MERS ruling paves way for out-of-court foreclosures


The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for banks to return to the preferred out-of-court method of foreclosure.

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The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for banks to return to the out-of-court method of foreclosure.

The high court found that Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., a lending industry cooperative for cataloging loan ownership, can’t foreclose on mortgages itself — as was common in the early years of the foreclosure crisis — because it’s not the beneficiary of a deed of trust.

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