Churches see surge in foreclosures Carolyn Said Sunday, March 25, 2012 Standing in front of windows overlooking the San Francisco Bay, an exuberant choir clapped and danced as it sang “He Is Lord” last Sunday at Without Walls International Christian Fellowship in Hunters Point. “We are asking for deliverance in
Read More →Carolyn Said Sunday, March 18, 2012 Michael Boyter walked out of San Francisco’s federal courthouse Friday encouraged that a judge had left the door open for him to continue a legal battle against the foreclosure of his Bethel Island home. “I have a chance to keep fighting,” he said in
Read More →I prepared an article as a continuing educational piece for the San Francisco Bar Association. It was published in March, 2012. It is about the foreclosure and how it affects the tenants rights. See below. Tenant’s Rights Under the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act The mortgage foreclosure crisis affects borrowers
Read More →Is it important who forecloses? Carolyn Said Sunday, March 18, 2012 Does slipshod paperwork provide legal grounds to overturn a foreclosure? In Massachusetts, courts have said “yes” in two landmark cases upheld last year by the state’s highest tribunal, the Supreme Judicial Court. Judges in other states have ruled likewise.
Read More →A recent article by the Associated Press found that more than 80% of the foreclosed homes in San Francisco have been conducted illegally. This is because the foreclosures were missing documents, or signatures, or another issue with the law. The foreclosure process was considered “broken” according to the Assessor-Recorder. The
Read More →As a Real Estate attorney that assists clients with foreclosure prevention and foreclosure alternatives, I often give advice to borrowers contemplating allowing their property to go to foreclosure, or doing a short sale. The most important factor they consider is if they will owe any money on the loan(s) after
Read More →I was listening to NPR and their coverage of foreclosures. One of the callers discussed her landlord was not paying the mortgage payments and the property she was renting was foreclosed, and the next day she had to move. It was three days before Christmas. As a Real Estate attorney,
Read More →Atlanta’s 55-story Bank of America Plaza, the tallest tower in the Southeast, is set to be sold at an open outcry auction on the steps of the Fulton County Courthouse tomorrow after landlord BentleyForbes missed mortgage payments. It bought the skyscraper in 2006 for $436 million from Bank of America
Read More →I gave a seminar today and again discussed how a temporary loan modification is more harmful than no loan mod at all. Please keep in mind that when a borrower gets a temporary loan modification it should be for three months, and then should lead to a permanent loan mod.
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