The Massachusetts Appeals Court issued an important decision last week in Santos v. U.S. Bank (full decision below) regarding a loan modification denial. The Court rejected the borrower’s negligence claim, but acknowledge that other grounds exist for fighting a loan modification more »
Homeowners facing foreclosure often ask a common question: can I sell my home before foreclosure? As with all legal questions, the answer depends. A lender brings a foreclosure to recoup the money owned on the underlining mortgage loan. Paying off more »
One of the most common questions I get from homeowners facing foreclosure is, how long does a foreclosure take? The quick answer is: a while. Compared to other states that have expedited the foreclosure process, foreclosures in Massachusetts generally take a long more »
Signing a lease is an important part of the landlord/tenant process. A leases spells out the terms of the landlord/tenant relationship, namely the amount of rent and how long the lease will last. Most landlords use a standard form lease more »
The Massachusetts Foreclosure Law Blog is pleased to present an interview with David Dayen, author of Chain of Title, a new book about the foreclosure crisis. Chain of Title is an account of how three ordinary Americans uncovered foreclosure fraud in the more »
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued Fannie Mae v. Rego today, an important foreclosure law decision that permits a Chapter 93A defense to foreclosure. Chapter 93A, the common name for Massachusetts’s Consumer Protection Law, is a broad consumer statute that more »
I write often about loan modifications, but I’ve had many clients ask me what is a loan modification, and how does it compare to a loan refinance. It is an important topic, as loan modifications are essential for foreclosure defense. more »
Ask a room full of lawyers a legal question, and you will likely get a handful of different responses. I would bet, however, that there is a major exception to this on the question of whether a landlord should accept more »
