Tag: bankruptcy

Does a homeowner filing for bankruptcy within the 45-day extension of their home’s foreclosure sale due to a non-occupying successful bidder still own an interest in the home?

by Lily Hart | Aug 10, 2026 | Features, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 1

In re Tinsley U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit

May a co-owner of a home in bankruptcy claim a homestead exemption when they are not occupying the property?

by Amy Platero | Jul 2, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, Recent Case Decisions | 0

In re: McKee Facts: A couple purchases a home and vest title as co-owners. They later separate....

May a co-owner challenge an encumbrance on the other co-owner’s interest in a jointly owned property?

by David Swistock | Jan 4, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, Mortgages, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

In re: Groves

May an individual in bankruptcy claim an automatic homestead exemption on real estate they occupy as their personal residence when title is vested in an LLC which is co-owned by the individual and their spouse?

by David Swistock | Nov 6, 2023 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

In re: Schaefers

May a debtor in bankruptcy claim a wildcard exemption for their vested interest in a property after the debtor initially denied holding any interest in the property?

by David Swistock | Sep 14, 2023 | Laws and Regulations, Mortgages, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

In re Guevarra

May a debtor claim an automatic homestead exemption when they move back into a personal residence after filing a bankruptcy petition?

by David Swistock | Jul 28, 2023 | Finance, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 1

In re: Jaswinder Singh Bhangoo

Bankruptcy’s tie to homeownership

by ft Editorial Staff | May 3, 2023 | Charts, Economics, Forecasts, Laws and Regulations, Market Watch, Recessions | 4

Bankruptcy numbers were artificially low in 2020-2021. Prepare for today’s zombie businesses to fold with the 2023 recession.

May the payment amounts owed creditors in a confirmed Chapter 13 plan be increased by modification when the debtor has performed as scheduled in the plan?

by Ariel Calvillo | Nov 29, 2021 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

In re Black

May an existing HOA’s notice of lien secure amounts accruing after recording the lien?

by Casandra Lopez | Jul 30, 2021 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

In re de Guillen

Does the acquisition date determine whether properties held in joint tenancy by a married couple constitute community property?

by Gregory Bretado | Mar 1, 2021 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

In re Brace

Home prices, savings and bankruptcies in a pandemic; Monthly Statistical Update (May 2020)

by ft Editorial Staff | May 5, 2020 | Charts, Market Watch, Monthly Statistical Update, Real Estate, Recessions | 0

Home prices are propped up by low interest rates, for now; Saving opportunities narrow in California; Personal bankruptcies set to rise

May a homeowners’ association (HOA) collect assessments from an owner after the owner files for bankruptcy?

by ft Editorial Staff | Sep 18, 2018 | Finance, Loan Products, Mortgages, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

Goudelock v. Sixty-01 Association of Apartment Owners Facts: A property owner buys a condominium...

Is occupancy sufficient to establish residency for the purposes of claiming a homestead exemption?

by Oscar Alvarez | May 30, 2018 | Finance, Forms, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

In re Gilman Facts: An owner living in a residential property files for bankruptcy. The owner...

The lull before the storm: 16 factors set to rise with interest rates

by ft Editorial Staff | Apr 25, 2018 | Charts, Feature Articles, Interest Rates | 0

Understand how the market will be impacted by the coming era of rising interest rates.

Low savings, personal bankruptcies and the biggest brokerages; Monthly Statistical Update (April 2018)

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 26, 2018 | Charts, Market Watch, Monthly Statistical Update, Real Estate | 0

Savings are at their lowest since before the recession; Personal bankruptcies near their bottom; California’s growing brokerages

Is a commercial tenant’s leasehold interest protected when the property is sold in a bankruptcy trustee’s sale?

by Benjamin J. Smith | Feb 12, 2018 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0

In the Matter of Spanish Peaks Holdings II, LLC Facts: A commercial landlord and a tenant enter...