Wednesday, October 8, 2014

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Dealing With NIMBYs in Local Land Use and Environmental Approval
 
A developer or property owner may have a permit application for a project that meets the criteria for the applicable regulations, and might receive approval from local government or environmental staff. At that point, the applicant thinks he or she...
By: Burr & Forman
 
 
Easements: Roads Traveled, Less Traveled, and Not Traveled
 
Why would anyone buy property without access to a public road? Because it seemed like a good idea at the time, I guess. And often it is, until things change, “things” often being new and unfriendly ownership of the surrounding property....
By: Gray Reed & McGraw, P.C.
 
 
Foreclosing on FHA-Insured Mortgage in Violation of HUD Regulations Could Constitute Breach of Contract
 
Eleventh Circuit Rules that Failure to Comply with HUD Regulations in Foreclosing on FHA-Insured Mortgage – Including the Requirement of Having a Face-to-Face Meeting With the Debtor – Can Constitute a Breach of Contract. In Bates v. JPMorgan...
By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
 
 
Nevada Supreme Court Holds Foreclosure Of A Homeowners Association’s Assessment Lien Extinguishes A First Mortgage
 
On September 18, the Nevada Supreme Court decided that a homeowners association may foreclose its assessment lien non-judicially and that the foreclosure extinguishes a first mortgage. SFR Investments Pool v. US Bank (130 Nev. Adv. Opinion 75,...
By: BuckleySandler LLP
 
 
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert. (again) in FHA Disparate Impact Case
 
On October 2, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, et al. v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., No. 13-1371, a case in which the Fifth Circuit became the first federal Circuit Court of...
By: BuckleySandler LLP
 
 
Lenders Beware: the Nevada Supreme Court Holds That Foreclosures of Homeowners’ Association Liens May Extinguish First Priority Deeds of Trust
 
Nevada has adopted the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act of 1982 (the “Act”) which governs homeowners’ associations (“HOA”). One particular provision of that Act, enacted by Nevada in 1991 and later amended, and codified as NRS 116.3116 (the...
By: Snell & Wilmer
 
 
HUD’s Office of Public Housing Investments issues deadlines for year end closings
 
Last week, Susan Wilson, HUD’s Director of the Office of Urban Revitalization, issued a memo announcing due dates for closing mixed-finance transactions with the Office of Public Housing Investments (OPHI). Generally, any 24 CFR 905, subpart F...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP
 
 
Can I Paint My House Bright Pink?
 
Long before municipal zoning by-laws existed, restrictive covenants were used as an effective community planning tool. If Susan owned a large parcel of land and sold a piece to Jason, Susan may have required that Jason promise not to use the land for...
By: Lerners LLP
 
 
Strong Arm Powers: What Can Be Done With An Avoided Lien?
 
DeGiacomo v. Traverse (In re Traverse), 753 F.3d 19 (1st Cir. 2014) – A chapter 7 trustee sought to avoid an unrecorded first mortgage and to preserve the lien for the benefit of the bankruptcy estate. In response, the debtor sought confirmation...
By: Pepper Hamilton LLP
 
 
Condo Developers Getting Relief From Washington
 
In an uncharacteristic bipartisan style, the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress passed H.R. 2600 on September 26, 2013, and almost a year later, on September 19, 2014, the Senate followed by enacting S.2101....
By: Bilzin Sumberg - New Miami
 
 
CFPB Updates Reverse Mortgage Guide
 
On September 24, the CFPB published an updated reverse mortgage guide on its blog to account for HUD’s recent changes to reverse mortgage programs. The blog post highlights new limits to lump sum, first-year payouts under reverse mortgages, as well...
By: BuckleySandler LLP
 
 
Court Block’s Developers Ploy to Avoid Additional Payments
 
We are often asked when representing a client in defense of a claim whether the client could avoid the liability asserted by the claimant by potentially buying the cause of action out from under the claimant....
By: Bilzin Sumberg - New Miami
 
 
Homebuilding Outlook for The Remainder of 2014
 
Recent data indicates that the future will bring an increase in single-family building. The Census Bureaus and HUD released numbers last week showing that the annual pace of housing starts were down to 956,000, which is 14.4% below the July starts....
By: Bilzin Sumberg - Homebuilders
 
 
Mortgage Performance Improvement Continues
 
On September 25, the OCC reported that the performance of first-lien mortgages serviced by large national and federal savings banks improved from a year earlier....
By: Orrick - Structured Finance Group
 
 
After the Bank Forecloses, Must It Actually Sell Your House?
 
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will answer this question in Bank of New York v. Carson, No. 2013AP544. It heard argument in this case last Tuesday. The case began more than 3 1/2 years ago when a widow—physically and financially unable to care for...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP
 
 
Third Time's the Charm? Supreme Court Agrees Again To Hear FHA Disparate Impact Case
 
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed for the third time in recent history to decide whether disparate impact claims are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The Supreme Court granted the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs'...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP
 
 
New exemption under ILSA for condo units: relief for developers, key points to note
 
President Barack Obama has signed into law an amendment to the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act of 1968 (ILSA). The new law, signed by the President on September 30, expands registration exemptions under ILSA to specifically include...
By: DLA Piper
 
 
Homeowners’ Insurance: The Devil Resides In The Details
 
Reading and understanding all of the language in a homeowners’ insurance policy are not formalities to be skipped over while searching for the signature line. As with any contract, the fine print can have real and lasting consequences, and its...
By: Archer Norris PLC
 
 
New York State Court Rules That Darwin Has Duty to Defend but AIG Does Not, for Same Risk, Based on Differing Policy Language
 
New York state court Judge Shirley Werner Kornreich recently ruled that American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) didn’t have to pay certain defense costs for various suits brought against QBE Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, “QBE”),...
By: Proskauer - Insurance Recovery & Counseling
 
 
Only 28 Days Left to Submit Comments Regarding the CFPB’s Proposed Modifications to Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C)
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has published for public comment, a proposed rule amending Regulation C to implement amendments to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The HMDA requires certain financial institutions to collect...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP
 
 
CFPB Issues First Enforcement Action for Servicing Rules Violations
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently announced a consent order with Flagstar Bank, F.S.B., alleging unfair acts and practices under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and violations of the CFPB's Mortgage Servicing Rules. The...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP
 
 
The CFPB Weighs in on Marketing Services Agreements
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has, for the first time, publicly expressed views on marketing services agreements (“MSAs”) under Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”). After months of rumors regarding the...
By: K&L Gates LLP
 
 
FFIEC and CFPB Announce Updates To Web-Based HMDA Database And Tools
 
On September 22, the FFIEC announced an update to its online database for analyzing HMDA data and the CFPB announced updates to the agency’s corresponding HMDA tools. Originally launched in September 2013, the tool focuses on the number of mortgage...
By: BuckleySandler LLP
 
 
U.S. Supreme Court grants certiorari (again) in FHA disparate impact case
 
Could the third time be the charm? Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari filed in May 2014 by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (Texas DHCA) in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP
 
 
FHFA proposed rule on Enterprise housing goals is open for comments
 
Issued earlier this month, a proposed rule from the Federal Housing Finance Agency considers updates to the Agency’s Enterprise housing goals. The rule applies to mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for housing affordable to low-income...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP
 
 
CFPB manufactured housing white paper may presage future regulation
 
The CFPB has issued a white paper on the manufactured housing market, including how manufactured housing is financed and the types of consumers who purchase or rent such housing. In the paper’s introduction, the CFPB explains that although...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP
 
 
CFPB settles RESPA charges for marketing services agreements allegedly tied to referrals
 
The CFPB has announced that it has entered into a consent order with a Michigan title insurance agency to settle charges that the agency violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) by paying fees to various companies under marketing...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP
 
 
Affordable Housing Alert: California’s Property Tax Welfare Exemption Law Amended
 
Effective Jan. 1, 2015, low income housing projects face a modified legal regime when qualifying for property tax exemptions in California....
By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
 
 
CFPB as HUD: Another Section 8 Consent Order Displays CFPB’s RESPA Approach
 
In a recent Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) enforcement action, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) negotiated a consent order with Lighthouse Title, Inc. (“Lighthouse”) for alleged violations of RESPA’s prohibition...
By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
 
 
Ginnie Mae Publishes Position Paper Describing Response To Changes In Mortgage Lending Market
 
This month, Ginnie Mae published a position paper titled “An Era of Transformation,” which describes changes in the mortgage lending market that stem from the 2007-08 financial crisis, and explains how Ginnie Mae intends to react to those changes....
By: BuckleySandler LLP
 
 
Does Your Notice of Default and Right to Cure Letter Comply with Maine Law?
 
The Maine Law Court’s recent decision Bank of America, N.A. v. Greenleaf, 96 A.3d 700 (Me. 2014) has drawn significant attention to the issue of a mortgagee’s standing to foreclose a mortgage it holds by assignment from Mortgage Electronic...
By: Pierce Atwood LLP
 
 
Overhaul of the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld): How the Changes Will Impact You
 
Introduction - The amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) (BCIP Act) were passed on 11 September 2014 and received assent on 26 September 2014. The changes contained in the Building and Construction Industry...
By: K&L Gates LLP
 
 
SID is Coming, But Who Will Be Ready to Greet Him?
 
Congress directed the CFPB to enact a rule that would combine mandatory mortgage-related Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) consumer disclosures into one “single integrated disclosure” (SID)....
By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
 
 
Creditors Beware: Married Couples Claiming Homestead Protection on Two Residences May Avoid a Forced Sale
 
Florida’s homestead exemption protects a married couple’s primary residence from forced sale to satisfy a judgment lien, but what happens when spouses retain two properties as their individual primary residences, claiming homestead protection on...
By: Rogers Towers - Florida Banking Law
 
 
Boyz In the Agrihood: Planned Communities Trade Golf Courses for Working Farms
 
I don't play golf. I like golf, I'll go out and hit around with friends or colleagues, but I don't "play golf". To me, playing golf means 18 holes on a weekend, maybe 36, and perhaps a round or two during the week. No, I don't play golf....
By: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
 
 
Reinsurer Not Allowed To Intervene In Action Involving Cedent’s Risk
 
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a reinsurer’s motion to intervene in an interpleader action in which Battenkill Insurance Company argued it had an 85% interest in the funds at stake in an action involving...
By: Carlton Fields Jorden Burt
 
 
Florida: Note and Mortgage Still Enforceable After Dismissal of Foreclosure Action
 
Unsuccessful mortgage foreclosure actions have resulted in a new wave of "quiet title" lawsuits brought by borrowers attempting to have their notes and mortgages deemed void and unenforceable. However, the federal district and state appellate courts...
By: Carlton Fields Jorden Burt
 

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