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Jul 13, 2015real-estate-lawmortgage-foreclosurespecial-power-to-sellact-no-3135civil-codesupreme-court
Mortgage Foreclosure Absence of Special Power to Sell Invalidates Extrajudicial Proceedings
Philippine Supreme Court rules that extrajudicial foreclosure requires a special power to sell inserted in or attached to the mortgage deed, otherwise the proceedings are void.