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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... more +
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 -
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NY Court of Appeals Takes Sensible Approach to 90-Day Preforeclosure Notices

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On February 14, 2023, the New York Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Bank of America, NA v. Kessler, holding that the inclusion of concise and relevant additional information does not void an otherwise proper 90-day...more

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Update: Federal Judge Dismisses Landlords’ Challenge To NY Eviction Law

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On April 14, 2021, U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of five landlords against Attorney General Letitia James (“AG James”) in the Eastern District of New York (Chrysafis, et al. v. James,...more

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Bankruptcy Court Upholds Foreclosure Sale That Occurred Between Bankruptcy Case Dismissal and Subsequent Reinstatement

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Frequently, borrowers file for bankruptcy at the 11th hour to halt foreclosure sales. Once a petition for bankruptcy relief has been filed, secured creditors must cease their collection efforts to avoid violating the...more

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Florida Real Property And Business Litigation Report Volume XIII, Issue 50

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M & M Realty Partners at Hagen Ranch, LLC v. Mazzoni, Case No. 18-13536 (11th Cir. 2020). A “binding financial commitment” from a third party, including a wholly owned business entity, is required in order to satisfy the...more

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Florida Real Property And Business Litigation Report, Volume 13, Issue 49

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Lucoff v. Navient Solutions, LLC, Case No. 19-13482 (11th Cir. 2020). A person who consents online to be contacted regarding past due debts (even though he earlier advised the company he did not wish to be contacted) has, as...more

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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

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Trustee Has No Duty to “Verify” Validity of Loan Assignment Before Foreclosure

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A trustee in charge of administering a trust has many duties. A trustee appointed pursuant to a deed of trust, however, is different.  The duties of a deed of trust trustee are exceptionally narrow. A recent opinion...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 26, 2019

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Real Property Update - • Foreclosure / Reverse Mortgage / Condition Precedent: bank failed to establish that the subject property was not the principal residence of surviving co-borrower under its reverse mortgage, a...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 19, 2019

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Real Property Update - • Special Tax District Bond Validation: hospital center special tax district could not validate bonds intended to finance the construction of a hospital outside the geographic boundaries established...more

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Subject Matter Jurisdiction in Bankruptcy: The Eleventh Circuit Addresses Related-To Jurisdiction

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The subject matter jurisdiction of bankruptcy courts causes confusion and can be hard to understand. In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit clarified the meaning of the phrase...more

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RESPA is a Shield, Not a Sword

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In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit held that a defendant is not required to plead as an affirmative defense under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act that it had complied with Section 1024.41 of the Code...more

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11th Circuit Court Rejects Claim that Mortgage Statements Sought Time Barred Debt in Violation of FDCPA

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In Green v. Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC, 17-15681, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a consumers contention that his monthly mortgage statement should only seek his last five years of mortgage installments...more

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The Perils of De Novo Review

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Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal issued an opinion yesterday that highlights the perils of de novo review. De novo review is the broadest standard of review for an appellate court, reserved for construing pure...more

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

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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

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Chris Lazarini Provides Insight on Lawsuit Dismissal on Res Judicata Grounds

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini provided insight on a lawsuit involving a former broker of Wells Fargo who sued the firm in state court for fraud and personal injury when the company initiated a foreclosure action...more

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Florida Supreme Court Refuses to Reconsider Landmark 2016 Ruling on Statute of Limitations for Mortgage Foreclosure

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On March 16, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court denied motions for rehearing and/or clarification filed by petitioners Lewis Brook Bartram, the Plantation at Ponte Vedra, and Gideon M.G. Gratsiani. All three petitioners...more

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Second District Court of Appeal Declines to Apply Statute of Limitations to Bar Subsequent Foreclosure Actions Premised on...

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Following the Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bartram v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 41 Fla. L. Weekly S493, 2016 WL 6538647 (Fla. Nov. 3, 2016), courts were left to interpret how Bartram would affect lenders’ reliance on...more

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No Free Houses—Florida Supreme Court Approves Fifth DCA’s Bartram Decision and Extension of Singleton v. Greymar

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The mortgage industry scored a significant victory last week when the Florida Supreme Court released its decision in Bartram v. U.S. Bank, N.A. broadly approving of the approach taken by the Fifth District Court of Appeal and...more

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Client Alert: Florida Supreme Court Rules that Dismissal of Foreclosure Action Returns Parties to their Pre-Foreclosure Action...

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The Florida Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in Bartram et al. v. U.S. Bank NA, case number SC14-1265, on November 3, 2016, affirming the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeals in U.S. Bank Nat. Ass’n...more

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The Ninth Circuit Holds That Enforcing A Security Interest Is Not Necessarily Debt Collection

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On Oct. 19, 2016, the Ninth Circuit held that merely enforcing a security interest is not “debt collection” under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). In so holding, the Ninth Circuit disagreed with...more

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The Eleventh Circuit has spoken: “Debtors who surrender property must get out of the creditor’s way”

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In recent years, there has been a hotbed of litigation across the nation, particularly in Florida state and bankruptcy courts, regarding a debtor’s ability to contest a secured creditor’s foreclosure notwithstanding the...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending September 2 & 9, 2016

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE: Foreclosure/Standing: where copy of note attached to foreclosure complaint contained no endorsement and original note presented at trial had endorsement in favor of plaintiff, plaintiff required to...more

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Presence of Trustee at Foreclosure Sale

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The Maryland Court of Special Appeals in Fisher v. Ward affirmed a Circuit Court’s dismissal of a foreclosure proceeding exception in which the Trustee under the subject Deed of Trust was not physically present at the sale....more

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Florida’s Third DCA Withdraws Opinion Impacting Mortgage Lenders

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Last April, we provided an update on the Florida Third District Court of Appeal’s opinion in Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas v. Beauvais. In that decision, the Third District held a dismissal without prejudice does not...more

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Split Florida Court Withdraws Beauvais Opinion to Hold that Dismissal Without Prejudice of Foreclosure Action Does Not Bar Second...

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After a rare en banc oral argument, the court withdrew its earlier opinion and released a new en banc decision holding that dismissal of a foreclosure action accelerating payment on one default does not time-bar a subsequent...more

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