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Foreclosed out homeowners not to be contacted for 90 days regarding surplus funds
An owner entitled to surplus funds remaining from the foreclosure sale of their residence are chased by individuals attempting to make claim on the surplus funds. Now these surplus fund chasers are barred from contacting the owners for 90 days after the trustee’s deed is recorded to better protect California homeowners in a vulnerable position.
Form-of-the-Week: Mortgage Broker Representation Agreement, and Disclosure of Mortgage Loan Originator Fees — Forms 104 and 119-1
A broker and their agent use RPI Form 104 to arrange a mortgage with a buyer or owner of real estate or a holder of a trust deed note and RPI Form 119-1 to disclose to all parties the receipt of a mortgage-related fee in addition to a sales fee on the transaction.
SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q1 2024
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the first quarter of 2024.
Negative equity and foreclosure
When does strategic default make sense for a negative equity homeowner?
The Statewide Housing Plan (SHP) focuses on first-time homebuyers and homeownership disparities
Calif. Health and Safety Code §50426
Amended to add subsection (c) by AB 1508
Effective date: January 1, 2024
SoCal commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Q4 2023
Southern California’s commercial market softened even further in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement for Note and Trust Deed, and Agreement to Hypothecate — Forms 241 and 242
A trust deed loan broker uses these forms when arranging the purchase by a trust deed investor of an existing trust deed note held out for sale to prepare an offer stating the price and conditions for purchase of the trust deed note, and when arranging a loan made by a trust deed investor collateralized by an existing trust deed note held by the borrower to prepare an offer by the investor for the borrower’s acceptance stating the terms and conditions for making the collateralized loan.
Predatory mortgages, discouraged by TILA section 32
Learn what a Section 32 loan is, and why MLOs try to avoid originating these types of loans.
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