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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 +
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 uses that property as collateral for the loan. less -
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New York Legislature Passes Bill Banning Rent Minimum Provisions in Real Estate Loan Documents

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On June 13, both houses of New York's legislature passed a bill, S1163, that prohibits "rent minimums" in real estate secured loan documents....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

HUD Rescinds Various FHA Mortgage Loan Requirements

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Recently the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rescinded various FHA mortgage loan requirements in a series of five Mortgagee Letters....more

Gould + Ratner LLP

10 Things a Real Estate Investor Should Know About the Big Beautiful Bill

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On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was passed into law and introduced many changes to the tax code and federal spending priorities. The OBBBA has wide-ranging implications for the real estate market. Here...more

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HUD Updates FHA Loan Residency Requirements: Citizenship or Permanent Residency Now Required

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued Mortgagee Letter 2025-09, which updates the residency requirements for borrowers seeking Federal Housing Authority (FHA) insured financing....more

Allen Matkins

What will be the big trends in commercial real estate in 2025 related to financing and capital markets?

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Real estate lending will continue to be impacted by elevated interest rates, limited borrowing capacities, and slow transaction volumes. Floating-rate debt will likely be the chosen option by borrowers. Additionally,...more

Hogan Lovells

Beds and sheds – key financing considerations

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In this article, we consider the key considerations for a lender when financing particular asset classes. We have focused for these purposes on those asset classes which we consider to be the most topical at the moment:...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Borrower’s Approach to The Real Estate Mortgage Loan Workout

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Many owners of commercial properties across the country encumbered by mortgage debt are still struggling to navigate the distressed real estate market, primarily due to their inability to pay current debt service resulting...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Fool Me Once, Shame on You; Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me: Res Judicata and Ownership Claims Post Foreclosure

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The Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Westchester, recently held that the doctrine of res judicata bars a lender’s claim that a borrower’s subsequent transfers of property are void, if the claim is brought...more

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New Policies From FHA and FHFA Allow Borrowers to Challenge Property Appraisals

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On May 1, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced new policies that will allow borrowers to challenge property appraisals they believe to be inaccurate or biased....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Navigating Desbrunes: Implications and the Case for Overturning

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In a less-than-thousand-word opinion, the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida put foreclosure cases across Florida in jeopardy. Namely, in all foreclosure cases in which a borrower is deceased, unless the legal...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Proposed Tax on Real Estate Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity Financing…Once Again.

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Earlier this month, the New York State Senate (S318) and Assembly (A407) reintroduced proposed legislation seeking to extend the New York State mortgage recording tax to mezzanine debt and preferred equity financings. This...more

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Further Developments in Mezzanine Foreclosures

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The New York State Supreme Court, New York County Commercial Division (the “Court”) decided in U.S. Bank, N.A. v. 342 Property LLC, on February 14, 2022, that a mezzanine lender that is not a party to loan documents that...more

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The ESG Factor, January 2022 - One of These Things Is Not Like the Other: New York State Court Upholds Commercial Reasonableness...

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On November 10, 2021, the owner of the State Street Financial Center in Boston, Massachusetts defaulted on its debt, consisting of a mortgage loan in the amount of $535,000,000 and three mezzanine loans in the aggregate...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Don’t Lend No Hand to Raise No Flag Atop No Ship of Fools: Breach of SPE Provisions by Non-Borrower Exposes Non-Borrower to...

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A recent decision of New York’s highest court potentially strengthens the ability of lenders to bring suits against third parties for participation in a borrower’s breach of single purpose entity/bankruptcy remote loan...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Distressed Real Estate During COVID-19: Mezzanine Loans Behind Construction Loans—Special Considerations and Intercreditor...

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Construction loans with companion mezzanine loans raise a host of concerns that are unique to more standard ICAs between a mortgage lender and a mezzanine lender. An intercreditor agreement (ICA) involving a construction...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Real Estate Loan Acquisitions – A Guide for Purchasers

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In light of significant deterioration in cash flows and asset values in many classes of real estate caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many real estate lenders are finding some of their otherwise well-underwritten loans to be...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Real Estate Industry Alerts Tracker - April 2020 Issue

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Heard Around the Industry - Status of New Loan Activity: Lender activity during the pandemic appears mixed, with approximately one-third of lenders not lending at all at the moment and the others either being cautious and...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 7, 2020

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Real Property Update - Fraudulent Transfer: Real property that was worth less than mortgage encumbering it was not an asset per the plain language of section 726.102(2) and, therefore, could not support fraudulent transfer...more

Allen Matkins

California Court of Appeal Clarifies Critical Homeowner Bill of Rights Satisfaction Requirement

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Lenders pursuing foreclosure of residential properties in California must satisfy the requirements of the California Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBOR), set forth at Cal. Civ. Code Sections 2920, et seq. HBOR's requirements...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Court stops foreclosing lender from getting rents collected by property owner

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It’s common for a commercial loan to include an “assignment of rents,” by which the borrower assigns to its lender the rents it gets from the property securing the loan.  In Florida, there’s a statute that governs how an...more

Kilpatrick

REO Advisor 2018, Vol. 3

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This edition of the REO Advisor examines the parameters of the REO holding or “grace period" and explores the limits of reconstruction projects at REO properties....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - February 2017

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Seventh Circuit Finds Bank's Response to RESPA Request "Almost Perfect" - Perron v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Case No. 15-cv-2206 (7th Cir. 2017) - The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit...more

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Appellate Court Restores Lis Pendens Protections in Do-Ober Decision

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The tides have turned in Ober v. Town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea as the Fourth District Court of Appeal recently reversed its decision and revived the full impact of Florida’s lis pendens statute. By withdrawing and replacing...more

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Law Enforcement Thwarts Sovereign Freeman

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Copyrighting their names, “signing” with red thumbprints – we’ve seen some unusual court filings from unique individuals. But one person has apparently gone too far. It can be incredibly frustrating for a lender when a...more

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Title Insurance: What is its Value?

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As I type this blog post, I am sitting at my desk with a four-inch-thick binder filled with title insurance forms—form policies, form endorsements, premium rate tables, survey requirements, etc.—and it occurs to me that many...more

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