Same Creditor: Sold-Out Junior May Obtain Deficiency Judgment Following Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Senior Lien

  In Black Sky Capital, LLC v. Cobb, the California Supreme Court holds that Code of Civil Procedure section 580d—that prevents a foreclosing creditor at a nonjudicial foreclosure sale from collecting a deficiency judgment—does not prevent the same creditor holding two deeds of trust on the same property from recovering a deficiency judgment when its junior lien is extinguished by the nonjudicial foreclosure of its senior lien. Continue reading

Nonjudicial Foreclosure: Preemptive Actions Dissallowed

  Once again a Court of Appeals affirms the trial court’s ruling sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend of a homeowners’ complaint which challenged the MERS registration system and the assignment of the underlying note by MERS. Continue reading