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Articles Written by Melvyn Mitzner, Esq.

  • “The Notice of Pendency and Its Effect On The Sales of Real Property”, New York Law Journal, 11/16/1983.
  • “Legislation Proposed to Clarify Law Relating To Interest On Interest Loans”, New York Law Journal, 11/20/1985.
  • “Recent ‘Doings’ on Mortgage Tax”, New York Law Journal, 1986.
  • “Mortgage Finance Clauses Create Enforcement Problems”, New York Law Journal, 6/17/1987.
  • “Need for Joinder of Lessees In A Mortgage Foreclosure”, New York Law Journal, 9/23/1987.
  • “SWAP Agreements Create Issues of Lien Priorities”, New York Law Journal, 6/17/1987.
  • “Depressed Real Estate Values Make State Tax On Gains A Tax On Loss”, New York Law Journal, 11/18/1992.
  • “Bill Proposed On Treatment Of 1st Condo Liens”, New York Law Journal, 3/15/1993.
  • “Lenders Consider The Problems Of Mortgage Modifications”, New York Law Journal, 8/30/1993.
  • “Who Has Priority Under The State Lien Law?”, New York Law Journal, 9/27/1993.
  • “Does The Subordination Mortgagee Have Defense Against Prior Party?”, New York Law Journal, 3/14/1994.
  • “Unintended Traps For Lenders”, New York Law Journal, 8/22/1994
  • “Does A Deed In Lieu Of Foreclosure Given To A Mortgagee ‘Nominee’ Terminate The Mortgage and Debt”, New York Law Journal, 9/1994.
  • “Mechanic’s Liens and Coop Apartments”, New York Law Journal, 5/1995.
  • “Foreign Currency Mortgages”, New York Law Journal, 6/14/1995.
  • “Making The Title Insurer The Criteria For Title As A Condition of Purchase Of Real Property In A Contract For Sale Of Real Property”, New York Law Journal, 8/15/1995.
  • “Collateral Assignments of Mortgage Part of the Debt of a Holder of a Mortgage, Remedy of the Assignee”, New York Law Journal, 8/12/1996.
  • “Tenants and Mortgages Must Carefully Draft and Review Clauses That Affect Their Rights Between Themselves”, New York Law Journal, 3/23/1997.
  • “What is The Permissible Interest Rate On a Mortgage of Real Property”, Westchester Bar Journal, 7/1/1981.
  • “Getting Maximum Benefit From Your Title Insurance Policy With Regard to Basements”, Westchester Bar Journal, 7/1/1980.
  • “Plain English Law – Is It Plain Confusion?”, Westchester Bar Journal, 4/1/1979.
  • “‘Due’ on Sale Clauses in Mortgages: What Will Happen To It In New York”, Westchester Bar Journal, 7/1/1978.
  • “Nassau County Transfer Tax”, St. John’s Law Review, 9/1/1999.
  • “Condominium Lending Traps”, St. John’s Law Review, 1/29/1999.
  • “Interest On Interest: Remedial Legislation Needed”, Legal Times, 4/28/1986.