Mortgage

Supreme Court Holds that Real Estate Tax Foreclosures Can Violate the Takings Clause

The high court’s ruling on the Takings Clause also seems to mean that real estate tax foreclosures can be avoided as constructively fraudulent transfers.

Find and Fix the Flaws in Appraisals Before They Are Subjected to Cross Examination

An appraisal was rejected entirely as being ‘inherently unreliable’ when it gave the client the value that the client wanted.

Bankruptcy Doesn’t Automatically Accelerate a Mortgage, State Supreme Court Says

A discharge in bankruptcy by itself does not start the statute of limitations running on a defaulted mortgage, Colorado Supreme Court holds.

Supreme Court Argument: Can Real Estate Tax Foreclosure Violate the Takings Clause?

Eighteenth century ‘history and tradition’ might govern the constitutionality of real estate tax foreclosures where the government retains sale proceeds in excess of unpaid taxes.

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