Topic

Foreclosures

864 published works

Massachusetts Land Use Monitor November 7, 2011
Superior Court Weighs In on Need for Unified Ownership of Mortgage and Note
By Gordon Orloff
In the Superior Court case Adamson v. MERS, the plaintiff foreclosed-on borrower is challenging the foreclosure on several grounds. The defendant mortgage lender and its loan servicer recently moved to dismiss the…
Possessio October 31, 2011
Will the Current State of the Economy Change 70 Years of Missouri Law on Foreclosures?
By John Hall
For 70 years, Missouri law has provided lenders the ability to seek recovery of their deficiency remaining after foreclosing on real property securing the debt. There is a chance, however, that…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog October 31, 2011
Chapter 13 and The HOA
By Bryan Fears
Purchasing a home is for many the realization of the American Dream. Over the past few decades the Home Owners Association has become the double-edged sword of the American Dream.…
PropertyProf Blog October 31, 2011
Chan, Gedal, Been, and Haughwout on The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics in Mortgage Default Risk
By propertyprof
Sewin Chan, Michael Gedal, Vicki Been, and Andrew Haughwout have posted The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics in Mortgage Default Risk: Evidence from New York City on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Using…
PropertyProf Blog October 24, 2011
Federal Government Overhauls HARP
By propertyprof
The Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) today announced that it is overhauling the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) in order to make it accessible to more Americans. HARP allows homeowners…
Financial Institutions Law Blog October 24, 2011
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Bad Foreclosure = Bad Title For Bona Fide Purchaser
By Sheppard Mullin
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled this week that owners of property whose titles have been rendered defective due to improper foreclosures cannot bring a court action to clear their…
Financial Institutions Law Blog October 21, 2011
No Need To Record An Assignment Of A Deed Of Trust Prior To Foreclosure
By Sheppard Mullin
In Calvo v. HSBC Bank USA, --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2011 WL 4035791 (Cal.App. 2 Dist. 2011), the California Court of Appeal affirmed the longstanding rule that an assignee of a…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor October 18, 2011
SJC Affirms Dismissal of Bevilacqua Case
By Gordon Orloff
Today the Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision in Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez (pdf). We have discussed this case in prior posts (see comments here and here). The decision was authored by Justice…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog October 17, 2011
Report Indicates That Foreclosures May Soon Increase
By Bryan Fears
September foreclosure filings fell 38% from one year ago, according to information released by RealtyTrac.com. This may seem like good news, but there is reason to believe that the foreclosure…
PropertyProf Blog October 17, 2011
Do Re Me Foreclosure
By propertyprof
Singing protesters interrupt foreclosure proceedings at the New York State Supreme Court.Steve Clowney