Topic
Foreclosures
860 published works
PropertyProf Blog
Unlawful Possession and the Foreclosure Crisis
By propertyprof
I dislike the word 'squatting' because we tend to use it to mean unlawful possession we don't like; unlawful possession we do like we call 'pioneering' or, if it continues for…
The Faculty Lounge
The Credit Crisis Enters The House of God
Via Reuters, just in time for the Easter holiday, Holy Bubble! According to the article, filings in the Thomson Reuters Westlaw legal database show foreclosure proceedings against U.S. churches have…
Land Use Prof Blog
Edwards on Acceptable Deviance and Property Rights
Mark A. Edwards (William Mitchell) has posted Acceptable Deviance and Property Rights. The abstract:Compliance with – or deviance from – law is often dependent upon the law’s convergence with –…
New Jersey Law Blog
Handling and Protecting the Association, With Respect to the Mortgage Company Foreclosure
Most common interest community associations have seen large amounts of foreclosures due to the high mortgage default rates. While the presence of a mortgage foreclosure generally foreshadows unpaid special assessments…
Land Use Prof Blog
Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program
Earlier this week the New York Times had a front-page story on the new Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program set to begin on April 5. In an effort to end…
Land Use Prof Blog
Jacoby on the Value(s) of Foreclosure Law Reform
Melissa B. Jacoby (North Carolina) has posted The Value(s) of Foreclosure Law Reform, forthcoming in the Pepperdine Law Review (2010). The abstract:This symposium contribution examines the starkly different values reflected in traditional…
Utah Condo Law
News on Reverse Foreclosures
My Twitterpal Melissa Garcia, (@ColoradoHOAGal) pointed me to this article in the Miami Herald, which explains the mechanics of a typical reverse foreclosure. Reverse foreclosures are being pursued by community associations…
Lending Law Report
How to Avoid Lender Liability – Part 2
By Susan Alker
In my last post, I gave some suggestions for reducing the risk of lender liability in a workout situation. This time, let's talk some more about what to do when you're working through a workout,…
Land Use Prof Blog
Has Regulation Saved Some Cities from Foreclosure Crisis?
From today's NYT Opinionator Blog, a piece on what's happend in California - the unregulated sprawl in the Central Valley vs. the strictly regulated urban core:...[L]ook at the cities with…
Land Use Prof Blog
Yet More Immergluck: The Accumulation of Lender-Owned Homes During the Mortgage Crisis
Dan Immergluck (Georgia Tech--Planning) strikes again, this time with The Accumulation of Lender-Owned Homes During the U.S. Mortgage Crisis: Examining Metropolitan REO Inventories, forthcoming in Housing Policy Debate. The abstract:A…