Federal judge overturns Massachusetts city law regulating drones
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No Surrender: Massachusetts Appeals Court Preserves Foreclosure Challenges for Bankruptcy Petitioner
Like Bruce Springsteen, a Massachusetts bankruptcy debtor said “no surrender” when it came to his home. In EverBank v. Foreclosure News
Real Estate Finance: Massachusetts
A Q&A guide to real estate finance law for borrowers and lenders in Massachusetts. This Q&A addresses state laws relating to security instruments, usury laws, limitations on personal liability, recording requirements and taxes, priority issues, mechanics' liens, landlord liens, title insurance matters, and foreclosure procedures primarily impacting lending transactions in a commercial context. Foreclosure News
Massachusetts is seeing fewer foreclosures
This past June, Massachusetts saw its first year-over-year decrease in foreclosure petitions since 2013, according to The Warren Group. Petitions are the first step in the foreclosure process. Foreclosure News
A Missing Massachusetts Promissory Note’s Outsized Potential Impact on Foreclosures
In Zullo v. HMC Assets, LLC , the Massachusetts Land Court has issued a judicial about-face in deciding that a mortgage holder lacks standing to foreclose if that holder never possessed the mortgagor's original promissory note even if that holder can submit a lost note affidavit from a predecessor holder. Foreclosure News
Attention Mortgage Loan Servicers: Highest Court in Massachusetts…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court provided further guidance – up to a point – on mortgagees' strict compliance with the notice of default provisions within paragraph 22 of the standard mortgage and when that standard takes effect. Mortgage holders have litigated this issue for years in Massachusetts, and the SJC first addressed compliance with paragraph […]
Massachusetts sues Ocwen over mortgage servicing practices
The Massachusetts attorney general sued a unit of Ocwen Financial Corp on Friday, accusing the mortgage servicing company of engaging in abusive practices that harmed thousands of homeowners in the state. The lawsuit, filed in Suffolk County Superior Court, came a week after the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Florida attorney general and more […]
Aaron Hernandez’s death in cell highlights suicide problem in Massachusetts prisons
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Massachusetts DAs dismiss thousands of drug cases overevidence tampering at state lab
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Massachusetts officials defend scans of driver’s licenses in hunt for wanted suspects
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