Legal Opinion
Neal v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 26, 2006No. 1751 Sept. Term, 2004PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARBERA, Judge.
This appeal involves the Housing and Urban Development’s (“HUD”) mortgage servicing requirements. See 24 C.F.R. §§ 203.500 et seq. (1996). Those requirements were issued pursuant to the National Housing Act (“the Act”), 12 U.S.C. § 1701 (1934). 1 The issue before us is whether, notwithstanding the lack of a private right of action to enforce those regulations, a mortgagee can agree as a term of a deed of trust to comply with those requirements and, upon noncompliance, become liable to the mortgagor for breach of contract. Although we answer that question in the affirmative, we…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Eva Mae Roberts, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Cameron-Brown Company and Federal National Mortgage AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by3 opinions
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