arkansas law professor) Dustin Buehler: The Arkansas Law Review is pleased to announce a call for papers in conjunction with the 2012 Annual Symposium to be…