July 14, 2022
The lender’s failure to demand reaffirmation before discharge in chapter 7 barred enforcement of a default based on the filing of bankruptcy.
July 05, 2022
Reversing, a Long Island district judge credits value to a homeowner’s ability to delay foreclosure, taking a position contrary to a recent decision from a Ninth Circuit B.A.P.
July 01, 2022
Circuit courts are split 4/3 on their interpretation of Supreme Court precedent holding that regularly conducted mortgage foreclosures are immune from fraudulent transfer attack.
June 23, 2022
BAP doesn’t allow debtors to appeal when a trustee sells their home out from underneath them in a short sale.
June 22, 2022
An operating hotel may not be single asset real estate, but an uncompleted hotel with no income is single asset real estate, according to a Los Angeles district judge.
May 20, 2022
Finally, a circuit court cites Taggart to help a debtor enforce the discharge injunction.
April 21, 2022
In a nonprecedential opinion, the Fifth Circuit suggests that a mortgage that could be reformed in state court cannot be reformed in bankruptcy.
April 11, 2022
If a proceeding is sub judice when the defendant files bankruptcy, the plaintiff should figure out whether a decision after bankruptcy would violate the automatic stay.
March 08, 2022
For those entitled to the mortgage interest deduction, debtors may have unexpected tax benefits from short sales.
January 25, 2022
The Tenth Circuit left an unanswered question: Do debtors retain post-filing appreciation in a home that is not sold before the case converts from chapter 13 to chapter 7?