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20 Mar 2013, 3:23 am by propertyprof
From Joe Singer's blog: State courts have disagreed about whether MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has standing to foreclose on property or to assign whatever interest it has in the mortgage to the bank that holds the mortgage currently so... [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 5:10 pm by Peter Moulinos
The Appellate Division, Second Department, ruled that a note or mortgage held by MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) cannot be foreclosed if the primary lender did not transfer the note and mortgage to MERS. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 8:00 am
Massachusetts homeowners, banks, and real estate practitioners will be well-served to note a recent bankruptcy court decision holding that the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) does not have the right to assign mortgages under New York law. [read post]
6 Jun 2013, 5:01 pm by Alan Spinrad
        Oregon Supreme Court Paves Way for MERS to Foreclose Nonjudicially The Oregon Supreme Court, in 2 cases (Brandrup v Recontrust, 353 Or___, and Niday v GMAC Mortgage, LLC, 353 Or ___[June 6, 2013]) has ruled that MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) is... [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 8:12 am
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law September 19, 2009 to November 18, 2009 Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 485 Foreclosure, Subprime Mortgage Lending, and the Mortgage Electronic Registration System Christopher Lewis Peterson, University of Utah -... [read post]
13 Nov 2010, 5:17 am by Glenn Reynolds
GET READY FOR THE GREAT MERS WHITEWASH BILL: “When Congress comes back into session next week, it may consider measures intended to bolster the legal status of a controversial bank owned electronic mortgage registration system that contains three out of every five mortgages in the country. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 3:30 am by propertyprof
The NY Times looks at how deficiencies within MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) continue to cause problems for courts and borrowers: Amid the foreclosure crisis . . .critics have contended that the registry . . . served to hide the... [read post]
18 May 2013, 11:38 am by Thomas McAvity
In essence, the County is going after Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, or MERS., the property records system that enabled the rapid, complex transactions involving these bundled mortgages, and the banks that cut The county is arguing that MERS wrecked the public property records system while simultaneously helping mortgage lenders evade transaction fees. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 3:58 pm
One of the most pervasive concerns the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS). [read post]
5 May 2011, 9:34 pm by Glenn Matecun
  The Court held that foreclosures by advertisement started by the Michigan Electronic Registration System (MERS) are against the law. [read post]
29 Oct 2011, 10:35 pm by Jean Braucher
The Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) has been the target in a lot of lawsuits during the mortgage crisis for its shoddy, opaque practices. [read post]
10 Jul 2011, 9:57 am
Legal analysts say the way that Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems handles mortgage assignments during securitizations should change, but that doesn't mean that the system will be dismantled, housingwire.com reports. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 2:21 pm
Freddie Mac will no longer allow loan servicers that are managing Freddie loans to foreclose on a piece of property in the name of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 7:56 am by propertyprof
In honor of the first of the month, here are the top ten recent Property paper downloads from SSRN: 1. [3783 downloads] Two Faces: Demystifying the Mortgage Electronic Registration System's Land Title Theory by Christopher Lewis Peterson (Utah) 2. [350... [read post]
14 Nov 2010, 5:25 pm by lpbncontracts
(Last week's ranking in parentheses.) 1 (1) Two Faces: Demystifying the Mortgage Electronic Registration System's Land... [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 3:30 am by propertyprof
Via Joseph Singer, here's an interesting decision from the Michigan Supreme Court: Contrary to the ruling of some other courts, the Michigan Supreme Court held that MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has standing to foreclose on properties for which it... [read post]