Archives by Tag ' right of rescission '
Aug 1, 2008

Cancel That Mortgage: The Grounds By L. Jed Berliner, Springfield Bankruptcy Attorney on Jul 31, 2008 in Consumer Protection, Massachusetts, Mortgages, Predatory Lending Mortgages can be cancelled in a process called rescission. Here’s an overview. Grounds for exercising this right given borrowers by Congress are found in problems with the mortgage closing documents for a […]

May 23, 2008

The Federal Truth in Lending Act: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You Pamela D. Simmons Introduction Ten years ago, I represented the borrower in a case that stemmed from a title company’s failure to secure a loan on all of the borrower’s land. (The title company had listed only one of several parcels of […]