Topic
Foreclosures
862 published works
Real Estate Advisor Law Blog
Ohio Foreclosures Decline 4% in 2010
After 15 years of annual increases, the overall number of residential and commercial foreclosures in Ohio actually decreased by 4% in 2010 compared to 2009, according to a report by…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
American Express Has No Attorney
This would be the place for a witty take-off on an American Express ad, playing off the "Don't leave home without..." This however, is a story of how a foreclosure…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
SJC to Follow Up on Ibanez and Also Address Rights of Tenants in Foreclosed Properties
Another case arising from a premature foreclosure is headed to the SJC. Judge Keith Long, whose Land Court decision was affirmed in U.S. Bank National Association v. Ibanez (see related commentary here), also…
PropertyProf Blog
Foreclosure Crisis Update
By propertyprof
The number of foreclosures in Minnesota quintupled between 2005 and 2008, according to this report released by www.Housinglink.org. And the trend is continuing upwards on an annual basis (although foreclosures…
Crunched Credit
The Defeasance of Mr. Bevilacqua: Fallout from Ibanez Decision Continues in Massachusetts
A colleague and good friend of mine is house shopping. She spent last weekend touring a home in Hingham – a popular, picturesque waterfront suburb south of the city where…
Land Use Prof Blog
People in Foreclosure Need Lawyers
From today's New York Times on-line, an article about how lawyers and courts overwhelmed by the sheer number of foreclosure cases in New Mexico have taken to training homeowners to…
Possessio
Seeking Forbearance: What Lenders Want and Borrowers Can Offer
By John Hickey
In these troubled times for owners of real estate, a borrower faced with a balloon payment due on the maturity date of its loan may seek a period of forbearance…
PropertyProf Blog
Foreclosing on God
By propertyprof
The Wall Street Journal has an article today regarding an upswing in foreclosure actions against religious groups. I don't think I can link to it since it is in a…
Land Use Prof Blog
First Ibanez, next Bevilacqua: Title Insecurity and the Mortgage Securitization Mess
The most viewed business article today on the Boston Herald website examines the next foreclosure-mess case coming to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and its impact on the title…
Land Use Prof Blog
Marsh on Foreclosures and the Failure of the American Land Title Recording System
Tanya D. Marsh (Wake Forest) has posted Foreclosures and the Failure of the American Land Title Recording System. The abstract:In this essay, Marsh argues that the current foreclosure crisis should…