Sawin & Shea

AUGUST 24, 2022

When you’re going through the process of filing Chapter 13, foreclosure cannot occur because you’re granted an automatic stay, meaning that lenders cannot pursue your debts and recover collateral, including your home. Can I Stop Foreclosure with Chapter 13 Bankruptcy? If you’re wondering, “How long will Chapter 13 delay foreclosure?”

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Roths Child Law

MAY 13, 2024

When homeowners face the daunting prospect of foreclosure, understanding the defensive options available can potentially help them preserve their homes and financial stability. For example, two common types of bankruptcy , Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, offer different benefits and drawbacks in the context of foreclosure.

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The Kaplan Group

JULY 9, 2024

Office loan defaults pose a high risk for major US financial districts, potentially signaling impending issues for large cities. A new study by The Kaplan Group analyzed office building data in key US financial districts to determine which are most at risk of a large number of loan defaults or even geo-centric office firesales.

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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 10, 2023

On December 30, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) into law. The Engel decision allowed lenders and servicers to voluntarily pause the statute of limitations on foreclosures and reserve the right to restart the action again, as long as it was done within six years. Engel , 37 N.Y.3d

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Collection Industry News

JULY 18, 2022

Fitch Ratings-New York-15 July 2022: Borrowers continue to work with their servicers post-forbearance to avoid loan default, according to Fitch Ratings’ 1Q22 U.S. The sole metric showing stress is in the foreclosure category, which rose marginally to 2% from 1% and to 3% from 2% for bank and non-bank servicers, respectively.

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Credit Corp

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

consumers are enduring—including mortgage payment forbearance of foreclosure. Forbearance is the postponement of mortgage payments, or the lowering of monthly payments for a specified time period; it’s not loan forgiveness. Federally backed mortgages are protected against foreclosure through December 31, 2020.

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Troutman Sanders

MAY 10, 2022

On May 3, the New York State Senate passed S5473D (Bill), which will apply immediately in all actions “in which a final judgment of foreclosure and sale has not been enforced.” ( See S5473D at Section 10.) 3d 1 (2021), and retroactively annul lenders’ longstanding right to revoke their option to accelerate mortgage loans after default.

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Account Recovery

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The background: The case originated when the plaintiff was denied a mortgage loan due to an erroneous credit report prepared by the defendant, a major credit reporting agency. The ruling: On appeal, the Third Circuit vacated the district court’s order and remanded the case.

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Collection Industry News

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Department of Agriculture has announced the temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under the Farm Storage Facility Loan and the Direct Farm Loan programs administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). USDA will work with the U.S. For servicing information, access farmers.gov.

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ABI

JANUARY 22, 2023

John's University School of Law American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff Section 362 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) provides that the filing of a bankruptcy petition results in an automatic stay generally enjoining all actions, including a foreclosure sale, against a debtor or its property. [1]

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Jimerson Firm

MARCH 19, 2021

When a lender holds a defaulted loan there are several issues that need to be considered before initiating a foreclosure. Additionally, specific Federal regulations may also apply and provide additional requirements for lenders holding VA loans or FHA loans, or provide protections for service members. Florida State Laws.

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Credit Corp

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

consumers are enduring—including mortgage payment forbearance of foreclosure. Forbearance is the postponement of mortgage payments, or the lowering of monthly payments for a specified time period; it’s not loan forgiveness. Federally backed mortgages are protected against foreclosure through December 31, 2020.

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Jimerson Firm

JUNE 28, 2021

In Florida, a lender initiates a foreclosure by commencing a lawsuit in the county where the property is located. If the lender is successful, the lender will receive a final judgment of foreclosure from the court and the property will be sold at a public auction. Sometimes, a lender’s foreclosure lawsuit will be dismissed.

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Credit Corp

JANUARY 24, 2024

A VA home loan is a mortgage backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for service members, veterans, and their families. The purpose of VA loans is to help veterans purchase homes with lower interest rates and better terms. Read on to learn how to get a VA loan with bad credit. What Are the Benefits of a VA Loan?

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Account Recovery

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced it had filed suit against a developer and lender for operating an illegal land sale scheme and targeting Hispanic borrowers with loans they couldn’t afford, many of which ended up in foreclosure and allowed the company to repeat the process.

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Troutman Sanders

MARCH 1, 2023

In 2017, the Lender moved for summary judgment against Mr. Kessler on its foreclosure complaint. On February 14, 2023, the New York Court of Appeals overturned the Appellate Division, Second Department’s Kessler decision, which had applied a strict application of Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law § 1304, also known as a 90-day notice.

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Jimerson Firm

MARCH 24, 2021

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, four of our partners presented Properly Handling Mortgage Foreclosures. This webinar addressed what is new in foreclosures, including recent developments in the law since the last foreclosure crisis and how banks can utilize the law to their advantage. There is a tenant in the foreclosed property.

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Burr Forman

JULY 27, 2021

In just a few days, on July 31, 2021, the national moratoriums on residential evictions and foreclosures are set to expire. The new program is aimed at reducing the monthly payments for individuals with qualifying mortgage loans. Department of Agriculture. 1] The White House, www.whitehouse.gov , July 23, 2021.

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Jimerson Firm

MAY 17, 2021

In order to maintain a foreclosure action against a borrower, lenders must ensure they can establish “standing”. Standing is a fundamental requirement for a foreclosure, as lenders who desire to initiate a foreclosure proceeding are required to have standing. Aurora Loan Services, LLC, 163 So. What is Standing?

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Jimerson Firm

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Sometimes, foreclosure of a commercial property is the only option available to lenders and servicers to limit losses as a result of defaults on hotel and restaurant mortgages. Parts 1-4 of this series discussed pre-foreclosure options available to lenders dealing with hotel/restaurant mortgage defaults. 702.015(4) , Fla. York, 903 So.

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Collection Industry News

JUNE 28, 2022

In the first quarter of 2022, Florida ranked almost exactly in the middle of the pack in three key categories of the national homeowner economy: delinquent mortgages, total non-current mortgages, and foreclosure rates, according to a report issued by Jacksonville-based Black Knight Data & Analytics, Inc., a mortgage and loan data broker.

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Jimerson Firm

MAY 26, 2021

Lenders need to be aware that borrowers and other lienholders can bring an action or proceeding to set aside, invalidate, or challenge the validity of a final judgment of foreclosure of a mortgage, even after the foreclosure sale. When Can the Foreclosure Sale Be Invalidated? Nationstar Mortg., Diaz , 227 So. 3d 726, 730 (Fla.

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Jimerson Firm

JANUARY 14, 2021

The first half of this series evaluated options available to lenders prior to instituting a commercial foreclosure action. The second-half of this series has evaluated available options to lenders during the pendency of the foreclosure action. 1), directs the defendants to show cause why a foreclosure judgment should not be entered.

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Jimerson Firm

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

When a small business association (“SBA”) loan is converted to liquidation status, the lender must begin liquidating the collateral. if the collateral is likely to be acquired by SBA or the lender at the foreclosure sale, the expenses associated with the care, preservation and resale of the acquired collateral. Lien Foreclosure.

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Jimerson Firm

MAY 25, 2021

In every foreclosure action, the foreclosing lender will be required to publish some sort of legal advertisement or notice in a newspaper (e.g. the Notice of Foreclosure Sale). Since publishing a legal notice concerning a foreclosure action is inevitable, it is imperative for lenders to know how to do so properly. Conclusion.

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Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Engel, the Court of Appeals established a bright-line rule that when the acceleration of a mortgage debt occurs by filing a foreclosure complaint, a lender’s voluntary discontinuance of that action constitutes a revocation of acceleration as a matter of law, absent an express, contemporaneous statement to the contrary by the lender.

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Troutman Sanders

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint in a Texas federal court against Colony Ridge Development, LLC (Colony Ridge), its affiliates, and Loan Originator Services, a Texas mortgage company, for allegedly operating an illegal land sales scheme and targeting tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers with false statements and predatory loans.

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 15, 2020

As discussed in parts 1-4 of this series, lenders have several options prior to instituting a commercial foreclosure action. Additionally, as briefly discussed in part 5 of this series, during the foreclosure action, lenders have options to try to preserve the value of the underlying collateral and to minimize further losses.

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Jimerson Firm

MAY 21, 2021

Except in cases of an owner-occupied residence, lenders are entitled under Florida law to receive payments during the pendency of a foreclosure proceeding. Courts have held that reference to “some other method of enforcement” of a court’s payment order includes the entry of a foreclosure judgment. 2), Florida Statutes.

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Jimerson Firm

JULY 20, 2020

In 2013, the Legislature enacted Section 702.015 , Florida Statutes, which sets forth new pleading requirements for residential foreclosure actions. At that time, the Legislature requested the Florida Supreme Court to amend the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure to provide expedited foreclosure proceedings in conformity with Section 702.015.

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Jimerson Firm

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When a small business association (“SBA”) loan is converted to liquidation status, the lender must begin liquidating the collateral. if the collateral is likely to be acquired by SBA or the lender at the foreclosure sale, the expenses associated with the care, preservation and resale of the acquired collateral. Liquidation Methods.

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Jimerson Firm

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Conducting site visits are an important aspect of servicing SBA loans. a bankruptcy filing, business shutdown, or foreclosure by a prior lienholder) that caused the loan to be classified in liquidation status or sooner if the collateral could be removed, lost, or dissipated. SOP 50 57 2 ; SOP 50 55.

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Credit Corp

DECEMBER 14, 2020

And her bank wouldn’t give her and her husband Larry a loan to buy a replacement home. Brenda’s still tending her garden, though, thanks to a second-chance loan from the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund-a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Flexible loan amounts. Flexible loan amounts.

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In the event a borrower is seriously delinquent on making payments under a SBA loan, or the SBA loan is classified in liquidation status, lenders and CDCs must develop a prudent and commercially reasonable strategy to maximize their recovery on the loan. SOP 50 57 ; SOP 50 55. SOP 50 57 2; SOP 50 55.

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Jimerson Firm

MARCH 12, 2021

In Florida, foreclosure actions must be brought in the county where the land is located. However, lenders often wonder where they should file the foreclosure action if the loan is secured by mortgaged land situated in different counties. allows the lender to bring a single foreclosure action on all mortgages in just one county.

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Jimerson Firm

JUNE 30, 2021

However, lenders are not always the successful party in the foreclosure and, to the disappointment of the lender, the lawsuit may be dismissed. 2016) , lenders may be able to file a foreclosure lawsuit on the same property more than once. In this case, the mortgagee brought two foreclosure lawsuits against the mortgagor.

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Credit Corp

MARCH 9, 2021

When you’ve missed a mortgage payment your mind may immediately spiral to foreclosure. Foreclosure. But, it should bring you some peace of mind to know that foreclosure is not the immediate consequence for missing a loan payment. Foreclosure doesn’t really come up until you’ve missed two or three payments.

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