HSBC Bank v. Matt

Breaking: Massachusetts SJC Issues Another Important Foreclosure Ruling In HSBC Bank v. Matt

by Rich Vetstein 01.14.2013 Foreclosure

Legal Standing For Mortgage Lender/Servicer Must Be Established To Start Foreclosure Today the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has issued what I believe to be another very important ruling involving foreclosures in the case of HSBC Bank v. Matt (embedded below). This case is the latest piece in the trilogy of recent landmark foreclosure opinions, starting with [...]

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Massachusetts SJC To Decide Three Important Foreclosure Cases This Fall Term

by Rich Vetstein 09.26.2012 Foreclosure

Court Will Consider Mortgage Servicer/MERS Standing and Statutory Foreclosure Affidavits The Supreme Judicial Court has a busy Fall Term with several important foreclosure cases on the docket. Here’s a quick summary. HSBC Bank v. Jodi Matt (SJC-11101) The SJC is considering whether a mortgage servicer holding a securitized mortgage has standing to even begin a [...]

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SJC Requests Friend-Of-The-Court Briefs In Important Foreclosure Case of HSBC Bank v. Matt

by Rich Vetstein 02.18.2012 Foreclosure

In yet another move evidencing the Supreme Judicial Court’s ongoing concern over the impact of the foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts, the SJC is soliciting friend-of-the-court briefs in the next important foreclosure case, HSBC Bank v. Jodi Matt. As we wrote about in our prior post here, the SJC is considering whether a lender holding a [...]

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SJC Agrees To Hear Crucial Foreclosure Standing Case In HSBC Bank v. Matt

by Rich Vetstein 12.02.2011 Foreclosure

Updated (1/14/13): SJC Rules Against Lender, Holds That Ownership of Mortgage Must Be Established Court May Decide Lenders’ Standing In All Foreclosure Cases Involving Securitized Mortgages With all the hoopla yesterday surrounding Attorney General Martha Coakley’s monumental lawsuit against the big banks over foreclosure practices, the Supreme Judicial Court on November 29, 2011 quietly agreed [...]