Topic
Foreclosures
864 published works
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
How To Walk Away From Your Home
By Bryan Fears
There are many reasons that an individual would consider "walking away" from a home. Before abandoning your home, speak with a qualified bankruptcy attorney about the consequences. Your attorney can…
PropertyProf Blog
60 Minutes Loves a Good Property Story
By propertyprof
On Sunday, 60 minutes ran a piece on the foreclosure crises and the plague of abandoned homes in Cleveland, Ohio. It details how abandoned homes bring down property values throughout…
Crunched Credit
More About that Chicago Vacant Buildings Ordinance
In August I wrote about an amendment to a Chicago vacant buildings ordinance that I thought (and I was one of many) was crazy, despite being sympathetic to the plight…
PropertyProf Blog
Nevada Gets Tough on Foreclosures
By propertyprof
The LA Times reports that the number of Nevada properties that entered foreclosure fell by 75% in October, even as the rate climbed elsewhere in in the country.That news, though,…
Land Use Prof Blog
Voicu, Been, Weselcouch, & Tschirart on HAMP vs. non-HAMP Loan Modifications
Ioan Voicu (US Gov't--Office of the Comptroller of the Currency), Vicki Been (NYU), Mary Weselcouch (NYU Furman Center), and Andrew Tschirart (US Gov't--OCC) have posted Performance of HAMP versus non-HAMP…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
Massachusetts Federal Court Requires Unity of Note and Mortgage Before Foreclosure
As discussed in previous posts (here, here and here), a hot topic in foreclosure law is whether a foreclosing mortgagee must also hold the promissory note secured by its mortgage. The latest contribution…
PropertyProf Blog
What’s Happening to All Those Vacant Homes
By propertyprof
The New York Times looks at what's going on inside all those homes that were abandoned during the foreclosure crises:A man's home is his castle — except when it becomes…
Land Use Prof Blog
Renuart on the Ibañez Time Bomb
Elizabeth Renuart (Albany) has posted Property Title Trouble in Non-Judicial Foreclosure States: The Ibanez Time Bomb? It's the first piece that I've come across to explore the title law ramifications of…
PropertyProf Blog
Renuart on Property Title Trouble in Non-Judicial Foreclosure States: The Ibanez Time Bomb?
By propertyprof
Elizabeth Renuart (Albany) has posted Property Title Trouble in Non-Judicial Foreclosure States: The Ibanez Time Bomb? on SSRN:The economic crisis gripping the United States began when large numbers of homeowners…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Foreclosure Mill Gets its Due
By Bryan Fears
Foreclosure is always ugly business, but public complaints from homeowners alleging sloppy research, unethical filings, and outright lies, have made law firms that specialize in foreclosure especially villainous in the…