Under California’s Revenue and Taxation Code, the purchase price of real property usually creates a rebuttable presumption regarding the property’s “fair market value.” However, for that…
Mortgage lenders tend to pay a lot of attention to the real property securing their loans, as they should. Before the loan is made, lenders scrutinize…
Loans secured by a deed of trust typically provide that upon default (commonly, missed interest payments) the lender may elect to “accelerate” the loan, making the…
California law is pretty clear that the recordation of a notice of default and notice of sale — two key documents that are a prerequisite to…
We’ll end 2015 with a quick look back at some of the important developments in California real estate and secured lending law covered in this blog,…
Many claims based on flawed foreclosure sales never get out of the starting gates because the borrower fails to allege a pre-lawsuit “tender” of all amounts due on…
An action to quiet title in real property can be governed by various statutes of limitation, depending on what theory underlies the claim. Possibilities include the…