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Federal District Court Affirms Decision that Residential Loan Modification Does Not Alter Lien Priority in Pennsylvania

March 15, 2020
By Scott Waterman, Standing Chapter 13 Trustee Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Reading) Citing Pennsylvania law, a Federal District Court in...
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The Hunt for Deductible Interest – Money Too Often Left on the Table

February 16, 2020
By Cathy Moran, Esq. (Redwood City, CA) One of the mysteries of Chapter 13 is why mortgage lenders don’t send...
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Fourth Circuit Overrules Own Precedent, Holds Certain Primary Residence Claims Can be Crammed Down in Chapter 13 Bankruptcies

October 20, 2019
(First published here on August 19, 2019. Used with permission.) By Daniel Cohn, Esq., Legal Department, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A....
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Undersecured Short-Term Mortgages May be Crammed Down

September 8, 2019
By Angela M. Scolforo, Staff Attorney to Herbert L. Beskin, Chapter 13 Trustee (Charlottesville, VA) In Hurlburt v. Black,1 the...
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Win Now, Wreck Later: A Tale of Bankruptcy and Mortgage Servicing

August 18, 2019
By Cathy Moran, Esq. (Redwood City, CA) My Google Alert popped up a lovely win for a Chapter 13 homeowner,...
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What IS a Principal Residence?

June 30, 2019
By Phil Lamos, Chief Legal Counsel, Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee Lauren A. Helbling (Cleveland, OH) Section 1322(b)(2) of...
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Eviction Diversion Programs and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

February 3, 2019
By Edward C. Boltz, The Law Offices of John T. Orcutt (Durham, NC) (Originally published in pertinent part at ncbarblog.com,...
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December 1 Approaches (Again): Home Equity Lenders Get a Break and Other Changes to Rule 3002.1

October 21, 2018
By Lawrence R. Ahern, III, Brown & Ahern (Nashville, TN) Background Most Academy readers know that the Code1 permits a...
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CFPB Issues Final Rule Amendment Regarding Timing for Transition to Modified or Unmodified Periodic Statements

March 18, 2018
By John Schlotter, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC (Roswell, GA) On March 8, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection...
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Newly Updated Conduit List

October 22, 2017
As of November 1st, the Western District of Texas will be conduit. We have also corrected an error reflected in...
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