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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Stay Just a Little Bit Longer: Not Jackson Browne but the Statute of Limitations

The Second Department recently held  in Trento 67, LLC v. OneWest Bank, N.A., et. al  that the FHA COVID-19 moratorium constituted a stay of foreclosures for federally-backed mortgages, and thus tolled the statute of...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

The Texas Supreme Court Has Spoken: Mortgage Servicers May Rewind and Restart the Statute of Limitations Clock Within the Same...

Last week, the Texas Supreme Court answered the Fifth Circuit’s certified question as to whether simultaneous rescission and reacceleration can reset the limitations period under Texas Law by holding that “a rescission that...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

Maine Supreme Court Revisits Reverses its Controversial 2017 One-and-Done Foreclosure Decision

A highly contested and controversial legal defense to residential foreclosures in Maine resurfaced earlier this month with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's decision in Finch v. U.S. Bank, N.A. Finch renewed the legal...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

6th Circuit: Tennessee judicial foreclosure time-barred

On May 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision in a judicial foreclosure action, holding that a bank’s lawsuit was barred by Tennessee’s 10-year statute of limitations for actions...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Need to Foreclose on a Mortgage? Where Can You Bring Your Action?

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many states enacted, by executive order or otherwise, rules that have created both legal and procedural hurdles to a lender's ability to exercise its contractual rights, including the...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

How a Junior Lien Can Survive Judicial Foreclosure

Oscar Wilde is quoted for saying—“To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.” This advice certainly holds true for a senior deed of trust lienholder contemplating foreclosure on real property security. ...more

Snell & Wilmer

California Judicial Council Votes to Rescind Prohibitions on Eviction and Foreclosure Proceedings

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The California Judicial Council’s emergency rules staying evictions and judicial foreclosures are coming to an end. On March 27, 2020, the Governor of California issued executive order N-38-20, giving the Judicial Council...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Judicial Council Ends Statewide Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium; Local Orders Remain in Effect

On August 13, 2020, the Judicial Council of California (a body representing the California State Courts) voted to allow two previously enacted emergency rules, one halting evictions and the other halting foreclosures, to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

California Judicial Council Votes to Sunset Emergency Amendments to Rules of Court that Prevent Evictions and Judicial...

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As noted in prior updates, on April 6, 2020, the California Judicial Council issued emergency amendments to the California Rules of Court that, among other things, except as necessary to protect public health and safety...more

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Foreclosure and Receiver Issues in the United States during COVID-19

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The following memorandum provides an overview of the responses of courts and local and state governments of certain jurisdictions, as well as of the federal government, to the COVID-19 outbreak. The analysis has a particular...more

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures in California

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As many people are aware, on March 16, 2020, Governor Newsom of California issued an executive order requesting that lenders forbear on both commercial and residential foreclosures and evictions as a result of COVID-19....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

When the Workout Doesn't Work—Enforcement of Commercial Mortgage Loans in California (Part 1: Foreclosures)

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Borrowers and lenders will continue to struggle with the economic consequences and challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic for some time. ...more

Burr & Forman

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FDCPA Class Action Relating to Judicial Foreclosure Practices

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On February 11, 2020, the United States Circuit Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit issued its opinion in Anderman v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Case No. 19-13734 regarding the applicability of the federal Fair Debt...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Determining Who is a Borrower Under a Reverse Mortgage - Westlaw Journal

As attorneys representing the financial services industry well know, the financial crisis of 2007-2008 resulted in a wave of foreclosures across the country as borrowers struggled to make payments on their mortgages. The...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Florida Third District Court of Appeal’s Ruling in Favor of Reverse Mortgage Lender Signals New Positive Outlook for Non-Borrowing...

Reverse mortgage lenders received a significant victory in Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal last week when the court issued its decision in OneWest Bank, FSB v. Palmero. After previously ruling in Smith v. Reverse...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Tenants and Personal Property after a Foreclosure Sale

After a judicial foreclosure sale concludes and a certificate of title is issued, the purchaser named in the certificate may find the newly acquired residential property either occupied by a tenant in possession or filled...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Judicial Foreclosure Sales are Immune to Preference Challenges

The Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has recently held that a pre-petition foreclosure of a debtor’s real property, conducted in accordance with state law, is not subject to attack as a preference...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Appellate Court Reverses Course on Lis Pendens Effect on Post Judgment Liens

UPDATE: On rehearing, the appellate court held that all liens placed on property between a final judgment of foreclosure and judicial sale are discharged by Florida statute. Specifically, the court recognized that the sale...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Secured Lenders – Stay on Top of the Law or Proceed at Your Own Risk

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For years, the typical post-default strategy of secured lenders has been to foreclose the collateral through the power-of-sale contained in the deed of trust, credit the foreclosure proceeds to the outstanding loan balance,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Florida Court of Appeals Reverses Foreclosure of Reverse Mortgage by Expanding the Definition of “Borrower” to Include Surviving...

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Home equity conversion mortgages, commonly known as “reverse mortgages” are popular loan products in Florida. In order to foreclose on a reverse mortgage, the lender generally must allege that all conditions necessary to...more

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New York’s Highest Court Clarifies Judicial Foreclosure Standing Requirements

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The New York Court of Appeals has clarified the requirements for showing standing to pursue judicial foreclosures in New York state courts after borrowers default on payment obligations, in a ruling that could resolve...more

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HOA Lien Extinguishes First Deed of Trust in Foreclosure, Nevada Supreme Court Holds

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On the heels of a recent D.C. Court of Appeals ruling, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an opinion yesterday holding that a homeowners association (HOA) lien is a true super-priority lien that, if foreclosed upon, extinguishes...more

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