The more I read this 7-page decision, the more I love it. Shoutout to Judge Edmund Dane for this beautiful…
Whether you’re seeking a reinstatement, repayment plan, loan modification/reconstruction, short pay, short sale, or any other default resolution, we will…
This plaintiff could not even establish that it has standing to bring a foreclosure action against my clients. Unable to…
The Homeowner Assistance Fund (“HAF”) is a federally-funded program (nearly $10 billion) established to assist homeowners facing foreclosure as a…
Throughout the course of a mortgage loan, there may be several servicer transfers and mortgage assignments. This is especially true…
Bank’s Motion for Summary Judgment denied (twice)! In this Suffolk matter, we successfully opposed the bank’s submissions for Summary Judgment,…
Exactly four years after my original post regarding the foreclosure scam notices from the “equal housing opportunity” (original post can…
Fourteen months after coming into existence, Kessler is no longer law. This week, the Court of Appeals reversed the Second…
Nassau County foreclosure action dismissed! In this matter, after the parties could not reach a settlement, the bank’s litigation attorneys…
I was referred this 2014 case in 2020 by a past client. The bank had already filed its Motion for…
Bank’s Motion for Summary Judgment Denied! (Nassau County Supreme Court) In opposition, I explained to the Court that one (of…
In an effort to avoid litigation, this bank agreed to forgive over $200k of my client’s mortgage loan balance! With…
Another day, another dismissal. In this matter, the Court found our Opposition to plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment to be…
Suffolk County Supreme Court has been filing letters in foreclosure actions (like the one below), asking for a status and…
Here is one of our Suffolk County foreclosure cases where the Supreme Court granted our Motion to dismiss pursuant to…
Some banks are taking initiative and discontinuing foreclosure actions where the RPAPL § 1304 notices contain Kessler (decided December 15,…
Nassau County Supreme Court is now requiring plaintiffs in residential foreclosure actions to file an additional Affirmation for pending motions…
The hardship stay provided under New York State’s COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 (“EEFPA”) officially expired on January…
Here’s another example of where a foreclosure action against you can actually save you big money. In an effort to…
After we successfully opposed this bank’s Motion for Summary Judgment, plaintiff filed a Motion to Reargue. We successfully opposed that…
Big banks, medium banks and little banks… anybody can get this settlement smoke. Whether through a short reinstatement, repayment plan,…
Whether it’s a $30k credit card lawsuit, or a mortgage foreclosure action against your million-dollar property, know that we’ve got…
Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation, which inter alia, extends the protections under the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention…
Don’t have an attorney and need to submit your COVID-19 hardship to stay a foreclosure action or eviction proceeding? See…
When I’m not litigating, I’m settling. Here’s another foreclosure settlement by loan modification with a big bank and firm. Plaintiff…
We successfully opposed this bank’s Motion for Summary Judgment in the Queens County Supreme Court. After settlement discussions fell through,…
This bank recently offered us a loan modification (after years of purported default) on one of our Suffolk County cases…
We settled another foreclosure matter where the bank waived all interest, legal fees and late charges in an effort to…
The Queens County Supreme Court granted our pre-Answer Motion to Dismiss against a big bank and large NYC litigation firm…
Prior to commencing a foreclosure action on owner-occupied property in New York State, a lender must serve a ninety (90)…
“Banks are disorganized, bank attorneys are reckless, and the trial courts need to do better.” That’s how I interpret the…
A facially adequate cause of action to foreclose a mortgage only requires allegations regarding the existence of the mortgage, the…