Title Insurance and Your Transaction
In order for a lending institution to successfully take real estate through foreclosure litigation and have the real estate sold at a sheriff sale, the property needs to have a clear title. What many do not understand is that...more
When a commercial mortgage lender sets out to enforce a mortgage loan following a borrower default, a key goal is to identify the most expeditious manner in which the lender can obtain control and possession of the underlying...more
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In TD Bank, N.A. v. Keenan, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 06158 (2d Dept. Nov. 29, 2023) (here), the Appellate Division, Second Department examined the often “nettlesome” question of whether a plaintiff claiming...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Standing: Dismissal for lack of standing was improper where foreclosing lender proved standing by special indorsement on the note and related indorsement timing evidence – Deutsche Bank...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Unclean Hands: Trial court erred by applying the unclean hands doctrine to bar foreclosure because there was no support for the application of this doctrine where there was no...more
Real Property Update - Restraint on Alienation: Option clause in declaration, giving 814 Property a first option to purchase condominium unit, was an unreasonable restraint on alienation – 814 Prop. Holdings, LLC v. New...more
Real Property Update- Foreclosure / Fee Judgment / Appellate Jurisdiction: On the facts presented, appellate court had jurisdiction to address whether litigant who obtained the fee judgment against Nationstar was a proper...more
Real Property Update - Sale Contract / Force Majeure: Force majeure clause in parties’ vacant land sale contract did not apply to matters, like a planned unit development application, which was within buyer’s control –...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Mobile Home: 21st Mortgage’s unperfected security interest in mobile home — which was a fixture to mortgaged real property — did not survive the real property’s foreclosure by...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Lost Note: Although evidence presented to establish purported right to enforce lost note was not particularly impressive, there was enough evidence to require court’s rendering of a...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Service of Process: Trial court properly denied the estate’s motion to quash service in a foreclosure lawsuit filed by the bank for the court’s failure to conduct an evidentiary hearing...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Bankruptcy: Trial court erred in entering final order precluding defendant from raising any defenses in foreclosure action based upon surrender in bankruptcy because (i) debtor only...more
Real Property Update - Online Marketplace for Lodging / Arbitrability / Delegation to Arbitrator: Company’s terms of service incorporated by reference the AAA rules and clearly and unmistakably evidenced the parties’...more
Reciprocal Easement: Three operative paragraphs of reciprocal parking easement, and the easement as a whole, unambiguously provided that rights and benefits described were appurtenant and for the benefit of successors to the...more
Foreclosure / Statute of Limitations: Subsequent owner of property, which purchased property at homeowners association's junior lienholder foreclosure, took the property subject to successor mortgagee's ongoing rights, which...more
Land Use / Vacation Rentals: Petition for a writ of second tier certiorari was denied because there was no violation of a clearly established principle of law resulting in a miscarriage of justice where circuit court affirmed...more
Real Property Update - Taking Order: Rejecting property owner's argument that the Florida Department of Transportation failed to make a good faith estimate of value required by statute based upon a disagreement between...more
Real Property Update - UCC / Security Interests: Eleventh Circuit certified to the Florida Supreme Court the following questions: (1) Is the "search of the records of the filing office under the debtor's correct name,...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Reverse Mortgage: Surviving spouse who did not sign the note did not qualify as a “borrower” by signing the mortgage and related documents – OneWest Bank, N.A. v. Leek-Tannenbaum, No....more
Real Property Update - Cross-Easement Agreement / Res Judicata: Doctrine of res judicata is not applicable where the claims in the two cases concern different periods of time, and the facts that were essential to maintain...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Default: Trial court did not abuse discretion in determining that plaintiff’s counsel was not aware of the defaulting party’s intention to defend against foreclosure lawsuit – College...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Dismissal: Trial court erred in relying on judicially noticed records from a prior foreclosure action in dismissing foreclosure complaint – Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC v. Brown, No....more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Modification Agreement: Lender was entitled to judgment of foreclosure upon proving borrower made three payments before breaching the loan modification agreement – Carus v. VRMTG Asset...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Section 702.036 / Eviction: Former borrower failed to establish entitlement to stay of writ of possession pending appeal; section 702.036 solely provides for monetary damages against...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Fees and Costs: Trial court erred by denying borrower attorneys’ fees and costs following involuntary dismissal of foreclosure action based on Florida Supreme Court’s holding in Page v....more