Summerhill Village Homeowners Ass'n v. Roughley

¶1 A condominium homeowners’ association enjoys a statutory super priority lien for certain delinquent assessments. Where such a lien is foreclosed, Washington’s redemption statute offers no safe haven to mortgage lenders who ignore the proceedings. Here, the trial court properly ruled the lender is not a proper redemptioner. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 In November 2006, Dawn Roughley purchased a condominium in the Summerhill Village complex. She financed the purchase with a loan from Homecomings Financial LLC secured by a deed of trust in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registrations Systems (MERS).

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