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Foreclosure Dismissal With Prejudice

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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"No Harm, No Foul:” Suit to Set Aside Foreclosure Sale for Failure to Comply With Deed of Trust Doomed By Failure to Allege That...

The opinion of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in Young-Allen v. Bank of America provides both hope for lenders frustrated by borrowers who delay inevitable foreclosure sales by requiring the lender to comply with every...more

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Federal Court Magistrate Recommends Dismissing Borrower’s Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claim Against A Mortgage Servicer As There Was...

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In Gooden v. Mackie, a borrower sued a mortgage servicer after the servicer foreclosed on the property. No. 4:19-CV-02948, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25142 (S.D. Tex. January 22, 2020)....more

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Careful What You Ask For: Think Twice Before Asking the Appellate Court to Uphold Pleadings You Failed to Fix in the Trial Court

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In Jackson v. Bank of America, N.A., 898 F.3d 1348, 1358 (11th Cir. 2018), the Eleventh Circuit reminded appellate lawyers that just because they can appeal a case does not necessarily mean they should....more

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Everyone Wins When a Foreclosure Sale Generates Excess Proceeds

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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

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FCRA Ruling Rejects Argument that Foreclosure and Acceleration of Mortgage Loan Rendered Reports of Monthly Delinquencies...

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Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) litigation has increased in 2017 and shows little sign of slowing. While a plaintiff’s actual damages may be minimal, the statute’s award of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs for a...more

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Florida Supreme Court Finds That the Statute of Limitations Does Not Prevent a Subsequent Foreclosure Action Based on Payment...

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Action Item: If a prior foreclosure action has been dismissed with prejudice, mortgagees may bring new actions to foreclose on mortgages based upon post-dismissal payment default, so long as the new action is brought within...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending September 2 & 9, 2016

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE: Foreclosure/Standing: where copy of note attached to foreclosure complaint contained no endorsement and original note presented at trial had endorsement in favor of plaintiff, plaintiff required to...more

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Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal Reverses Earlier Decision in Beauvais and Holds That Statute of Limitations Does Not Bar...

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Action Item: Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal finds that Florida’s statute of limitations for foreclosure actions does not bar a second foreclosure action filed on a subsequent payment default occurring within the...more

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Fla. Appellate Court Reverses Itself In Key Foreclosure Victory For Mortgage Industry

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The Florida Third District Court of Appeal (DCA), sitting en banc, reversed itself this week and held that the five-year statute of limitations did not bar a second foreclosure suit filed on a subsequent payment default so...more

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Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending September 4, 2015

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Standing: party whose motion to intervene in foreclosure action was denied did not have standing to appeal final judgment of foreclosure – Market Tampa Investments, LLC. V Stobaugh,...more

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Yet Another Florida Court Rejects Unpopular Decision on Statute of Limitations for Mortgage Foreclosure, But This Time it’s...

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With its decision up on re-hearing, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal may be rethinking its decision in Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Beauvais, No. 3D14-575, 2014 WL 7156961 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 17, 2014). In...more

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Chorus of Critics Grows Again for Third DCA’s Beauvais Opinion on Statute of Limitations, Rehearing Granted by Third DCA

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The opinion of Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal in Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Beauvais, No. 3D14-575, 2014 WL 7156961 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 17, 2014) has been a lightning rod for criticism from federal courts in...more

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Third Federal Judge in a Row Declines to Follow Florida Appellate Opinion on Statute of Limitations for Mortgage Foreclosure

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Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal shocked many court watchers with its opinion in Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Beauvais, No. 3D14-575, 2014 WL 7156961 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 17, 2014) when it created a split of...more

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Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Case Law Update: November 2013

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I. FLORIDA STATE CASES – SASHA GRANAI FUNK - Foreclosure: final judgment of foreclosure without amounts due and owing invalid and precludes foreclosure sale - King v. US Bank, No. 1D13-3109 (Fla. 1st DCA Nov. 6, 2013)...more

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