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September 17, 2014

Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Works

The Urban Institute published a study, National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program Evaluation Final Report, Rounds 3 Through 5, that it prepared for NeighborWorks® America. The executive summary notes that The National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) program is a special federal … Continue reading →

August 18, 2014

Housing Finance at A Glance

The Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center really does give a a nice overview of the American housing finance system in its monthly chartbook, Housing Finance at A Glance. I list below a few of the charts that I found … Continue reading →

July 25, 2014

California Court Denies Plaintiffs’ Claims for Breach of Express Agreements, Breach of Implied Agreements, Slander of Title, Wrongful Foreclosure, and Violations of California Civil Codes

The court in deciding Zapata v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 2013 U.S. Dist. (N.D. Cal. Dec., 2013) dismissed the plaintiff’s action for failure to state a claim. This action boiled down to an attempt made by the plaintiff to avoid … Continue reading →

July 23, 2014

The court in deciding Brannigan v. Bank of Am. Corp., 2013 U.S. Dist. (N.D. Ga., 2013) agreed with the defendants that the plaintiffs’ complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted and was to be dismissed … Continue reading →

July 19, 2014

Georgia Court Dismisses RESPA, TILA, and HOEPA Claims

The court in deciding Mitchell v. Deutsche Bank Nat’l Trust Co., 2013 U.S. Dist. (N.D. Ga., 2013) granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs Reginald and Jamela Mitchell claimed that the defendants Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. and MERS violated … Continue reading →

July 10, 2014

Connecticut Court Denies All Five of Defendant’s Special Defenses to Foreclosure Action

The court in deciding Bank of Am., N.A. v. Samaha, 2013 Conn. Super. (Conn. Super. Ct., 2013) granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. In this action, the plaintiff sought to foreclose a mortgage executed by Joseph Samaha and Denise … Continue reading →

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 →