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Foreclosures
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Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Declines to Stay Post-Foreclosure Eviction
In Hayford v. Citicorp Trust Bank., 2007 WL 2985049 (Del. Ch., Oct. 11, 2007), read opinion here, the Chancery Court refused to stay a post-foreclosure eviction proceeding. The case involved…
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
Metro Atlanta Foreclosures Hit Record High For November
By Sunghee Sohn
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution - Foreclosure actions for metro Atlanta hit an all-time high this month, with 6,809 properties in 13 counties threatened with public auction in November. The…
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
National Foreclosure Rates Skyrocket In August And September
By Sunghee Sohn
From the Associated Press Foreclosure filings across the U.S. nearly doubled last month compared with September 2006, as financially strapped homeowners already behind on mortgage payments defaulted on their loans…
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
Colorado Foreclosure Law and Your Association’s Superlien
By Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP
As part of the changes to Colorado’s foreclosure law that become effective January 1, 2008, C.R.S. §38-38-103(1)(c) will read: If a recorded instrument does not specify the address of the…
Land Use Prof Blog
From mortgages to murder? …
In this newspaper opinion article, the treasurer of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, appears to pin the blame for a rise in violent crime in the Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland on…
Land Use Prof Blog
What to do about the housing slump?
Economists say that that the housing slump is now imperiling the entire American economy. Although government can't do much more to improving the housing market, what should government do…
Legal Profession Blog
Inaccurate Self-Report
An attorney in South Carolina represented mortgagees in foreclosure cases. He discovered that funds from his escrow account had been misdirected by someone in his office. He sought and received…
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
The New Foreclosure Laws and the Right to Cure and Redeem
By Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP
After posting the attached entry, the legislature has extended the date the remaining provisions become effective. They now become effective on January 1, 2008. We are currently experiencing the biggest…
New Jersey Law Blog
More owners facing foreclosure – Many paying a price for easy credit
Timothy Duggan, Shareholder in Stark & Stark's Real Estate Group, was quoted in Sundays Trenton Times article, More Owners Facing Foreclosure - Many Paynig a Price For Easy Credit.
Land Use Prof Blog
Laying blame on the American borrower … and a proposal for national education …
Sometimes society needs a major embarrassment to whip it into shape. After the debacle of the 2000 election, for example, an entire generation of Americans presumably will do a…