Title Insurance and Your Transaction
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In TD Bank, N.A. v. Keenan, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 06158 (2d Dept. Nov. 29, 2023) (here), the Appellate Division, Second Department examined the often “nettlesome” question of whether a plaintiff claiming...more
A Baltimore Homeowner’s Saga - Baltimore Resident and single mother Deanna Woodward paid off her mortgage 18 years ago. After that, she paid her real estate taxes. So, imagine her surprise when she recently learned that...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Mobile Home: 21st Mortgage’s unperfected security interest in mobile home — which was a fixture to mortgaged real property — did not survive the real property’s foreclosure by...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Bankruptcy: Trial court erred in entering final order precluding defendant from raising any defenses in foreclosure action based upon surrender in bankruptcy because (i) debtor only...more
Real Property Update - Online Marketplace for Lodging / Arbitrability / Delegation to Arbitrator: Company’s terms of service incorporated by reference the AAA rules and clearly and unmistakably evidenced the parties’...more
Reciprocal Easement: Three operative paragraphs of reciprocal parking easement, and the easement as a whole, unambiguously provided that rights and benefits described were appurtenant and for the benefit of successors to the...more
Foreclosure / Statute of Limitations: Subsequent owner of property, which purchased property at homeowners association's junior lienholder foreclosure, took the property subject to successor mortgagee's ongoing rights, which...more
Land Use / Vacation Rentals: Petition for a writ of second tier certiorari was denied because there was no violation of a clearly established principle of law resulting in a miscarriage of justice where circuit court affirmed...more
Real Property Update - UCC / Security Interests: Eleventh Circuit certified to the Florida Supreme Court the following questions: (1) Is the "search of the records of the filing office under the debtor's correct name,...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Reverse Mortgage: Surviving spouse who did not sign the note did not qualify as a “borrower” by signing the mortgage and related documents – OneWest Bank, N.A. v. Leek-Tannenbaum, No....more
Real Property Update - Cross-Easement Agreement / Res Judicata: Doctrine of res judicata is not applicable where the claims in the two cases concern different periods of time, and the facts that were essential to maintain...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Dismissal: Trial court erred in relying on judicially noticed records from a prior foreclosure action in dismissing foreclosure complaint – Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC v. Brown, No....more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Fees and Costs: Trial court erred by denying borrower attorneys’ fees and costs following involuntary dismissal of foreclosure action based on Florida Supreme Court’s holding in Page v....more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •An appellate court in New York has ruled that a title insurance policy excluded coverage for a “Declaration and...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Damages: Party seeking foreclosure failed to present competent, substantial evidence to prove the total amount owed on the note – Adamson v. Main Street Oaks, LLC, No. 2D19-3805 (Fla....more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure: Trial court cannot arbitrarily reject evidence or testimony in a mortgage foreclosure proceeding, and lender that proved elements was entitled to foreclosure judgment – U.S. Bank, N.A....more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Conditions Precedent: Lender failed to provide sufficient evidence showing default letter and notice of acceleration were mailed to borrower when it only attached copy of default letter...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Standing: In moving for involuntary dismissal, borrowers were required to admit as true all of the facts in evidence, including representations made in assignments of mortgage; bank...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Pleading Fraud Defense: Trial court erred in providing relief of fraud as defense to foreclosure where fraud was never pleaded; even if fraud had been pleaded, party failed to prove...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure Sale / Challenge: borrower failed to meet his burden of establishing that gross inadequacy of foreclosure bid price resulted from "mistake, fraud or other irregularity" in the sale -...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Standing: assignee of note was entitled to foreclosure for being in possession of original note indorse in blank, consistent with the copy attached to the complaint - Deutsche Bank...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Surviving Lien: Lender’s lien on mobile home survived foreclosure sale of property where mobile home was located; mobile home remained personal property outside scope of foreclosure –...more
Real Property Update - Condo Termination / Mandatory Arbitration: Unit owner could not pursue claims relating to condo termination for failure to comply with Florida Statutes section 718.117(16), which required unit...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Condition Precedent: Borrower who raises an affirmative defense, such as failure of conditions precedent, bears the burden of proving that affirmative defense even if lender's complaint...more
Real Property Update - Re-Foreclosure / Redemption: Trial court properly entered final judgment allowing re-foreclosure and allowing inferior lien holder right of redemption where inferior lien holder not named as party...more