Articles From Harold I. Levine

Mortgage defense 102: Pleading fraud By Harold I. Levine Real Estate Law, June 2003 Part I of this article1 dealt briefly with the concept of preemption. It stated: "The most favored defense of lenders is preemption.
Mortgage defense 101 By Harold I. Levine Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, May 2003 Lenders frequently assign or transfer their loans. Sometimes they are securitized. Sometimes the servicer seeks to foreclose.
Mortgage defense 101 By Harold I. Levine Real Estate Law, December 2002 Lenders frequently assign or transfer their loans. Sometimes they are securitized. Sometimes the servicer seeks to foreclose.
Dishonest home improvement contractors­the force is not with you By Harold I. Levine Real Estate Law, October 2000 Although not generally understood, there is a definite relationship between the increase in residential foreclosures and coercive home improvement contracts. Much to the surprise and dismay of property owners, many foreclosures arise out of home improvements contracts.

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