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Foreclosure is a legal process whereby a lender seeks to force the sale of a mortgaged property in order to recover the balance of a delinquent loan. Recently, the foreclosure process has been the subject of greater legislative and judicial scrutiny after systemic abuses were uncovered during the widespread foreclosure crisis resulting from the Great Recession. less -

Arizona AG Pursues Fraudulent Real Estate Scheme Targeting Alleged Fraudsters, Title Companies, Attorneys, and Law Firms

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/27/2025

On March 7, Arizona Attorney General (AG) Kristin Mayes filed a novel lawsuit alleging consumer fraud and racketeering against numerous entities, individuals, and even law firms and title companies involved in the residential...more

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Bankruptcy Preemption May Bar FDCPA and FCCPA Claims Either Way

Carlton Fields on 11/14/2019

After receiving a bankruptcy discharge, a borrower whose home is pending foreclosure has two options: stay in the home and, perhaps, make voluntary payments on the mortgage, or leave the home and start fresh. When a debt...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 4, 2019

Carlton Fields on 10/31/2019

Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Bankruptcy / Surrender: borrower cannot challenge judgment of foreclosure entered upon judicial notice of his statement of intention to surrender the property and order of discharge...more

[Event] Residential Mortgage Regulatory Enforcement & Litigation - October 29th-30th, Dallas, TX

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 9/11/2019

Attend the only forum designed to help you navigate the Residential Mortgage Industry’s evolving landscape. Now in its 26th installment, ACI’s Residential Mortgage forum has become a premier gathering of the key industry...more

Bankruptcy Disclaimer Did Not Violate FDCPA

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 3/15/2019

A district court in Michigan recently dismissed an FDCPA action, holding that a letter which included a bankruptcy disclaimer was for informational purposes only and did not violate the FDCPA. Tyler v. Fabrizio & Brook,...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 11, 2018

Carlton Fields on 5/16/2018

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Summary Judgment: incorporation of an affirmative defense by referencing “previously filed pleadings” does not obviate movant’s obligation to comply with particularity requirements mandated by rule...more

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Narrows the Definition of Borrower Under RESPA

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/23/2018

In 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) promulgated a number of mortgage servicing rules, including rules governing loss mitigation procedures. ...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending October 6 & 13, 2017

Carlton Fields on 10/18/2017

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE FINANCIAL SERVICES UPDATE - Ad Valorem Taxes: land lease holders are considered equitable owners of land for tax purposes if land lease renews automatically and is perpetual; owners of condominium...more

Sixth Circuit: Firm's Post-Foreclosure Conduct Does Not Violate FDCPA

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/8/2017

Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against a foreclosure firm—Reimer, Arnovitz, Chernek & Jeffrey (the Reimer firm)—under the Fair Debt Collection Practices...more

Surrendering Your Property in Bankruptcy Means You Must Actually Surrender It

Carlton Fields on 10/10/2016

The title of this article seems self-evident. Lenders, servicers, and others active in the foreclosure arena these past few years know that it has been anything but. Borrowers surrender property in bankruptcy but,...more

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