Foreclosure Sale Error
1. Foreclosure Sale Error by Purchaser Costs Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars In the case of Matson v S.B.S. Trust Deed Network (2020) 46 CA5th 33, the Court of Appeal affired the trial court’s [...]
Lenders Get A Win With Foreclosure
1. Supreme Court Considers Changing Balance of Power Between Borrowers and Lenders in an Important Foreclosure Case In the case of Black Sky Capital LLC v. Cobb, S243294, the California Supreme [...]
New Real Estate Laws For 2019
1. New Real Property Disclosure Requirements Existing law provides that transferor must deliver to the respective transferee a real estate disclosure form and the transferee has certain time in [...]
Title Priority of Trust Deeds
Simultaneously Recorded Trust Deeds Order of Recording Do Not Determine Their Priority. In the case of MTC Fin., Inc. vs. Nationstar Mortage, [2018] 19 Cal App 5th 811. The appellate court [...]
Foreclosure Abuse
Long Beach Jury Awards 30.5 Million Dollars In a Foreclosure Abuse Case Against Lender. In the case of Behm vs. Cervenka, Ms. Behm purchased a 7,400 sqft Victorian era home in Los Angeles for [...]
Fiduciary Duty of Real Estate Agent
New Real Estate Laws Passed In 2016 Advertising Requirements Using “Team Names”. Business and Professions Code Sections 10159.5 through 10159.7 governs the use of a “team name” and a fictitious [...]