WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae announced today that it will suspend eviction lockouts of foreclosed single-family properties during the holiday season. The suspension of eviction lockouts will apply to single-family and 2-4 unit properties from December 17, 2018 through January 2, 2019.
SB 2: Would impose a $ 75 fee for recording up to three real estate documents related to foreclosures, refinancings and business and property development filings. It would not apply to recording deeds from property purchases or the transfer of deeds for owner-occupied homes. Foreclosure News
The Florida Legislature recently enacted four bills that created and modified certain provisions in the Florida Statutes related to consumer issues in connection with telephone solicitations; consumer finance loans; bankruptcy matters in foreclosure proceedings; and the waiver of homestead rights. Regarding provisions related to telephone solicitation, enacted Senate Bill 568 makes several changes to Section…
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Science said the skeletal remains were those of Mary Cerruti, 61, who once owned the home and who has not been seen missing since 2015. Tax records show that Cerruti owned the home, but foreclosure proceedings indicated that she had missed 10 loan payments by January 2015. Foreclosure News
Tierra Gregory didn't consider the dangers above her head when whe was a girl in West Baltimore, playing jacks on the stoops of crumbling rowhouses. Now an attorney, Gregory has spent much of the last year digging through records, trying to uncover who is responsible for the vacant house that collapsed and killed a man…
A recent decision of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts highlights the importance of using clear and unambiguous remedy provisions in residential mortgages and deeds of trust. James B. Nutter & Co. Foreclosure News
There's been a lot of talk lately about a shift from seller's market to buyer's market, what with home price gains beginning to moderate somewhat and mortgage interest rates on the rise . But it seems this has been more speculation than reality, with home price gains still quite high and pricing relief for would-be…
