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- Arizona Court Determines Statute of Limitations Applicable to a Claim for Reformation of a Deed of Trust (and a Related Claim for Declaratory Judgment)
- Ten Years After Colorado’s Adverse Possession Amendment: a brief look backwards and forwards
- Wait, You Want An HOA?! Restricting Implied Common-Interest Communities
- Cybersecurity on Your Project: Why Not Follow National Security Strategy?
- Everyone Wins When a Foreclosure Sale Generates Excess Proceeds
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Everyone Wins When a Foreclosure Sale Generates Excess Proceeds
By: Ben Reeves
Introduction
When a foreclosure sale generates more money than needed to pay off the lien, the excess proceeds usually go first to creditors in the order of their priority, and second to the owner after creditors are paid in full. So, in truth, not everyone wins when a foreclosure sale brings in too much money. Amusingly, in Steinmetz v. Everyone Wins, the court awarded excess sale proceeds to….you guessed it…Everyone Wins, despite the owner’s argument that Arizona’s anti-deficiency statutes barred it from recovering anything.
In addition to supplying a clever title for this post, Steinmetz v. Everyone Wins provides an important analysis of how Arizona’s anti-deficiency statutes, homeowner’s assessment lien statutes, and foreclosure statutes apply when determining who “wins” when it comes to excess sale proceeds.… Read More »
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Ben Reeves
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Tagged Excess Sale Proceeds, foreclosure, real estate litigation
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What Types of “Damages Claims” Survive a Trustee’s Sale?
By: Ben Reeves
Introduction
Arizona’s trustee’s sale statutory scheme provides for the waiver of all defenses and objections to a trustee’s sale that: (i) are not raised prior to the sale, and (ii) do not result in an injunction against the sale going forward. See A.R.S. § 33-811(C). In other words, if you have an objection to a trustee’s sale, you must seek and obtain an injunction prior to the sale or your objection will be waived.
Arizona’s Court of Appeals previously held that notwithstanding this statutory waiver, “common law” defenses to repayment of the debt survive a non-judicial foreclosure even in the absence of an injunction prior to the sale. … Read More »
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Ben Reeves
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Tagged ARS 33-811, foreclosure sale, real estate litigation, trustee's sale, wrongful foreclosure
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