<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Man who refused to pay mortgage for 15 years is granted 'squatters' rights' : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Man who refused to pay mortgage for 15 years is granted 'squatters' rights' : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Man who refused to pay mortgage for 15 years is granted 'squatters' rights']]></title><description><![CDATA[A failed businessman who has paid nothing towards a mortgage on his home for more than 15 years, had the debt wiped out by senior judges. Djabar Babai was told he had effectively acquired &quot;squatter's rights&quot; over his &#163;250,000 detached home, as his dispute with his mortgage lender has dragged on for so long.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/plime-com/l/50327/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (9)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/plime-com/l/50327-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/plime-com/l/50327-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/plime-com/l/50327-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (0)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/plime-com/l/50327/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><item><title><![CDATA[Pocksucket @ 2/14/2008 12:11:35 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50327/1/#q8"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>ArchAngel</b> : I don't know about that.<br/><br/>If lend joe some money and say I want it back by tuesday, but decide to cut him slack, or were too busy, and don't ask for it for a week, I have less right to it?<br/><br/>Technically, I still lent him money and he never paid back. That douchebag Joe is holding my hard earned cash and says I have no right to it. So much for helping him out. I should go Stewie over his ass.</i></div>But lets say you don't mention it at all for 15 years - not a word.  Then suddenly you demand it back with interest and threaten that you will take him to court if he doesn't pay.  Who's the douchebag then?<br/><br/>NB - I'm not calling you a douchebag here.  I'd never do that.<br/><br/>That Joe though...  Well, he has been saying things.  And after all you've done to help him.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q10</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q10</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[coldbladed @ 2/13/2008 12:45:20 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50327/1/#q8"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>ArchAngel</b> : I don't know about that.<br/><br/>If lend joe some money and say I want it back by tuesday, but decide to cut him slack, or were too busy, and don't ask for it for a week, I have less right to it?<br/><br/>Technically, I still lent him money and he never paid back. That douchebag Joe is holding my hard earned cash and says I have no right to it. So much for helping him out. I should go Stewie over his ass.</i></div>We're talking more about financial institutions who's job it is to collect said money. And 15 years is a long time to hold someone to their $5 debt don't you think? If I hadn't talked to Joe about my $5 in 15 years and suddenly brought it up I doubt it'd be reasonable for me to expect that money back.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q9</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q9</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[ArchAngel @ 2/13/2008 12:32:59 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50327/1/#q7"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>2manyusernames</b>&#160;:&#160;There is no secret method. There is no unfairness here. It is simply common sense that if a party fails to come after you for monies owed in a certain time period they lose the right to collect.</i></div>I don't know about that.<br/><br/>If lend joe some money and say I want it back by tuesday, but decide to cut him slack, or were too busy, and don't ask for it for a week, I have less right to it?<br/><br/>Technically, I still lent him money and he never paid back. That douchebag Joe is holding my hard earned cash and says I have no right to it. So much for helping him out. I should go Stewie over his ass.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q8</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q8</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[2manyusernames @ 2/13/2008 10:32:23 AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50327/1/#q6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>srsmits</b> : And to think like a chump I have been paying my mortgage bi-weekly.  I still cannot believe this outdated law exists but I am sure that this guy is extremely happy.  Anyone have an email address for him?  I would like to find out exactly how you avoid the bank for 15 years without them kicking you out of your home.</i></div>By the simple fact that the bank failed to perform their duty. They did not follow up. They failed to execute procedures to foreclose.<br/><br/>There is no secret method. There is no unfairness here. It is simply common sense that if a party fails to come after you for monies owed in a certain time period they lose the right to collect.<br/><br/>It is the same with most loans. Say you owed money on a credit card. The bank for whatever reason doesn't bother to try and collect the money from you. They don't contact you and just as important, you don't contact them. <br/><br/>After a period of years - a period which varies on the type of loan. A &quot;clock&quot; which can be reset if you make a payment, a mere promise to pay, or even  affirm that you do owe the money - the bank can no longer try to collect the money.<br/><br/>This also applies if the original bank sold your bad debt to a collection agency. The collection agency can't collect if the original debt had passed that number of years that the statute allows.<br/><br/>These laws are not outdated and make perfect sense.<br/><br/>They rarely come up because it isn't normal for a bank to drop the ball. It happens.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q7</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q7</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[srsmits @ 2/13/2008 5:06:32 AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[And to think like a chump I have been paying my mortgage bi-weekly.  I still cannot believe this outdated law exists but I am sure that this guy is extremely happy.  Anyone have an email address for him?  I would like to find out exactly how you avoid the bank for 15 years without them kicking you out of your home.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q6</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q6</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[melgesevad @ 2/13/2008 2:02:01 AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/50327/1/#q4"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>germz</b> : pro squatter</i></div>I squat alot.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q5</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q5</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[germz @ 2/12/2008 10:45:41 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[pro squatter]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q4</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q4</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[2manyusernames @ 2/12/2008 9:52:13 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[That is perfectly reasonable and is the law in many places. It isn't just mortgages either. Debts, lawsuits, heck even many crimes have a statute of limitations.<br/><br/>That is how it should be. The bank was incredibly negligent in acting quicker]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q3</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q3</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[dollyllama @ 2/12/2008 9:49:42 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love the UK vernacular <div class='qp pad d'><i>temporary difficulotherwiseties</i></div>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q2</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50327/1/rss2_0.rss#q2</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>