News & Analysis as of September 21, 2024

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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 -

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending October 6 & 13, 2017

Carlton Fields on 10/18/2017

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE FINANCIAL SERVICES UPDATE - Ad Valorem Taxes: land lease holders are considered equitable owners of land for tax purposes if land lease renews automatically and is perpetual; owners of condominium...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending August 19 & 26, 2016

Carlton Fields on 8/31/2016

Real Property Update: - Lis Pendens/Subsequent Liens: lis pendens statute only serves to discharge liens that exist or arise prior to entry of foreclosure judgment but does not affect liens that arise after entry of...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending July 15, 2016

Carlton Fields on 7/21/2016

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Unclean Hands: defense of unclean hands insufficient where borrower alleges bank’s loan officer inflated borrower’s income and assets to qualify for loan where borrower signed off on...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending June 24 & July 1, 2016

Carlton Fields on 7/11/2016

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Leave to Amend: borrower should have been granted leave to amend to assert affirmative defenses pursuant to motion filed 13 days before trial because there was no prejudice, the...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending June 10 & 17, 2016

Carlton Fields on 6/22/2016

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - - Foreclosure/Standing/Hearsay: copy of a note with undated allonge containing blank endorsement sufficient to establish standing as a matter of law, even though bank did not have formal...more

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending March 11 & 18, 2016

Carlton Fields on 3/24/2016

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - - Foreclosure/Standing: substitute plaintiff failed to establish standing to enforce note and fact that original plaintiff had filed original note endorsed in blank before assignment did not...more

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

Carlton Fields on 9/9/2015

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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