Topic
Foreclosures
860 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Foreclosures Hit Latinos Hard
Robert Selna writes for the San Francisco Chronicle:A review of the damage wreaked on California communities by the housing bust shows that Latino households suffered nearly 50 percent of the…
Land Use Prof Blog
Fennell & Roin on Residential Stakes
Lee Anne Fennell (Chicago) and Julie Roin (Chicago) have posted Controlling Residential Stakes, University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 77, p. 143 (2010). The abstract:Local communities often suffer when residents…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
D.C. purchases United Medical Center
By Catherine D. Bertram The District of Columbia has purchased United Medical Center for $20 million after foreclosing on the property. There were no other bidders at the foreclosure sale,…
Asset Protection Law Journal
More and More Affluent Americans Facing Creditor Problems
By Ken Laino
The recent economic downturn has caused creditor problems for many wealthy Americans who never dreamed they would be in this kind of situation. A front page article in the July 9,…
PropertyProf Blog
Hauser on Home Mortgage Modification in Bankruptcy
By propertyprof
Susan E. Hauser (North Carolina Central University - School of Law) has posted Cutting the Gordian Knot: The Case for Allowing Modification of Home Mortgages in Bankruptcy on SSRN. Here's…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Judge Greene Rejects Attempt to Stop United Medical Center Auction
By Catherine Bertram D.C. Judge Henry F. Greene rejected Specialty Hospitals of America’s legal arguments to stop the foreclosure on the United Medical Center. The D.C. City Council voted part of…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
DC Creating Non-Profit to Take Over SE Hospital
By Catherine Bertram According to a recent article in the Washington Post, the D.C. Council voted last week to establish a non-profit corporation to take over control of United Medical Center…
Land Use Prof Blog
Hauser on the Case for Allowing Mortgage Modifications in Bankruptcy
Susan E. Hauser (North Carolina Central) has posted Cutting the Gordian Knot: The Case for Allowing Modifications of Home Mortgages in Bankruptcy, Journal of Business & Technology Law, Vol. 5,…
Financial Institutions Law Blog
The California Court Of Appeal Narrowly Interprets The Perata Mortgage Relief Act
On June 4, 2010, the California Court of Appeal issued its first important decision on the scope of California's Perata Mortgage Relief Act, passed into law in 2008 and codified…
Land Use Prof Blog
NYT on the Costs of Seizing Fannie & Freddie
Over the weekend this story by Binyamin Applebaum was featured on the front page of the New York Times: Cost of Seizing Fannie and Freddie Surges for Taxpayers. CASA GRANDE, Ariz.…