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 »
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 »
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 »
When foreclosure defense comes to the big screen, you know I’m going to see it. I took a break from work this weekend to watch 99 Homes, a movie about the 2o1o foreclosure crisis in Florida. Overall, I thought it was more »
October promises to be a busy month for me. In addition to my trial court cases, I’ll be arguing two appeals on foreclosure defense cases this month. These cases include a “smorgasbord” of foreclosure law issues: the right of a more »
Remember the I-93 protest that happened earlier this year? I sure do. I was on the way to court and, thanks to the protesters, came minutes away from missing my hearing. Thousands of Massachusetts residents were impacted by more »
I’m pleased to announce that I settled a post-foreclosure “Ibanez” case this week. I represented a former homeowner who had been improperly foreclosed due to the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in U.S. Bank v. Ibanez, which invalidated thousands of foreclosures more »
