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Foreclosure is a legal process whereby a lender seeks to force the sale of a mortgaged property in order to recover the balance of a delinquent loan. Recently, the foreclosure process has been the subject of... more +
Foreclosure is a legal process whereby a lender seeks to force the sale of a mortgaged property in order to recover the balance of a delinquent loan. Recently, the foreclosure process has been the subject of greater legislative and judicial scrutiny after systemic abuses were uncovered during the widespread foreclosure crisis resulting from the Great Recession. less -
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The Eleventh Circuit has spoken: “Debtors who surrender property must get out of the creditor’s way”

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In recent years, there has been a hotbed of litigation across the nation, particularly in Florida state and bankruptcy courts, regarding a debtor’s ability to contest a secured creditor’s foreclosure notwithstanding the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

West Coast Real Estate Update: March 2016 #2

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FDIC Clarifies "Abandoned Foreclosures" Guidelines - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) clarified on March 2, 2016, its existing guidelines with respect to the decision by any FDIC-supervised institution to...more

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Wisconsin Foreclosure Sale Process Just Got a Lot Faster

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Recently, in Bank of New York Mellon v. Carson, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a decision that, in the words of Justice David Prosser, Jr., “radically revises the law on mortgage foreclosures” and could significantly...more

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Wisconsin Courts Can Force Lenders to Make Prompt Sales of Foreclosed Properties Which Have Been Abandoned by the Borrowers

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In a case that “radically revises the law on mortgage foreclosure,” the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently held in Bank of New York Mellon v. Carson, 2015 WI 15, that Wisconsin circuit courts have the authority to order a sale...more

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