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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 +
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 uses that property as collateral for the loan. less -
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Reacting to Tyler v. Hennepin County: Michigan Addresses Retroactivity of Legislative Fix

In a recent case, the Michigan Supreme Court issued an opinion in Schafer v. Kent County, No. 164975, addressing the critical issue of surplus equity stemming from a tax foreclosure within the context of the state...more

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Litigation Byte (June Edition)

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The Litigation Byte is the new name and format for McGlinchey’s Commercial Law Bulletin. Our new format reflects McGlinchey’s national coverage and our expanded footprint while still serving up the digestible, insightful...more

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A New Class Of Redemptioners: The Enhanced Position Of Tenants, Prospective Owner Occupants, And Nonprofit Or Governmental...

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The borrower has no post-sale redemption right in California’s nonjudicial foreclosure process. This redemption bar has long been justified as a trade-off for the lender’s post-sale deficiency bar under Civ. Proc. Code, §...more

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When does a plaintiff have a right to a jury trial under the CSPA? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin

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Fraudulent Transfer Act Allan v. Allan, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga Nos. 110177, 110179, 2022-Ohio-1488- In this appeal, the Eighth Appellate District reversed the trial court’s decision under the Fraudulent Transfer Act case to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The ESG Factor, January 2022 - One of These Things Is Not Like the Other: New York State Court Upholds Commercial Reasonableness...

On November 10, 2021, the owner of the State Street Financial Center in Boston, Massachusetts defaulted on its debt, consisting of a mortgage loan in the amount of $535,000,000 and three mezzanine loans in the aggregate...more

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A Victory For Lenders – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That a Pre-foreclosure Notice of Default and Right to Cure...

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s recent decision in Thompson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., — N.E.3d —-, 2020 WL 7238390, at *4 (1st Cir. Dec. 9, 2020) represents a substantial victory for the financial services...more

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New Options for Creditors: Florida Adopts the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act

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 Until July 1, 2020, there was no comprehensive statutory scheme for the appointment receivers of commercial real estate in Florida. Instead, receiverships of commercial real estate had been governed only by a patchwork of...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

A Loan In Default Can Still Be Assigned

Borrowers looking to invalidate a foreclosure sale often come up with interesting theories. One frequent strategy is to attack the validity of a prior assignment of the underlying note and deed of trust. As explained in...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending August 23, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure Sale: borrowers failed to allege adequate equitable factors and make proper showing to justify setting aside foreclosure sale, but instead re-litigate issues determined in underlying...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 5, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Standing: bank cannot rely solely on its acquisition of prior lenderto prove standing where note was specially indorsed to prior lender - Certo v. The Bank of New York Mellon, No....more

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Sixth Circuit Offers Perspective on Federal Removal and Wrongful Foreclosure in Mortgage Litigation

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In Beasley v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 2018 WL 3478882 (6th Cir. July 19, 2018), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit provided clarification on certain aspects of removing a case from state court to federal...more

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Mortgage and Pledge of Equity — Clogging the Equity of Redemption?

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, addressed the issue of whether the borrower's equity of redemption was being impermissibly "clogged" by a foreclosing lender. The case, HH Cincinnati...more

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Third Circuit Upholds Foreclosure Sale Against Preference Attack

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On July 19, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals entered a decision upholding the results of a foreclosure sale against a debtor’s allegation that the sale was a preference because the bankruptcy estate could have sold the...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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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending July 29, 2016

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Automatic Stay: because final judgment entered day after defendant’s petition for bankruptcy, automatic stay imposed by 11 U.S.C. § 362 was in effect and, thus, judgment was void, even...more

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