Texas
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1.1KThere were 66,401 properties with foreclosure filings in October, a jump of 21% from the previous month
Foreclosure activity is down nationwide from a year ago, but certain local housing markets tell a different story.
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1.6KForeclosure firm admits to cheating and Over-billing Millions
A New York foreclosure law firm admitted to defrauding Fannie Mae and the Department of Veterans Affairs out of millions of dollars...
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1.6KThree Items found at the Fifth Circuit; A Baseball Bat, a Mulligan and a Precedent
Honduran man caught illegally re-entering the U.S. from Mexico after 2012 deportation. Feds: His sentence should be enhanced as he was convicted...
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2.6K4Restore Moral Integrity to Texas Courts #RESTORETX
RESTORETX: LawsInTexas.com We Publish Real Stories backed up with Real Data about the Texas Judiciary, State and Federal Government.
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1.8KEditors Choice: Deutsche Bank and Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC Foreclosure Defeated by Homeowners in Mobile, Alabama
A $400,000 jury verdict for a husband and wife after their home was wrongfully foreclosed on by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company...
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1.6K736 to 309, Now that’s a Writ Off
The House of Representatives will vote on a dangerous bill, H.R. 5082, called the Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018 sponsored by...
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1.5KTexas Republican Vincente Gonzalez Selling out Texans by Sponsoring HR 5082
The House of Representatives will vote on a dangerous bill, H.R. 5082, called the Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018 sponsored by...
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1.3KThe CFPB should change it’s name from Consumer to Pro-Bank Bureau
The CFPB or more aptly named the Pro-Bank Bureau, asserts that deeming the initiation of a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to be debt...
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1.4KOutrageous Attorney Fees in FDCPA Debt Collector Win Upsets the Fifth Circuit Panel
Crystal Davis appeals the district court’s denial of her motion for attorney’s fees, arguing that an award of reasonable attorney’s fees is...
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1.7KHo Ho Ho, it’s a Certification Request to the Supreme Court of Texas (finally)
What's interesting is this case, not a mortgage/foreclosure case, is the first by a new judge (appointed by Trump) to Certify to...
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1.6KDeutsche Bank gets the Rod from Fifth in Win
Fifth Circuit, New Orleans appeals court, sends Rodriguez to foreclosure with a chilling statement, again the pro se status and briefing is...
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1.5KEditors Choice: Performance-Based Disposal of Justice in Texas Courts
The clearance rate (i.e., number of cases disposed/number of cases added to the docket) is a measure of how effectively a court...
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1.7KEditors Choice: Improper Conduct by Magistrate Judge Shall Remain Nameless
The Special Committee determined that the subject judge had inappropriately pursued social relationships with an attorney who practices before him and with...
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1.5KReinagel, the Signatures, the PSA and how Fraud is not Void but Voidable according to the Fifth Circuit
We do not condone robo signing more broadly and remind that bank employees or contractors who commit forgery or prepare false affidavits...
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5.7KExpedited Foreclosure under Rule 736
Texas law provided the Burciagas an adequate procedure to challenge the Foreclosure Order by filing an independent suit in a court of...
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1.6KDeutsche Bank v FDIC is a win for the FDIC
According to its Complaint, Deutsche Bank served in the capacity as trustee for more than 240 mortgage securitization trusts created by IndyMac.As...
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1.5KRes Judicata Sustained by Illinois Appellate Court against Deutsche Bank
The circuit court properly granted the borrowers’ section 2-619 motion to dismiss this state court action based on res judicata arising from...
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1.2KQuiet Title Claim Sustained by Texas Appellate Court
The Court holds that there was reversible error in the portion of the trial court’s order granting summary judgment for the appellee,...
