In re the Foreclosure of the Nine Deeds of Trust of Cornblum

STEELMAN, Judge.

*101The trial court erred in submitting to arbitration an action commenced pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.16. Appellants’ argument that the foreclosure sales were void is dismissed as being moot.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

This appeal arises out of twelve consolidated foreclosure actions. The appellants in this case (collectively, “appellants”) include Marshall E. Cornblum, Madeline H. Cornblum, and Longbranch Properties, LLC. Appellants executed thirteen promissory notes secured by deeds of trust on various pieces of real property purchased and developed with the…