Three Kings Day or Día de Reyes is January 6. This day is formally the Feast of the Epiphany on the church calendar, the 12th day after Christmas, when the Gospel of Matthew says the Magi arrived bearing gifts for the divine child, Jesus. Carol A. Lawson, Esq., 28870 U.S. Hwy19 #300, Hodusa Towers, […]
The Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, held that mortgagors lack standing to challenge the propriety of an assignment of mortgage loans into a pooled-asset trust in alleged violation of a pooling and servicing agreement, as any alleged failing would not void the assignment but instead was a “voidable” act that could be ratified by trust beneficiaries. The Court also ruled […]
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that notice of force-placed insurance by the lender to a debtor in bankruptcy was not the collection of a debt subject to the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692, et seq. (“FDCPA”). Borrowers had surrendered the property in the property […]
The Eleventh Circuit held that debtors’ complaint stated a false representation claim under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, where the debt validation/1692g notice identified the loan servicer who started servicing the loan after it was in default as the creditor.” The Lender transferred the serving rights to the mortgage and note. The Loan […]
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Federal National Mortgage Association’s (“Fannie Mae”) federal corporate charter confers federal question jurisdiction over claims brought by or against Fannie Mae. The Ninth Circuit held that under the rule announced in American National Red Cross v. S.G., 505 U.S. 247 (1992), Fannie Mae’s federal charter confers federal […]
The Eleventh Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, held that the TCPA allows callers to obtain consent through intermediaries. The Court also held that a 2008 FCC Ruling interpreting the “prior express consent” defense applies to all creditors and debt collectors, including medical debt collectors, when calling wireless telephone numbers. The 11th Circuit held that […]
The Beautiful Abstracts used in Back ground are for sale in cards. Contact: Cynthia Conte [fractalfridays@gmail.com] Prices are: Unmounted Pictures 4×6 $1.00/each or 4 for $3.00 5×7 $1.50/each or 4 for $5.00 8×10 $6.00/each or 4 for $20.00 11×14 $9.00/each or 4 for $32.00 Mounted on […]
Why you need to Vote NO! Pinellas County would have the highest sales tax in Florida at 8%. Does the route makes sense to you? From downtown Clearwater to downtown St. Petersburg… …and it will take you an hour to travel that route. There is no rail link to Tampa in Greenlight. Light rail is […]
Unrue v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., — So.3d —-, 2014 WL 4648205 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014). A court must allow at least one attempt at amendment of a quiet title counterclaim to a mortgage foreclosure; Badgley v. SunTrust Mortg., Inc., 134 So.3d 559, 561 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014), is distinguished because the Badgley dismissal […]
Roman v. Wells Fargo , Case No. 5D13-2479 (5th DCA 8/1/14) Fact that borrower does not receive notice is not a material issue of fact. Express language of mortgage only required bank to mail notice, not that borrower receive. Wagner v. BOA , Case No. 2D12-6131 (2d DCA 7/18/14) No evidence to support damages for […]
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