The Richmond U.S. District Court denies reconsideration of plaintiff’s fraud action seeking to overturn foreclosure of his property, as his claim against the lenders is barred by claim preclusion based on related state court litigation. Plaintiffs now argue that claim ...
Tagged with: Judge James R. Spencer Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »A plaintiff’s suit for $95,000 in damages against a credit corporation that allegedly failed to file a certificate of satisfaction formally extinguishing a deed of trust the corporation held on plaintiff’s residence in 2004 is dismissed by the Alexandria U.S. ...
Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »A plaintiff who alleges she lost her career as a real estate agent and her home through foreclosure cannot sue defendant Bank of America for breach of an oral contract based on an alleged promise to her, when she sought ...
Tagged with: Judge James R. Spencer Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »Plaintiff class of borrowers who lost their RESPA suit against a bank and a real estate company for allegedly setting up a “sham” mortgage company for kickbacks on mortgage referrals, could not win a new trial by pointing to a ...
Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James A. Wynn Jr. Real Estate
Read More »Plaintiff borrowers who claim defendants, Fannie Mae and a mortgage loan servicer, did not comply with the mortgage modification agreement plaintiffs executed under the Home Affordable Modification Program lose their suit in the Richmond U.S. District Court for fraud and ...
Tagged with: Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »A Norfolk U.S. District Court accepts a magistrate judge’s recommendation to allow plaintiff homeowner to proceed with her breach of contract claim alleging defendant failed to conduct a face-to-face interview prior to foreclosing on her property; the court rejects defendant’s ...
Tagged with: Judge Lawrence R. Leonard Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »The purchaser of a loan in a reverse mortgage transaction was not a “mortgage broker” under the Maryland Finder’s Fee Act, and plaintiff borrower cannot recover from the purchaser for allegedly violating the Act by funding the loan under a ...
Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul V. Niemeyer Real Estate
Read More »Home buyers who paid a fee to a mortgage company co-owned by defendants, a real estate company and a bank, are not entitled to a refund of the fee as a “finder’s fee” under the Maryland Finder’s Fee Act; the ...
Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul V. Niemeyer Real Estate
Read More »Plaintiff owners of land in Buchanan County, including natural gas reserves and coal bed methane, may amend their complaint against defendant mining company for alleged damage to plaintiffs’ property by causing polluted water to be “secretly placed” in underground mine ...
Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones Real Estate U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »Plaintiffs, who lost their home to foreclosure, may not sue defendant Beneficial Financial I Inc. for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, but the Roanoke U.S. District Court grants plaintiffs leave to amend their claim ...
Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Real Estate U.S. District Court - Western District
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