Real Estate Law
REAL ESTATE | FORECLOSURE | LOAN MODIFICATIONS
Real Estate
Protecting your property rights with expert legal guidance in real estate transactions and litigation.
Real Estate Transaction
Real estate transactions represent some of the most significant investments that individuals and businesses can make. With so much on the line, it is imperative to protect your interests or the interests of your business when buying or selling property, financing transactions, or otherwise participating in real estate transactions.
- Real Estate Closing
- Drafting Of Deeds
- Drafting Leases
- Analysis Of Leases
- Landlord-Tenant Issues
- Analysis Of Promissory Notes
- Assistance With Real Estate Closings
- Seller Financing
- Personal Financing
- Deeds Of Trust
Real Estate & Commercial Litigation
We provide the detail-oriented, results-driven representation that you need to successfully resolve disputes. Our attorneys focus on keeping litigation costs contained and finding efficient resolutions that keep your case from getting bogged down by red tape and endless court appearances.
- Breach Of Contract
- Seller Financing
- Document Improperly Prepared By Another Party
- Dispute Of Contract Terms
- Questions Of Contract Interpretation
- Business-To-Business Disputes
Foreclosures
Protecting your property rights with expert legal guidance in real estate transactions and foreclosure defense.
Foreclosure Prevention
(If you are afraid of losing your home because of an income loss, a divorce, an illness, a toxic adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) or another problem, you may be surprised to know that you have multiple options for keeping your house or getting into a more affordable living situation.
- Working with your lender to obtain a loan modification to bring your loan current
- Pursuing litigation - restraining the bank from selling your home or evicting you by obtaining a temporary restraining order (TRO), or use other methods of foreclosure defense as appropriate
- Helping you get out from under an unaffordable house through traditional sale, short sale, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, or other means
Foreclosure Defense
If you are facing the loss of your home, one of our experienced may be able to help you defend yourself against foreclosure actions by your mortgage lender or servicer. Even if you have been informed that a foreclosure sale is imminent – or, in some cases, if a sheriff’s sale already occurred – you may have multiple legal options for staying in your home.
- Being several months behind on mortgage payments
- Load modifications that bring the mortgage current and stop foreclosure actions
- Homeowners who were told their loans would be modified - but who were misled or misinformed by mortgage company representatives
- The need for a temporary restraining order (TRO), which will stop a foreclosure or eviction process
Loan Modification
If you are behind on mortgage payments, or you are afraid of getting behind, you may be eligible for modification of your loan by your mortgage lender. Generally, a loan modification changes the terms of a loan by lowering the interest rate, and often by adding arrears to the end in order to help a borrower get caught up. A loan modification must be approved by a lender.
- Traditional loan modifications offered by lenders
- Government modification programs such as the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP)
- Bad loan modifications such as HAMP trial modifications that were ultimately denied
- Foreclosure defense that may be necessary when a lender or servicer is being uncooperative
- Paperwork that must be completed in order to secure a modification