Last year, in Bank of New York v. Bailey, 460 Mass. 327 (2011), the Supreme Judicial Court (the "SJC") ruled that a Housing Court judge presiding over an eviction matter could hear a post-foreclosure mortgagor's claim that the foreclosure sale allegedly divesting him...
In Massachusetts, mortgage foreclosure has long been considered "non-judicial," meaning that it is unnecessary to initiate an action before a Court to foreclose, and there is no judicial oversight of foreclosures unless a mortgagor brings a claim based on alleged...