Free Houses? Recent Trends in Foreclosure Litigation

Bloomberg, BNA  (January 12, 2017) -- The subprime mortgage crises of 2008, which experts believe caused millions of mortgages to default, may be old news but mortgage lenders holding defaulted mortgages are starting to feel the effects and may now face a new problem which can result in the loss of the security interest. Nearly a decade after the 2008 Financial Crisis, considered the worst since the Great Depression, crippled the American economy, mortgage lenders are bringing an increasing number of foreclosure actions, but borrowers are now raising the statute of limitations as a defense. In some instances, borrowers are actually initiating actions in an effort to have courts declare mortgages invalid, thereby redefining the meaning of a “free lunch.” 

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