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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, December 2020 # 2

Hogan Lovells on 12/3/2020

In Washington: Congress continues to debate a new coronavirus relief package, possibly as part of a government spending bill due December 11. Here are the latest developments...more

One-Year Period of SCRA Foreclosure Protection Remains in Effect through 2017

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/25/2016

On March 31, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015, which continues through December 2017 a provision of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) that...more

SOTU mentions housing!

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/22/2015

President Obama’s State of the Union address touched briefly on housing issues. With a focus on “middle class economics”, it was inevitable that we would hear about homeownership rather than rental housing. He mentioned lower...more

President Obama Touts Refinancing Plan in State of the Union Address

Bilzin Sumberg on 2/20/2013

In his State of the Union Address on February 12, 2013, President Obama called on Congress to make it easier for families to refinance their mortgages. Specifically, the President urged Congress to pass refinancing...more

Washington Insight - January 2013

King & Spalding on 2/5/2013

In This Issue: - President Obama Sworn in for a Second Term - 113th Congress Underway - More Fiscal Challenges in Store - Cabinet Re-Shuffle - A Game of Musical Chairs - Tax Reform and...more

CFPB gets preliminary injunction in mortgage relief assistance case

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/21/2012

On November 16, a federal district judge in California entered a preliminary injunction in favor of the CFPB in the action it filed this past July against a law firm that offered mortgage assistance relief services to...more

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