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Treading Water: Can Municipal Efforts To Condemn Underwater Mortgages Prevail?, Michael S. Moskowitz
Treading Water: Can Municipal Efforts To Condemn Underwater Mortgages Prevail?, Michael S. Moskowitz
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Half-Way Mark Reached In The Demise Of The Inequitable Application Of The “Due-On-Sale” Clause, Bernard J. Koerselman
Half-Way Mark Reached In The Demise Of The Inequitable Application Of The “Due-On-Sale” Clause, Bernard J. Koerselman
Pepperdine Law Review
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The Value(S) Of Foreclosure Law Reform, Melissa B. Jacoby
The Value(S) Of Foreclosure Law Reform, Melissa B. Jacoby
Pepperdine Law Review
This symposium contribution examines the starkly different values reflected in traditional legal literature on foreclosure law reform in the U.S. as compared to some more recent entries in the wake of the rise of subprime lending and high rates of residential mortgage default. I highlight economist Dean Baker’s “right to rent” proposal, which would give former homeowners leasehold rights at market rates, to illustrate a more progressive set of housing policy considerations and to challenge the assumption that ownership is essential or optimal to promoting various housing objectives.
Foreclosure By Arbitration?, R. Wilson Freyermuth
Foreclosure By Arbitration?, R. Wilson Freyermuth
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bringing Manufactured Housing Into The Real Estate Finance System, Ann M. Burkhart
Bringing Manufactured Housing Into The Real Estate Finance System, Ann M. Burkhart
Pepperdine Law Review
Eight percent of the United States population - more than 23 million people - live in manufactured homes (also called mobile homes). In some years, more than 30% of the new homes sold have been manufactured. Moreover, manufactured housing is the most important form of unsubsidized affordable housing in this country. Up to two-thirds of the new affordable homes built each year have been manufactured. However, the manufactured housing industry currently is struggling to survive a meltdown in its sales and finance markets. A tremendous obstacle to the industry’s recovery is that most manufactured homes are characterized as personal property, …