In an appeal heard by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department of New York, the Court recently ruled that a court may reform a guaranty after the statute of limitations for a reformation of...more
Borrower / Guarantor Liability Recourse – The borrower (or guarantor) is personally liable for the full amount of the loan, including any debt remaining after the collateral is foreclosed upon and sold. To satisfy the...more
The Federal Reserve's most recent Financial Stability Report addressed what many industry watchers had been convinced of for some time: the commercial real estate sector is in a precarious state. The Federal Reserve Bank...more
When engaging in real estate loan transactions, insurance company lenders often undertake a robust underwriting process that focuses on the value and marketability of the real property that serves as collateral for the loan....more
In a deed in lieu of foreclosure, a defaulting borrower agrees to convey the mortgaged property to the mortgage lender. But handing over the keys can raise a number of potential pitfalls. Below, we discuss some of these...more
Real estate borrowers often prefer nonrecourse loans, which can eliminate or reduce the risk of having to satisfy a deficiency judgment if a project goes bad. However, most nonrecourse loans have carve-outs or exceptions to...more
Many commercial real estate loans are “non-recourse,” which means in general terms that foreclosing on the real estate securing the loan is the lender’s sole remedy for a borrower’s failure to repay the loan. The lender is...more
On Friday, February 6, 2015, the Texas Supreme Court issued its decision in Case No. 13-0236, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Murphy, and held that the Texas Constitution’s prohibition against non-recourse home equity loans, see...more
Believe it or not, guaranty contracts mean what they say. If a guarantor agrees to reimburse a lender for misappropriated security deposits, unpaid taxes, and the cost of enforcement, then – not surprisingly – courts will...more
As we have discussed numerous times in this blog, the downturn in the commercial real estate market resulted in much litigation as to guarantor liability for non-recourse debt. As a brief refresher, many of the non-recourse...more