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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 greater legislative and judicial scrutiny after systemic abuses were uncovered during the widespread foreclosure crisis resulting from the Great Recession. less -

The Case For Overturning Florida Foreclosure Ruling

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/29/2024

In an opinion written in under 1,000 words, Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal put foreclosure cases across Florida in jeopardy in Desbrunes v. U.S. Bank National Association in February. Originally published in...more

Everyone Wins When a Foreclosure Sale Generates Excess Proceeds

Snell & Wilmer on 7/16/2018

When a foreclosure sale generates more money than needed to pay off the lien, the excess proceeds usually go first to creditors in the order of their priority, and second to the owner after creditors are paid in full. So, in...more

Real Property & Financial Services Update: Week Ending February 16 & 23, 2018

Carlton Fields on 3/2/2018

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Breach of Contract/Damages: court erred by precluding setoff when calculating damages because purpose of award is to restore the injured party to the position it would have realized no for the other...more

Florida Supreme Court Accepts Jurisdiction in Glass on Fee Issue in Foreclosures

Burr & Forman on 2/28/2018

On February 13, 2018, the Florida Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction in an appeal emanating from a hot button issue in contested foreclosures – can the borrower in a foreclosure secure an award of contractual attorney’s fees...more

The Perils of De Novo Review

Lowndes on 11/9/2017

Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal issued an opinion yesterday that highlights the perils of de novo review. De novo review is the broadest standard of review for an appellate court, reserved for construing pure...more

Third DCA Rejects 57.105 Attorney’s Fees Where Plaintiff Failed to Prove Standing

Burr & Forman on 3/10/2017

On March 1st, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal affirmatively held that a mortgage holder who fails to prove its standing to foreclose is not liable to a defendant borrower for prevailing party attorney’s fees. The...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending February 17 & 24, 2017

Carlton Fields on 3/7/2017

Foreclosure: foreclosing bank’s allegation that borrowers were in a continuing state of default sufficient to satisfy five-year statute of limitations even though stated initial default date was more than five years prior to...more

Second District Court of Appeal Declines to Apply Statute of Limitations to Bar Subsequent Foreclosure Actions Premised on...

Burr & Forman on 2/24/2017

Following the Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bartram v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 41 Fla. L. Weekly S493, 2016 WL 6538647 (Fla. Nov. 3, 2016), courts were left to interpret how Bartram would affect lenders’ reliance on...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 10, 2017

Carlton Fields on 2/15/2017

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure: where foreclosing bank, who purchased debt from original mortgagee, failed to establish standing to enforce lost note “through evidence of a valid assignment, proof of purchase of the...more

Nev. Supreme Court Holds HOA Foreclosure Statute Constitutional, Splits with Ninth Circuit

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/6/2017

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Nevada's pre-2015 statutory scheme for homeowners association (HOA) foreclosures. This decision contradicts the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' conclusion that the...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending January 27, 2017

Carlton Fields on 2/3/2017

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Lis Pendens: a proper reading of Florida Statute section 48.23(1)(d) is that “when a foreclosure action is prosecuted to a judicial sale, that sale discharges all liens, whether...more

Fourth District Court of Appeal Breathes Life Back into Lis Pendens Statute

Burr & Forman on 1/26/2017

Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal breathed life back into the lis pendens statute by reversing course in Ober v. Town of Lauderdale-By-the-Sea. On a motion for rehearing, the Court withdrew and replaced its August 24,...more

Bourne Valley Redux

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/11/2016

The dispute between lenders and the purchasers at homeowners’ association foreclosure sale regarding superiority of title has embroiled the State of Nevada since at least as early as 2012. Since the issue rose in volume and...more

Florida's Fourth DCA Confirms that a Borrower is in the Best Position to Know Their Own Financial Information

Burr & Forman on 8/4/2016

The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently affirmed its prior decision in Vidal v. Liquidation Properties, Inc., 104 So. 3d 1274 (4th DCA 2013). Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Hilary A. Williamson, Case No. 4D15-285, 2016 WL...more

Bankruptcy Petition Costs Litigant Right to Appeal State Court

Burr & Forman on 6/7/2016

Learning the interplay between state rules of judicial procedure and federal bankruptcy law can be a daunting undertaking, but the pitfalls of failing to do so can be severe. A recent example of the importance of being...more

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 9, 2015

Carlton Fields on 10/13/2015

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Certiorari; discovery: Certiorari review was not available to an owner of property seeking review of a trial court’s order denying his discovery requests, where the order did not completely...more

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