The Ninth Circuit held that a servicer’s promise to a borrower to modify her loan when it knew knows that the borrower was not eligible for a loan modification was an unfair practice under California’s Unfair Competition Law § 17200. The Borrower in Oskoui v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,…
Read More »In 5510 Sheridan Road Condominium Association v. U.S. Bank, 2017 IL App. (1st) 160279 (March 31, 2017) the First District Appellate Court clarified some confusion over how Section 9(g)(3) of the Condominium Property Act (765 ILCS 605/9(g)(3)) operates to foreclose an assessment lien and concluded that when the foreclosure sale…
Read More »In Alexander v. AmeriPro Funding, Inc., 848 F.3d 698 (5th Cir. Feb. 16, 2017) the Fifth Circuit held that a lender is not guilty of violating the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) because of an alleged policy not to buy loans in the secondary market that rely on a borrower’s…
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…
Read More »In City of Chicago v. Elm State Prop. LLC, 2016 IL App (1st) 152552 (Dec. 22, 2016) the First District Appellate Court of Illinois held that the assignment of mortgage loan was not a transfer of a “beneficial interest” in real property triggering a transfer tax assessment under the Chicago…
Read More »In Woerthwein v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc., No. 1:16-CV-4058 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 24, 2016) an Illinois district court held that the FDCPA’s “competent lawyer” standard does not apply when the debtor is an attorney. Plaintiff, an attorney, brought an FDCPA suit over two dunning letters related to unpaid credit card…
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