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A very important foreclosure law bill,  Assembly Bill A2739 , which we discussed at  How New York Assembly Bill A2739 Could Give Homeowners ...

As of December 8, 2025, Assembly Bill A2739 has cleared the Senate and Assembly and is now sitting on Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk. If she ...

With roughly 10% of Long Island homeowners behind on their mortgage, it's time to start thinking about foreclosure settlement options. ...

Andrew Lieb published the article in The Suffolk Lawyer, Federal Eviction and Foreclosure Moratoriums Invite Litigation. This article discus...

The moratorium on foreclosures expires on August 20th (EO 202.28) and a foreclosure tsunami is coming. According to CNBC , "32% of U....

On December 20, 2019,  Public Law No: 116-94  extended 26 USC 108(a)(1)(E) to 1/1/2021.  According to the IRS , this law "allows taxp...

On December 23, 2019,  S5160  was enacted and "the defense, in a mortgage foreclosure action, of the plaintiff's lack of standing i...

On December 6, 2019, A5626 was signed into law to regulate reverse mortgages. The new law takes effect on March 5, 2020.  A reverse mortg...

Recently Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a comprehensive piece of legislation , which makes sweeping changes to New York’s requiremen...

The  Making Home Affordable (MHA) Program, which was launched in 2009 to assist millions of distressed homeowners facing foreclosure, is s...

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 , which provided tax breaks to homeowners who were forgiven debt resulting from loan modif...

The Making Home Affordable Program (MHA) , has been formally extended 1 year, through December 31, 2016, by Supplemental Directive 15-04 ....

By the end of this year, Ocwen Financial , one of the largest mortgage servicers in the U.S., may lose its mortgage license in California. ...

Yesterday, the New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, announced in a press release that the first loans have closed in the New Yo...

New York is one of many states across the country that has implemented court-mandated settlement conferences for residential foreclosure act...

Great news for those struggling with their mortgage after previously receiving a modification! Now, you can re-modify your mortgage due to ...

Nationwide foreclosure activity is at its lowest point since 2007. The amount of auctions, defaults, and repossessions have substantially ...

Starting in June 2014, judges on Long Island will take on a substantial role in Foreclosure Settlement Conferences as issues arise in forec...

Updates to the Making Home Affordable Handbook for the federal Home Affordable Modification Program are available here and will be effec...

Due to the housing bubble burst in 2008, the federal government took ownership of the mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , and ba...