Regielyn Santiago

Regielyn Santiago

Regielyn Santiago is a legal researcher at Key Media. She specializes in preparing case write-ups across Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, and supports U.S. regulatory research and Canadian Lawyer+ case entries. She holds a Juris Doctor (LLB) degree with a major in Legal Management. Regielyn produces well-researched, analytical content on legal cases and legislative developments in employment law, insurance, mortgage, and finance across multiple markets.

Buyers held the successor to the deal but lost the house

They proved the successor couldn't walk away - then their own financing sank the deal

Buyers held the successor to the deal but lost the house

Federal judge refuses to pause suit over Unison's home equity product

Unison calls it equity-sharing. The homeowner says it's the mortgage they promised it wasn't

Federal judge refuses to pause suit over Unison's home equity product

Fannie Mae loses foreclosure judgment after suing a dead borrower

A judgment that stood since 2018, erased by a defect no clock could cure

Fannie Mae loses foreclosure judgment after suing a dead borrower

New York court tosses foreclosure over missing note and default proof

Missing default records helped sink a judgment years in the making

New York court tosses foreclosure over missing note and default proof

Wet-ink note gambit fails to derail Lakeview's Delaware foreclosure case

Borrowers tried four ways out and parked the house in a family trust - the case survived

Wet-ink note gambit fails to derail Lakeview's Delaware foreclosure case

Appeals court reverses judge who voided a defaulted loan's terms

A decade-long foreclosure and one judge's self-reversal that couldn't survive the ten-day clock

Appeals court reverses judge who voided a defaulted loan's terms

Florida court orders a foreclosure dismissal undone years later

The dismissal was void the day it landed - and the clock to fix it barely runs

Florida court orders a foreclosure dismissal undone years later

Ohio court rejects homeowner's lost-note fraud claim against Wells Fargo

The bank swore it held the note in 2017 - so what about the 2024 lost-note affidavit

Ohio court rejects homeowner's lost-note fraud claim against Wells Fargo

Connecticut court blocks second bid to undo Park Place Towers foreclosure

A borrower spent nearly two decades fighting one missing note - the court refused to hear it again

Connecticut court blocks second bid to undo Park Place Towers foreclosure

Appeals court upholds dismissal of homeowner's claims against HSBC

The reasoning gives servicers a handy map on billing fights and debt-collector status

Appeals court upholds dismissal of homeowner's claims against HSBC