In what has become a yearly tradition, Congress voted to extend the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act to 2017. This bill is incredibly important for foreclosure defense. As I have written before, homeowners who have received loan modifications and done more »
Christmas came early for two of my clients this year. I’m pleased to announce that I won a foreclosure appeal of a post-foreclosure eviction case this week in the District Court Appellate Division. In this case, my clients were challenging the more »
Governor Baker signed into law the Massachusetts Foreclosure Title Clearing Bill last week. This bill, which supporters have been trying to pass for years, imposes a deadline for challenging the validity of foreclosures in Massachusetts. Here, I’ll present an overview of the more »
I’m thrilled to announce that I helped a Massachusetts homeowner beat foreclosure, through one of my most successful (and hard fought) cases to date. My client was foreclosed in 2009, as a result of a predatory loan that forced him more »
Raising rent is always a contentious issue among Massachusetts landlords and tenants. I often get asked, are raises in rent allowed? The answer depends upon the rental agreement between the parties: whether there is a lease or tenancy-at-will. A lease is more »
I often get asked how to stop a foreclosure in Massachusetts. Homeowners facing foreclosure need to be aware of the different options for stopping foreclosure and how they apply to different scenarios. Stopping a foreclosure is priority number one in Massachusetts more »
Getting a loan modification isn’t easy. As I have often written, the loan modification process can be long, complex, and costly. Banks and loan servicers routinely lose paperwork and make the process a thousand times harder than it needs to more »
Last week, I settled a highly contentious landlord/tenant dispute. Neither side like each other, and both seemed glad to have the matter over. I represented the landlord, and was able to negotiate a move-out of the tenants in exchange for more »
In true Halloween spirit, a recent news article reports that “zombie” foreclosures are down nationwide, especially in Massachusetts. A “zombie” foreclosure is where a borrower abandons their home prior to a foreclosure occurring. I suspect that zombie foreclosures do not occur too more »
