Mortgages

 

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Summary: Borrower’s action of issuing an order to wire funds on the date payment was due constituted “making payment” under a forbearance agreement with the lender, and was not...

 

SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940
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HUD Secretary Requires Payoff Letters for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages

Reverse mortgages (also called Home Equity Conversion Mortgages) allow homeowners to convert the...

You may have transactions from time to time where an open mortgage on title was made to a lender that is no longer in business. In those cases, you must find out what became of that lender’s...

Summary:  A title insurer’s failure to except a defect does not constitute negligence or defeat an equitable claim.

United Community Bank v Prairie State Bank &...

There are some cases where a prior mortgage has been paid but unreleased, and a release cannot be obtained from the lender. In these instances, consider the following alternative methods to...

Summary:  If a mortgage note allows a bank to seize possession of the property if the bank, in its sole discretion, determines the borrower has defaulted, the conduct is...

Summary: A judgment on the priority of mortgages in a foreclosure action was res judicata to later challenges of the validity of those mortgages.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A...

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