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, committed to pay the mortgage holders the full values of their homes, and retained those homes. In Nobelman, the Court … of their houses, lease the houses for one year, file bankruptcy, and propose mortgage modification plans that pay … mortgage holders the full current values of the houses. This Article argues that despite the artificiality of a move-out with …
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of its mortgage contract. From this model, it could comfortably limit people's rights to their homes, especially for the …. Drawing from the experience of City of Baltimore in the Mortgage Crisis, I argue that property and housing policy should …
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We observe significant heterogeneity in the correlation between changes in house prices and the growth of small firms across certain countries in Europe. We find that, overall, the correlation is far greater in Southern Europe than in Northern Europe. Using a simple model, we show that this...
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Borrowers in states with non-recourse mortgage law face limited liability on their mortgage loans. We show that non …. We find that mortgage lending pricing does not fully reflect the higher risk in non-recourse states because the emergence …
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As 2014 came to an end so, perhaps, did the worst foreclosure crisis in U.S. history. On January 15, 2015, RealityTrac, one of the nation's leading reporters of housing data, declared the foreclosure crisis had ended. Whether or not their declaration proves true, the aftermath of the crisis will...
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Part I of this Article briefly explains the context and scope of the problem of zombie mortgages – mortgages that are in default but for which the lender refuses or fails to foreclose. Zombie mortgages saddle the record owner with ongoing tax and maintenance obligations which they may not be...
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