U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held in Hahn v. Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1:16-cv-06908 (Mar. 3, 2017) that the foreclosure of real estate is not an attempt to collect a debt under the FDCPA and a law firm that proceeds with foreclosure despite a pending bankruptcy…
Read More »An Illinois appellate court in PNC Bank, v. Wilson, No. 2-15-1189, 2017 IL App (2d) 151189 (March 2, 2017) determined that a mortgage servicer’s failure to strictly comply with the HUD regulations requiring the servicer to request a face to face meeting with the mortgagor prior to instituting a foreclosure,…
Read More »In Dyck O’Neal, Inc. v. Ward, No. 2D15-2989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jan. 27, 2017) a Florida Appellate court found that a creditor need not comply with Section 559.715 of the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) when attempting to enforce a final foreclosure judgment. In this case, after the…
Read More »In Jallali v. Knightsbridge Vill. Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., No. 4D15-2036 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jan. 4, 2017) a Florida Appellate court found that the filing of a lis pendens by the first mortgage holder did not bar a subsequent foreclosure by a homeowner’s association. In Jallali, the first mortgagee filed…
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