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The Next Logical Step: Foreclosed-Home Buyers at Risk in Massachusetts Foreclosure Decision

In Massachusetts, the groundbreaking foreclosure reversal ruling of a few weeks ago is now following its logical path. In what “appears to be the next step in the conversation,” according to borrower lawyer Paul Collier, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts will now examine buyers’ rights when a foreclosed home has been resold. The case will bypass lower courts and Read full article »

Two States Enact Emergency Amendments to State Foreclosure Laws

The ripples from the Massachusetts foreclosure ruling last week are spreading. While many experts contend that the ruling will have little effect outside of Massachusetts – where, according to one Georgetown professor, the decision to negate two foreclosures based on inadequate proof of ownership of the notes in question “is enough to put a serious cloud on title through the Read full article »

The Politics of Real Estate

Few industries are as profoundly impacted by the political machinations in Washington as the real estate industry. Whether it's old legislation like Jimmy Carter's Community Reinvestment Act or Barack Obama's massive mortgage bailouts, the U.S. political machine has a huge impact (usually bad) on the business of real estate.

Ideally, we could ignore politics. But here at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter, we insist on seeing the world with clarity - including the reality of Washington's aggressive involvement in every facet of our business, from mortgage lending to real estate sales license; from loan modification regulations to appraisal requirements... every piece of our business is profoundly impacted by politics. So rather than stick our heads in the sand and ignore reality, readers of the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter choose to be informed and prepared.

About Bryan Ellis

Bryan Ellis is an Atlanta-based real estate analyst and publisher of the widely read newsletter "The Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter". With over 200,000 subscribers - including real estate investors, agents, brokers, appraisers and other real estate professionals - the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter is among America's largest sources of unbiased coverage of politics and public policy for the real estate industry.

Bryan Ellis serves as editor in chief for the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter and is assisted by an extraordinary staff of writers, researchers and editors who are each real estate experts in their own right and who assure that the news we report is well researched, factual, and highly relevant to today's real estate industry.

Bryan is very happily married and has two wonderful daughters. He makes his home in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. You can contact the team at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter here.