From the HOAdata Site: HOA & Management Company Foreclosure Related Cases-
Get the HOA, Lawyers & management company listings for foreclosure-related filings for the Houston area (much of Fort Bend County is not in this list). Contact the researchers at the site to find out more (and how to get the data on the law groups, management companies and HOA boards that may abuse this system the most). Some law offices listed on this database are listed hundreds of times (one even thousands). Click above title link to learn more before you buy a home in one of these communities.
See HOA, lawyer and mgmt lists...
posted by responsible_dvlpmnt at Monday, June 05, 2006
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50 most active lawyers in this HOA-foreclosure network (with number of cases filed through 2002) :
-from HOAdata site-
Attorney Total
Gammon, William 1562
Gainer, Michael 928
Bartley, Richard E. 914
Lewis, Thomas 876
O'Neal, Michael 757
Ewalt, Jeffrey 730
Butler, Rick 606
Soard, Robert 535
Delaney, Rebecca 488
Leasure, Mimi 417
Treece, Michael 387
Messock, Jeffrey 332
Mieszkuc, Marilyn 279
Alderson, Lori 265
Burton, Lou 265
Hailey, Roy 252
Taylor, Trisha 212
Janecek, Jane 190
Terry, Kathy Ann 175
Spears, Walter E. 164
Barsalou, W. Austin 163
Bartley & Spears 157
Sears, Terry 142
Ingle, Laura 139
Bartley, Johnson & Conkin 138
Barsalou & Assoc. 136
Rice, Susan 136
Hoover, Bax & Slovacek 126
Frank, Elmore & Lievens 122
Eikenburg & Stiles 108
Katine, Mitchell 103
Cohen, Jay I. 100
Lendais & Assoc. 99
Burton & Assoc. 97
Butler, Langford, Ewalt & Hailey 93
Gregg & Mieszkuc 91
Remels, Keith 83
Frankfort, Todd 75
Butler, Langford & Ewalt 72
Davis, Cliff 72
Petronella, Richard 67
Curry, Michael 65
Scott, Elizabeth E. 65
Stull, Donald Michael 65
Fishman, Bradley 60
Gammon & Matthews 60
Dalton, Greg J. 57
Cain, Larry D. 55
Daughtry, Charles A. 54
McGoey, Joseph 52
See the number of foreclosure filings for the Sienna Plantation HOA (SPRAI) by our lawyers M.D. Markels just in Harris county alone.
Looks like ours just missed the top 50 foreclosures list.
Actually it looks like you see them listed twice on this data as M.D. Markel and again as Roberts, Markel & Folger (that would seem to increase their count quite a bit).
From http://pages.prodigy.net/hoadata/
Home Foreclosure Study (See HOA lead foreclosure list)-
From http://pages.prodigy.net/hoadata/
From the HOAdata.org website:
Since the 1987 Texas Supreme Court decision in Inwood North vs. Harris and the 1995 passage of Texas Property Code Chapter 204, Homeowners Associations (HOAs) have filed thousands of legal actions against homeowners in the Houston area, generally with threat of foreclosure, causing many to lose their homes and causing others financial hardship.
This website summarizes a research database of over 15,000 court filings by HOAs in the Houston area (mainly Harris County) from 1985 through 2001.
THE DATABASE LISTS COURT FILINGS THAT COULD LEAD TO FORECLOSURE. IT DOES NOT LIST ACTUAL FORECLOSURE SALES.
The database is limited by the research techniques (see below), so the actual number of filings may be understated. For example, approximately 4,000 additional filings of type "injunction" are not included in the database. Because of the difficulty involved in tracking certain cases, the database contains few foreclosure cases from the Justice of the Peace courts and no nonjudicial foreclosure cases. There are indications from a fee-based database that Harris County nonjudicial cases outnumber judicial foreclosure cases.
Data is gathered from the Daily Court Review (a newspaper that prints legal notices and events), from Harris County databases available on the Internet, from Harris County District Court records, and occasional cases from neighboring Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties.
A second independent database lists management companies and the HOAs they service. This data comes from management certificates filed at the Harris County clerk's real estate records, online sources such as management company and HOA websites, and submissions from individual homeowners. The certificates are filed by the HOAs, the management companies, or their attorneys.
The researchers collecting and analyzing this data are unpaid and are doing this work simply to inform the public. The researchers strive to accurately include only HOA foreclosure-related actions, however, visitors to this site are cautioned that there may be occasional mistakes. It is often difficult to determine whether an HOA filing is for non-payment of dues, for expenses related to deed restriction enforcement, or for some other action. In the end, the best sources of information are the official court papers and records.
The research is ongoing and updated periodically. Additions, corrections, and other relevant information are welcome and requested to continually improve the quality of this database.
From http://pages.prodigy.net/hoadata/
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Comment:
I found this paragraph very interesting. It leads one to believe that the actual filings are much higher when all courts and jurisdictions are taken into consideration:
"The database is limited by the research techniques (see below), so the actual number of filings may be understated. For example, approximately 4,000 additional filings of type "injunction" are not included in the database. Because of the difficulty involved in tracking certain cases, the database contains few foreclosure cases from the Justice of the Peace courts and no nonjudicial foreclosure cases. There are indications from a fee-based database that Harris County nonjudicial cases outnumber judicial foreclosure cases."
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