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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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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

Snell & Wilmer

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

White and Williams LLP

The New York Lien Law - Top Ten Things You Ought to Know

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Over the course of my career, I have had the privilege of working with and representing numerous construction lenders (and borrowers/developers) in the financing of some of the largest commercial projects in the United...more

McCarter & English, LLP

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

Clark Hill PLC

2019 Arizona Legislative Updates Affecting Commercial Real Estate and Lending (June 2019)

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The First Regular Session of the 2019 Arizona Legislature produced a number of bills affecting commercial real estate and lending that were ultimately approved by the Governor. The text of, and fact sheets and other documents...more

Lowndes

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Real Property 101 for Community Bankers in the Spilman Footprint

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What is the difference between a Deed of Trust and a Mortgage? The terms “Deed of Trust” and “mortgage” are often used by people interchangeably. Both serve to give the lender a lien as collateral for a loan but, these...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Lenders Across North Carolina Can Breathe Sigh of Relief - NC Supreme Court reverses decision in significant banking litigation

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In a case that has implications for all banks in North Carolina, the North Carolina Supreme Court removed a cloud of uncertainty that has remained over the North Carolina banking industry for more than 18 months. The Supreme...more

Snell & Wilmer

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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