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This article is the first in a multi-part series based on the Lowndes white paper, “Selling & Acquiring Distressed Real Estate in Florida.” Each installment will examine key legal and strategic considerations for acquiring...more
In a recent decision in New York County Supreme Court, the Court granted the plaintiff lender’s pre-summary judgment motion to appoint a receiver in a mortgage foreclosure action, even though the defendants (borrower)...more
The U.S. Senate recently passed H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, to reauthorize partial claims with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) guaranteed home loans. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the...more
On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will end the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program on May 1, 2025. This decision comes just shy of one year since the program’s...more
If you’re a commercial property owner facing the threat of foreclosure, or just skimming headlines you’ve likely seen the phrase “giving back the keys”. Although this expression may sound like an informal and straightforward...more
AB 238, also referred to as the Mortgage Deferment Act, to add Title 19.1 § 3273.20 et seq. (the “Mortgage Deferment Act” or the “Act”), was introduced in the California legislature on January 13, 2025 to provide essential...more
Led by the California Mortgage Bankers Association, five lenders have made commitments to provide mortgage relief for the victims of the California wildfires....more
In a recent case, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos ruled that a foreclosure sale governed by Article 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) was “commercially reasonable” when viewed as a whole, denying claims made...more
In recent years, the claim that an accommodation pledge attached to a mortgage loan effectively “clogs” a borrower’s right of redemption has been the basis of numerous civil actions in New York courts. With the case of Atlas...more
The “loss before foreclosure rule” provided for in the Restatement (Third) of Property (Mortgages) §4.8 specifies that when improvements on secured property are destroyed by fire and the loan is due and payable, where a...more
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
Two recent decisions concerning title insurance illustrate that an insured’s negligence can result in an exclusion from coverage and that title insurers generally do not owe a fiduciary duty to their insureds....more
On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida sustained the debtors’ objection to mortgage lender Benworth Capital Partners, LLC’s proof of claim and held that the state’s statutory...more
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (“MBA”) First Quarter 2022 National Delinquency Survey revealed that the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on 1–4-unit residential properties decreased to 4.11% of all loans outstanding at...more
The New York State Supreme Court, County of New York (the “Court”) decided in Atlas Brookview Mezzanine LLC v. DB Brookview LLC, on November 18, 2021, that an accommodation pledge entered into in connection with a mortgage...more
At the close of this month, certain moratoria on foreclosures and evictions are set to lift. While prior deadlines have been extended, it remains to be seen whether another continuance will be granted amidst an increase in...more
Can contracting parties waive all common law fiduciary duties? That was one of the questions presented to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (the “Court”) in 111 West 57th Investment LLC, on...more
The New York State Court of Appeals recently provided much needed guidance to mortgagees on the issue of acceleration and determining the commencement date for the statute of limitation after acceleration in the decision...more
The New York Court of Appeals’ decision set bright-line rules that a noteholder’s voluntary discontinuance of a foreclosure action, in itself, revokes the acceleration of a mortgage debt, and a default letter stating that the...more
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. This report is intended to show industry trends, not facts, and does not necessarily...more
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a patchwork quilt of statutes, regulations, executive orders, and court orders have imposed on again, off again, restrictions on the filing and prosecution of foreclosure cases. Few of these...more
The Commercial Mortgage Market Since the Covid-19 Pandemic - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption to many facets of what was once everyday life. As Americans sheltered in place, brick-and-mortar retail shopping and...more
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables... The polling results included in this report are the anonymous responses of...more
Most real estate attorneys would typically be dismissive of a transaction that places a deed in escrow as collateral for a loan. This is because it is universally known that any loan term that interferes with a borrower’s...more
Remedies for defaults under loans secured by real property varies on a state-by-state basis. In the eastern part of the country, enforcement is mostly by mortgage foreclosure. In the western states, there are enforcement...more