Boston Globe (October 25)
2011/ 10/ 27 by jd in Global News
The state’s Supreme Judicial Court sent shock waves through the real estate industry last week. In a ruling which could impact thousands of other home purchases, the Court ruled that a man who purchased a foreclosed property five years ago “doesn’t actually hold title to the property…because the bank had illegally seized the property from its former owner.” Big banks failed to follow “the most basic, common-sense aspects of the law.” Now a cloud hangs over other homeowners who could face the same situation.
Tags: Banks, Foreclosures, Homeowners, Law
