Deutsche Bank breached its duty of good faith and reasonable diligence by refusing to provide a foreclosure buyer with evidence of required notice to junior lienholders, causing Commerce Bank's junior mortgage to go unsatisfied.
Housing Court has jurisdiction to hear counterclaims challenging postforeclosure plaintiff's title and to award damages, reversing prior requirement for separate equity action.
Assignee of high-cost mortgage loan liable for origination violations; material fact disputes preclude summary judgment on predatory lending claims.
Title insurer's duty to defend does not extend to claims challenging validity of underlying mortgage debt, only to defects in the mortgage lien itself.
Resulting trust arose when husband transferred rental properties to wife nominally to shield assets from creditors, not as gift, despite gratuitous family transfer presumption.
Account debtor liable for full value of misdirected payments under UCC Article 9, not limited to assignee's actual damages.
