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By: Sean M. Sherlock

In a new California case, a lender that made a full credit bid at a foreclosure sale lost its right as mortgagee under a lender’s insurance policy for damage to the property that occurred prior to foreclosure. This was so even though the lender held multiple deeds of trust, and foreclosed on only one of them. The case provides valuable guidance in devising a foreclosure bidding strategy.

In Najah v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., ___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___, 2014 WL 4827882 (Cal.App. 2 Dist., Sep. 30, 2014), plaintiff (lender) sued defendant (insurer) for failing to pay a claim for property damage that occurred prior to plaintiff’s foreclosure on the property.… Read More »