By Korie Dean, Michael Gordon and Mary Helen Moore RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER Homeowners associations can foreclose on a home with ease when bills are 30 days overdue, and Chapel Hill attorney Jim White said with more and more HOAs being run by large commercial management companies,...
By Mary Helen Moore RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER In North Carolina, the Planned Community Act governs homeowners associations established since 1999. There’s no oversight agency governing the thousands of HOA boards in the state, but here’s what state law says about common questions. CAN AN HOA FORECLOSE...
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The Estates LLC, which runs a database of North Carolina properties in foreclosure, lost its bid to avoid a trial of bid-rigging conspiracy claims, when a federal judge in Greensboro, N.C., ruled Wednesday that the company’s arguments applied the wrong antitrust standard. (subscription required) https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/foreclosure-bid-rigging-litigation-headed-for-antitrust-trial ...
Written with Mallory Miller JDThe story of home foreclosure rescue scams is too common throughout North Carolina. Predators find individuals who are facing public foreclosures and offer to “save your home,” “rescue you from foreclosure,” or “pay your mortgage.” Instead of helping homeowners take care...
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1587399506156{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] JC White Law Uses Aggressive Litigation to Level the Playing Field [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1587391795743{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text] The Challenge Help clients who lost everything when the company...
Erin Gilmore< erin@classaction.org A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that The Estates LLC and several co-conspirators have engaged in a “bid-rigging” scheme to manipulate foreclosure sales in North Carolina. Alleging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, the 27-page complaint claims defendants The Estates LLC; The Estates (UT), LLC;...
Stopping a foreclosure – even after the sale date. Paying past due mortgage or car loan payments over time even when the lender will not work with you. Keeping assets you would give up in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. These are all reasons why a consumer would consider...