In late July, another Florida appellate court took a sizable chunk out of foreclosure defense attorneys’ litigation playbook, holding that substantial compliance, rather than strict compliance, is the prevailing standard to be used by courts when assessing whether a mortgage loan servicer complied with the pre-foreclosure requirements found in Paragraph 22 of most residential mortgages. … Continue Reading
Earlier this month, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Summerlin Asset Mgmt. V Trust v. Jackson decided an issue of first impression regarding whether compliance with Florida Statute section 559.715 is a condition precedent to the commencement of a mortgage foreclosure action. The section is a provision of the Florida … Continue Reading
Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued an important ruling concerning the litigation over whether homeowners’ association foreclosures under Nevada’s super-priority lien statute (NRS 116.3116) can extinguish first deeds of trust when the underlying indebtedness is owned by a Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) like Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or Federal … Continue Reading
After a long stretch of inactivity in the default space, the New York Court of Appeals recently returned to the subject with an opinion addressing its expectations regarding affidavits used by parties seeking deficiency judgments in foreclosure actions. While the Court did not opine on what would be necessary for such an affidavit to pass … Continue Reading
Attacking sufficiency, accuracy, or validity of assignments of mortgages and deeds of trust has been among the most common strategies employed by borrowers to challenge foreclosures. Allegations regarding the status of MERS, the legal authority of the individual executing the assignment, and the timing of the assignment’s recording have all been raised and litigated in … Continue Reading
