Strip Your Lien Upon Completion of Chapter 13 Plan Payments
Avoid Liens, Chapter 13, Chapter 7, Foreclosure, Judicial Liens, Junior Mortgage, Short SalesObserving an “emerging consensus in this Circuit” that lien stripping can be accomplished through Chapter 13 Plan Completion, the court in Litton Loan Servicing, et al v. Robert Blendheim, et. al, In re Blendheim, Nos. 13-35354, 13-35412, U.S. Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit, 2015. You can watch oral arguments here. So, what do […]
Citimortgage Agrees to 90% Settlement of Junior Mortgage After Bankruptcy
Chapter 7, Judicial LiensA former debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case recently hired my firm to get rid of the lien that survived the bankruptcy. This, in spite of the recent Supreme Court Decision handing banks yet another victory. Read the New York Times (@NYTimes) Article, here. The Supreme Court ruling will now prevent underwater homeowners from […]
Mortgage Servicing Statements in Bankruptcy Fraught With Errors
Avoid Liens, Chapter 13, Discharge Violations, Foreclosure, Judicial Liens, Junior Mortgage, Modifications, Short SalesWhat happens when you take a homeowner who defaults on their mortgage into bankruptcy to stop the foreclosure sale? You get a situation that is disease ridden with errors. Katie Porter (@MsKatiePorter) recently wrote about this over at Credit Slips (@CreditSlips) in her article, What do bankruptcy mortgage servicing and Ebola have in common? where […]