Introduction -- Pre-foreclosure workout agreements -- Foreclosure of mortgages held or insured by the federal government -- Legal defenses to home foreclosures -- Defending foreclosures by challenging unfair lending practices -- Mortgage servicing abuses -- Non-RESPA challenges to mortgage servicing abuses -- Challenging mortgage servicing abuses : the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act -- Using bankruptcy to prevent foreclosure -- Litigating mortgage defenses and claims -- Manufactured home foreclosures and repossessions -- Forfeiture of land installment sales contracts -- Tax liens and tax foreclosures -- Issues arising after a foreclosure sale -- Foreclosure rescue scams -- Appendixes. A. Selected statutes and regulations pertaining to mortgages held or insured by the federal government -- B. Federal agency guidelines on workouts including loan modifications -- C. Federal mortgage servicing law -- D. Summary of state mortgage servicing, payoff statement, and mortgage discharge laws -- E. Summary of state foreclosure laws -- F. Summary of state real estate tax abatement laws -- G. Summary of state condominium laws -- H. Sample foreclosure preventing counseling forms and practice aids -- I. Sample foreclosure pleadings and other litigation documents -- J. Glossaries -- K. Finding pleadings, primary sources on companion website -- L. Helpful websites.
