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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan.  A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +
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New York Court of Appeals to Review FAPA’s Constitutionality and Retroactive Application

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As a follow up to our May post, FAPA in the Spotlight Again: Second Circuit Renews Call for NY Court of Appeals Review, the New York Court of Appeals has finally agreed to consider New York’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention...more

Adams & Reese

Florida Appeals Court Reverses Mortgage Foreclosure for Lack of Specific Findings

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A Florida Appeals court ruled that specific findings are required in mortgage foreclosure summary judgments – generic orders are not sufficient. Lenders and foreclosure attorneys must provide detailed, record-based...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New York Court of Appeals Finally Agrees to Hear Constitutional Challenges to FAPA

After years of denying review, the New York Court of Appeals — the state’s highest court — agreed to address the question of whether New York’s momentous Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) applies retroactively. On May...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

New York Court of Appeals Accepts Certified Questions on Whether FAPA Should be Retroactively Applied

The New York Court of Appeals has finally agreed to consider whether retroactive application of the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (“FAPA”) (or sections of it) violates the New York Constitution. Over the last two years,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New York Court of Appeals to Determine Whether FAPA Can Be Applied Retroactively

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in the matter of Article 13 LLC v. Ponce De Leon Fed. Bank, 132 F. 4th 586, 594 (2d Cir. 2025), certified the following questions to the New York Court of Appeals on March 25,...more

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New York’s Highest Court Agrees To Hear Constitutional Challenge to Estoppel Provision of FAPA

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On May 20, 2025, the New York Court of Appeals agreed to hear constitutional challenges to one aspect of New York’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA). ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FAPA in the Spotlight Again: Second Circuit Renews Call for NY Court of Appeals Review

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The legal and constitutional implications of New York’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) are back in the spotlight as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit again turns to the New York Court of Appeals for...more

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Third Party Rights - Welcome Guidance from the High Court

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There is a “a dearth of case law” on s1(1) of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (Act), as observed by Lenon KC, the judge in the case of HNW Lending Ltd v Lawrence [2025] EWHC 908 (Ch). Whilst an accurate...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

RPAPL 1501(4) and the Mortgagee in Possession Doctrine

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Today’s article addresses a property owner’s right to cancel a recorded mortgage pursuant to RPAPL 1501(4)[1] and whether a mortgagee is “is entitled to recover sums expended to preserve and maintain an allegedly abandoned...more

Stark & Stark

A Day Late and a Dollar Short: A Mortgagee’s Obligations and Best Practices Upon Receipt of Short Loan Payoff Funds

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In the ever-evolving world of mortgage lending, a scenario often arises where a borrower refinances their existing mortgage with a new lender, but the payoff funds tendered by the new lender are less than the full amount...more

Perkins Coie

Copper Creek Confirms That Bankruptcy Discharges Have No Effect on the Statute of Limitations in Washington State

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As we previously noted, the statute of limitations on actions to enforce a note or deed of trust can be a brutally effective sword for borrowers in Washington State. Under the six-year limitations period of RCW 7.28.300, a...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights: Issue 5, September 2020

Three Important Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic is Changing the Delivery of Consumer Financial Services - The world continues to come to grips with the daily changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools contemplate...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of Act 6 To Residential Mortgage Foreclosures (Sort Of)

When the loan documents provide for confession of judgment and the collateral encumbered by the mortgage securing the loan is commercial real property, the foreclosure process in Pennsylvania is straightforward.  The lender...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Can a Loan Modification Waive the Borrower’s Right of Reinstatement?

Loans secured by a deed of trust typically provide that upon default (commonly, missed interest payments) the lender may elect to “accelerate” the loan, making the entire balance of principal and interest due....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

In Alabama, Not All Debts Are Created Equal

Alabama’s materialman’s lien statute (specifically, Ala. Code § 35-11-211) was intended to provide construction lenders priority over materialmen as to debts relating to construction projects, and this intent was recently...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Not All Debts Are Created Equal - Construction and Procurement Law News, Q3 2019

Alabama’s materialman’s lien statute (specifically, Ala. Code § 35-11-211) was drafted with the intent of providing construction lenders priority over materialmen as to debts relating to construction projects. This intent was...more

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New York Appellate Court Decision Provides Guidance for Lenders in Foreclosure Actions

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The New York Appellate Division for the Second Department recently issued a ruling that makes it more difficult for mortgage holders to foreclose on certain properties. ...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

The Tender Rule — Reinstatement and Redemption are Different

Under California’s “tender rule,” a borrower suing to halt or unwind a wrongful foreclosure sale generally must allege that it tendered the amounts due on the loan before the sale. The rationale underlying the tender rule is...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financial Services Report – Winter 2018

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In between holiday shopping and merriment, we here at the Financial Services Report are pondering what’s in a name. Not much, said Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov begged to differ in a mystery story about who killed one of the...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Not All Deed of Trust Attorney Fee Clauses are Created Equal

Lenders who prevail on claims arising from a deed of trust can always recover their attorney fees from the losing party as long as the deed of trust says something about fee recovery, right? It’s not that simple....more

Gray Reed

An Oil and Gas Case to Expect From Louisiana, and Another From Texas

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Anyone seeking stability in the law governing E&P activities in Louisiana will view the lower court decision as a grave error that must be corrected. Virtually every mortgage provides safeguards to protect collateral and...more

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Fourth Circuit Hands Victory to Lenders in Chapter 13 Mortgage Case

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit—which covers federal courts in North Carolina—recently handed a victory to residential real estate lenders dealing with borrowers who file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Careful Who You Trust. A Lender Can Be Liable For The Negligence And Misrepresentations Of Its Loan Servicers, Even Absent Any...

In the recent case of Daniels v. Select Portfolio Serving, Inc., the California Court of Appeal has held that a lender may be liable for the negligence and misrepresentations of the lender’s servicer, without any contractual...more

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Dodd-Frank News: November 2015: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Update

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more

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