July 24, 2014
Reiss on Investing In Real Estate Versus REITs
Investopedia quoted me in Investing In Real Estate Versus REITs. It reads in part, The U.S. real estate market is finally starting to fire on most, if not all, cylinders, with investors’ enthusiasm gathering steam seemingly each passing month. According … Continue reading
July 24, 2014 in Equity | Permalink | No Comments
July 23, 2014
Court Finds that Defendants Failure to Record all Assignments of the Deed did not Violate ORS 86.735
The court in deciding Romani v. Northwest Trs. Servs., 2013 U.S. Dist. L (D. Or., 2013) granted the motion for summary judgment in favor of Northwest. The plaintiff’s complaint asserted four claims. Plaintiff alleged that the non-judicial foreclosure of her … Continue reading
July 23, 2014 in Equity | Permalink | No Comments
June 27, 2014
Tennessee Court Dismisses Plaintiff’s TCPA Claim
The court in deciding Amour v. Bank of Am., N.A., 2013 U.S. Dist. (E.D. Tenn., 2013) granted in part and denied in part the defendant’s motion to dismiss The plaintiffs brought three separate causes of action each of which the … Continue reading
June 27, 2014 in Equity | Permalink | No Comments
June 19, 2014
Hawaii Court Holds that Debtor had Standing to Enforce Note and Mortgage Under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 490:3-301(ii) Even Though it was a Non-Holder
The court in deciding 1250 Oceanside Partners v. Katcher, 2013 Bankr. (D. Haw. 2013) recommended that the district court enter a decree of foreclosure in favor of the debtor. The debtor in possession of 1250 Oceanside Partners sought to enforce … Continue reading
June 19, 2014 in Equity | Permalink | No Comments
June 17, 2014
Reiss on “Generation Rent”
MSN Real Estate quoted me in ‘Generation Rent’ trend changes the housing game. Tougher lending requirements, a transient lifestyle and seeing mortgages throw their parents’ finances in turmoil are causing more millennials to rent instead of buy a home. “This … Continue reading
June 17, 2014 in Equity | Permalink | No Comments
June 12, 2014
Ohio Court Finds that Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Foreclosure Complaint did not Deprive it of Jurisdiction Over Defendants and Their TILA Claims
The court in deciding Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Wick, 2013-Ohio-5422 (Ohio Ct. App., Cuyahoga County, 2013) found that the trial court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s foreclosure complaint did not deprive it of jurisdiction over defendants and their TILA claims, as … Continue reading
June 12, 2014 in Equity | Permalink | No Comments
June 11, 2014
NY Court Rejects Lack-of-Standing Claim
The court in deciding HSBC Bank USA v Sage, 112 A.D.3d 1126 (N.Y. App. Div. 3d Dep’t 2013) affirmed the lower court’s decision dismissing the defendant’s lack of standing claim. HSBC Bank USA commenced this foreclosure action alleging that defendant … Continue reading
June 11, 2014 in Equity | Permalink | No Comments
