The first Nevada state court ruling on the federal Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) holds that a deed of trust owned by a GSE cannot be extinguished by a homeowners’ association’s (HOA) foreclosure sale, a promising development for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and lenders embroiled in quiet title cases with purchasers from HOA foreclosure
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FHFA Proposes Rule on Fannie Mae’s & Freddie Mac’s Duty to Serve Underserved Markets
By Jason R. Bushby & Edward S. Sledge IV on
Posted in Affordable Housing
Pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which amended the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, federal law requires the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to facilitate a secondary market for mortgages on housing for very low-, low-,…
FHFA, Fannie and Freddie File Defensive Class Action in Nevada
By Heather Howell Wright on
Posted in HOA Super Priority Liens
In an effort to “avoid the cost and burden of piecemeal litigation” of hundreds of cases in the Nevada HOA foreclosure crisis, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) recently filed a putative class action and motion to certify a defensive class, pursuant to Rule 28 (b)(2) and…