A borrower who sues under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and to quiet title in his home, which has been foreclosed upon, should not be allowed to file an amended complaint, recommends a magistrate judge for the Alexandria U.S. ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

When a Campbell County landfill was found responsible for groundwater pollution at a Rustburg mobile home park, a jury was asked to fix the damages the county owed to the landowners. The jury’s $9-million award is the subject of an ...

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Reverse mortgages have been a standard item in the toolbox for Fairfax elder law specialist Evan Farr. A reverse mortgage, which pays cash for an older person’s home equity, can allow her to stay where she most wants to be ...

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A woman who alleges “predatory lending practices” because her second refinancing with defendant led to higher interest rates and “exorbitant” fees can sue under the Virginia Mortgage Lender Act and for breach of contract and misrepresentations that allegedly violated the ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Real Estate U.S. District Court - Western District

Where opinions on the fair market value of the Keswick Club ranged from $2.9 million under the income approach used by the taxpayer’s expert, to over $12.7 million with the county assessor’s use of the cost approach, to $12.5 million ...

Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Real Estate Supreme Court of Virginia

Buyers who allege defendant misrepresented that their home refinance loan did not include mortgage insurance, when in fact it had lender paid mortgage insurance, and that they were prevented from an additional refi under the “Making Homes Affordable Program” that ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Real Estate U.S. District Court - Western District

A real estate agent won reversal of administrative sanctions for his failure to disclose a broker relationship that did not exist, in Williams v. Commonwealth of Va., Real Estate Board (VLW 010-7-355), decided Sept. 14 by the Virginia Court of ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Real Estate Virginia Court of Appeals News

A homeowner in default on two notes executed to refinance her mortgage cannot undo foreclosure on her home with her claims that noteholders cannot enforce these instruments; the so-called “split” of the deeds of trust from the promissory notes does ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court says the federal government may enforce liens against a delinquent taxpayer’s home and foreclose upon the home to collect $179,727.84 for unpaid income tax assessments, penalties and statutory interest. In 2004, defendant transferred his interest ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A decades-old law designed to prevent fraud in sales of Florida swampland has been used by a Northern Virginia couple to get out of their $1.6-million purchase of an undeveloped lot in a luxury gated club development. U.S. District Judge ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge James C. Cacheris Real Estate