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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... more +
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 -
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I’m Still Standing – Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: Wilmington Savings Fund Society v. Tamisi

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In Wilmington Savings Fund Society v. Tamisi, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York upheld a bankruptcy court’s ruling that Wilmington lacked the necessary standing to enforce a mortgage lien, thereby...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Condo Association’s Foreclosure On More Than Six Months’ Worth Of Assessments Will Leave Lender's Lien In Place Under D.C....

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Courts have long interpreted the D.C. Condominium Act as creating a super-priority lien on a condo unit, in favor of the condo association, for the most recent six months’ worth of the unit owner’s unpaid assessments. This...more

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Determining Priority In Accordance with Idaho Mechanic and Materialmen’s Lien Statutes and Competing Lenders

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Idaho’s Mechanic and Materialmen’s lien statute can be found at Title 45, Chapter 5 of Idaho Code. If a contractor, materialman or covered professional timely files a compliant lien against real property for unpaid labor or...more

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California Court Holds Mechanic's Lien Enforceable Despite Failure To Provide Preliminary Notice

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In a recent case, the California Court of Appeal held that a contractor could foreclose a mechanic's lien, over the project owner's objection, even though the contractor had not provided a preliminary notice of lien to the...more

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Mechanics Lien Upheld Despite Lack of Notice to Senior Construction Lender

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In an unpublished opinion, a California appeals court has upheld a subcontractor’s mechanics lien claim despite the subcontractor’s failure to strictly follow the procedural requirements set forth in the mechanics lien...more

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New Law Will Soon Improve Commercial Receivership Rules, Appointment Process in Connecticut

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Lenders, investors, and mortgage servicers will have a more favorable and standardized framework for protecting their interests in distressed debt when applying for appointments of commercial receivers beginning July 1, 2023,...more

Cole Schotz

Balancing Mortgage and Mechanics Lien Priorities in New York

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In an ideal world, the interests of contractor and lender involved in the same construction project are aligned: the project succeeds, and everyone is paid what they’re owed. But when the interests of contractor and lender...more

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California Supreme Court Confirms Lender Foreclosure Option

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Earlier this month, in Black Sky Capital v. Cobb, the California Supreme Court addressed the following question: when a creditor holds senior and junior liens on the same property, can the creditor non-judicially foreclose on...more

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Surviving the Zombie [Foreclosure] Apocalypse

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Preparing For A World When Lis Pendens Protections Are All But Ober - “BEWARE REAL PROPERTY LITIGATORS” warns a former chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar. This advice, given...more

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Constitutional Clarification for Nevada HOA Super-Priority Foreclosures

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Since the Nevada Supreme Court’s infamous decision in SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. U.S. Bank, N.A. in September 2014, the mortgage community has continued to fight to save senior deeds of trust from extinguishment due to an...more

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Lenders Beware: the Nevada Supreme Court Holds That Foreclosures of Homeowners’ Association Liens May Extinguish First Priority...

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Nevada has adopted the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act of 1982 (the “Act”) which governs homeowners’ associations (“HOA”). One particular provision of that Act, enacted by Nevada in 1991 and later amended, and codified...more

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Borrowers Can Avoid Liability Even After a Trustee’s Sale

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Since a lender must have a valid debt and valid lien to conduct a trustee’s sale, a borrower that allows the foreclosure sale to occur impliedly agrees that the debt and lien are valid. In Madison v. Groseth and BT Capital,...more

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