by Moe Bedard
In its ruling, the supreme court said that MERS was not a “contingently necessary party.” It added since Sovereign Bank didn’t register its interest with the county’s register of deeds, it had no rights in the foreclosure preceding.
In response to the ruling, MERS president and CEO RK Arnold said the firm was disappointed, but respected [...]
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by Moe Bedard
In late March of this year in the case of U.S. Bank v. Ibanez, Massachusetts Land Court Judge Keith C. Long issued one of the most controversial rulings in recent years which has called into question hundreds if not thousands of foreclosure titles across Massachusetts.
The Facts
In the Ibanez case, the Land Court invalidated two foreclosure [...]
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