In 2007, Maria Soto (“Maria”) obtained a loan from Diana Buchanan (“Buchanan”) secured against a property she owned along with her husband and two other people. Read More > ...
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THE DECISION: The Supreme Court of California held that Code of Civil Procedure Section 580b prevents lenders from pursuing borrowers after approving the borrower’s short sale. Read More > ...
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In 2005, Afsheen and Fabiola Alborzian (“Alborzians”) obtained two loans to purchase a residential property. The first lienholder was Wells Fargo and the second lienholder was Read More > ...
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Recently, a California appellate court held that a purchase money loan is a purchase money loan regardless of when the loan proceeds are transferred to the Read More > ...
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The attorneys at Brewer Offord & Pedersen LLP put together an Attorney Fee Provisions Series. We hope that these blogs can provide our colleagues with valuable information regarding the potential to recover attorney’s Read More > ...
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As of March 1, 2013, Fannie Mae has implemented new deed-in-lieu guidelines, streamlining the process and allowing borrowers who are current with their loan to be Read More > ...
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> What happens if the trustee is instructed by the lender to have a minimum bid of $219k but misses a digit and sets and sells Read More > ...
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In the 2011 case of Smith v. Home Loan Funding, Inc., the Second District Court of Appeals held that a mortgage lender, who represented that they Read More > ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court Finds Mortgage Loan Fees Were Not a Violation of RESPA. Anyone who has ever obtained a residential loan or mortgage is familiar Read More > ...
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This week, in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, No. 11‐166 (U.S. May 29, 2012) the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a secured Read More > ...
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I’ve written in the past about the most passive method of collection, which is to simply record Abstracts of Judgment and assuming your judgment debtor has Read More > ...
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