Leonardo is Alive and Well and Living in London.

Tomorrow, the National Gallery in London opens what they are billing as the greatest exhibition of the paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci that has ever been, or, they say, probably ever will be.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE: Act 6 Notices are required after August 27, 2011.

However, the story of Act 91 does not end here. The primary mission of PHFA,was to administer the emergency loan program that was created through Act 91 in response to the widespread foreclosures during the recession of the early 1980’s. On July 21, 2011, after drastic state budget cuts put PHFA out of the lending business, the Agency and the Department of Banking announced in a bulletin that foreclosing lenders would no longer be required to send Act 91 notices after August 27, 2011. However, the bulletin noted, Notices under Act 6 of 1974 would be required.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE: Superior Court Holds that the Act 91 Notice Prescribed by Regulation is Defective; Residential Sheriff Sale is Set Aside for Lack of Jurisdiction.

On January 30, 2012, the Superior Court held that the Act 91 Notice promulgated by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency does not contain an important statutory provision and that, as a result, the courts lack jurisdiction over residential mortgage foreclosures filed by lenders giving the defective notice.

Trivia Question of the Day: What is the most misused Social Security Number of all Time?

Bonus Question: Where can an identity thief find a treasure trove of identities to steal, complete with authentic SSN’s,where the owners of the identity won’t complain?

The First Most Famous Groundhog in Pennsylvania Comes Out of his Burrow.

No, we are not talking about that lying rodent from Punxy. We’re talking about our Governor, who is so inaccessible that he must be spending a lot of time walking on the Appalachian Trail.

The Four Game Winning Streak.

No. 805 Excuse my impertinence. I refuse to get all stirred up predicting who is going to win on Sunday night. I noticed during dinner that ESPN was overanalyzing the situation, as normal. Could the Giants get to Brady? Was Brady intimidated by something or other? I forget what. Then they ask everybody down to […]

DON’T CALL IT LUNACY, CALL IT COLONIALISM.

No. 804 Newt Gingrich has been taking some heat over suggesting that the United States plan to establish a permanent settlement on the Moon. You would think he had suggested colonizing a couple of countries in the Middle East. What is so crazy about planning a lunar colony? It makes a lot more sense, in […]

At No. 228, We’re Right Behind . . . Who?

No. 803 This week on AVVO Blog, Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk is coming in at a respectable number 228. However, at 227 there is a blog called Arbitrary and Capricious that went on hiatus on July 31, 2009 and hasn’t posted since. Hrumpf! CLT

Reassessment 2012: Watch out for the Flipper.

Flippers haven’t been much in evidence lately, but keep an eye out for their handiwork, because they can play havoc with assessment values.

801 and Counting.

No. 801 As 2012 has just begun, and I have just passed the 800th post in this blog, a late New Year’s Resolution. Less paper. Lots less. Actually, I’ve been working on this one for a while, but now is the time to press onward and upward. I resolve not to send anything by mail […]

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