Springfield, MA asked in Real Estate Law for Massachusetts

Q: I sold a house in 2011 and was trying to purchase a house now when I was told that my name was never taken off of deed?

The house foreclosed in 2016 and the mortgage broker is saying that this may affect my ability to get the new mortgage. Because the previous house foreclosed.

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A: You sold a house but did't transfer the title into the buyer's name? Then the mortgage company foreclosed their mortgage and now they own it? So what is the question?

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