Art. 2124-2131
Definition
Real Mortgage is a contract whereby the debtor secures to the creditor
the fulfillment of a principal obligation, specially subjecting to such security
immovable property or real rights over immovable property in case the
principal obligation is not complied with at the time stipulated.
Characteristics
1. It is an accessory and subsidiary contract. (Ocampo v. Land Bank of the
Phils. 2009]).
2. It is also unilateral because it creates only an obligation on the part of
the creditor who must free the property from the encumbrance once the
obligation is fulfilled.
3. The mortgagor, as a general rule, retains possession of the property
mortgaged as security for the payment of the sum borrowed from the
mortgagee, and pays the latter a certain percent thereof as interest on
his principal by way of compensation for his sacrifice in depriving himself
of the use of said money and the enjoyment of its fruits, in order to give
them to the mortgagor.
4. The objects of a real mortgage are immovable and alienable real rights
imposed upon immovables. While a mortgage of land necessarily
includes, in the absence of stipulation, the improvements thereon, a
building by itself may be mortgaged apart from the land on which it is
built. Possessory rights over said property before title is vested on the
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principal debtor.
The right or lien of an innocent mortgagee for value upon the
mortgaged property must be respected and protected, even if the
mortgagor obtained his title through fraud. The remedy of the persons
prejudiced is to bring an action for damages against the person who
caused the fraud and if the latter is insolvent, an action against the
Treasurer of the Philippines may be filed for the recovery of damages
against the Assurance Fund.
Kinds of Mortgage
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Effect of Mortgage
Art. 2126 provides that the mortgage directly and immediately
subjects the property upon which it is imposed, whoever the possessor may
be, to the fulfillment of the obligation for whose security it was constituted.
In other words, a registered mortgage creates a right in rem, a real right, a
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Extent of Mortgage
As a general rule, a real estate mortgage constituted on immovable
property is not limited to the property itself but also extends to all its
accessions, improvements, growing fruits and rents or income (Art. 2102) as
well as to the proceeds of insurance should the property be destroyed of the
expropriation value of the property should it be expropriated. To exclude
them, it is necessary that there be an express stipulation to that effect.
2.
The fact that the mortgagor has transferred the mortgaged property to a
third person does not relieve him from his obligation to pay the debt to
the mortgage creditor in the absence of novation.
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3.
The mortgage credit being a real right which follows the property, the
creditor may demand from any possessor the payment of the credit
secured by said property. It is necessary, however, that prior demand
for payment must have been made on the debtor and the latter failed to
pay.
4.
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Foreclosure of Mortgages
Foreclosure is the remedy available to the mortgagee by which he
subjects the mortgaged property to the satisfaction of the obligation to
secure which the mortgage was given. Foreclosure is but a necessary
consequence of non-payment of a mortgage indebtedness. As a rule, the
mortgage can be foreclosed only when the debt remains unpaid at the time
it is due. Foreclosure may be effected either judicially or extrajudicially, that
is, by ordinary action by the mortgagee or by a foreclosure by the mortgagee
under the power of sale contained in the mortgage. Judicial foreclosure
governed by Rule 68 of the Rules of Court. While, extrajudicial Foreclosure
governed by Act. No. 3135 as amended, if and when the mortgagee is given
a specific power or express authority to do so. The following is the process
extrajudicial foreclosure:
a.
b.
c.
d.
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e.
Debtor has the right to redeem the property sold within the term of
one year from and after the date of the sale. The reckoning date in
case of registered land is from the registration of the certificate of
sale since it is only from such date that the sale takes effect as a
conveyance.
Ergo, the
mortgagee is entitled to recover the deficiency in case the sale proceeds are
not sufficient to cover the debt in extrajudicial foreclosures.
The action to recover a deficiency after foreclosures prescribes after
ten (10) years from the time the right of action accrues as provided in Article
1144(2) of the Civil Code.
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There is no
Redemption
Redemption may be defined as a transaction by which the mortgagor
reacquires by which or buys back the property which may have passed under
the mortgage or divests the property of the lien which the mortgage may
have created. In general, the concept of redemption is to allow the owner to
repurchase or buy back, within a certain period and for a certain amount, a
property has been sold due to debt, tax, or encumbrance.
Kinds of Redemption
Equity of redemption or the right of the mortgagor to redeem the
mortgaged property after his default in the performance of the conditions of
the mortgagee but before the sale of the mortgaged property or confirmation
of the sale. The mortgagors equity of redemption is simply the right of the
mortgagor to extinguish the mortgage and retain ownership of the property
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by paying the secured debt within the 90-day period after the judgment
becomes final, in accordance with Section 2, Rule 68 of the Rules of Court or
even after the foreclosure sale but prior to its confirmation.
Right of redemption or the right of the mortgagor to redeem the
mortgaged property within a certain period (1 year) after it was sold for the
satisfaction of the mortgaged debt.
Right of Redemption
In all cases of extrajudicial sale, the mortgagor may redeem the
property at any time within the term of one year from and after the date of
registration of the sale (Section 6, Act No. 3135).
In judicial foreclosure of real estate mortgage, there is a right of
redemption which he can exercise at any time after service of judgment of
foreclosure and within the 90-day period and even thereafter provided he
does so before the foreclosure sale is confirmed by the court. Confirmation
of the sale of mortgaged real property cuts off all the rights or interests of
the mortgagor and of the mortgage and persons holding under him, and with
them the equity of redemption in the property and vests them in the
purchaser. Confirmation retroacts to the date of the sale. It is a final order,
not interlocutory.
However, if the property has been mortgaged in favor of the DBP (CA
459) Philippine National Bank (RA 1300), banks, banking and credit
institutions (RA 337, or the General Banking Act) or rural banks (RA 2670),
redemption is allowed within one year from the registration of the sale. The
redemption must be made within one year after the sale if the mortgagee is
a bank, banking or credit institution (Section 78, R. A. No. 337). Under the
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Revised charter of the PNB, the period is one year from the registration of
the foreclosure sale.
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The redemption must be made within 12 months from the time of the
month together with the taxes thereon, if any, paid by the purchaser with the
same rate of interest computed from the date of registration of the sale; and
3.
made the sale and a duplicate filed with the proper Register of Deeds.
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Recebido v. People
(346 SCRA 881 [2000])
Facts: Private complainant decided to redeem the land mortgaged to
petitioner. But the latter refused because she had sold her property on him. It
was found out that the deed of sale was falsified by the petitioner.
Issue: Whether the petitioner is entitled to possession as mortgagee?
Held: The deed of sale was forged hence, could not be a valid basis of
possession. Neither can his status as mortgagee be the basis of possession.
Since it is the mortgagor in a contract of mortgage who is entitled to
possession of the subject property, it follows that ones status as mortgagee
cannot be the basis of possession.
Tarnate vs. Court of Appeals
(241 SCRA 254)
It is a settled rule that a mortgagee may recover any
deficiency in the mortgage account which is not realized in a
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b.)
c.)
d.)
of
purchase
shall
be
considered
an
equitable
mortgage.
e.)
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Where a
demandable
in accordance
with
the stipulations
pertaining to it.
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Rosales v. Suba
408 SCRA 664 [2003]
An equitable mortgage is not different from the real estate mortgage,
and the lien created thereby ought not to be defeated by requiring
compliance with the formalities necessary to the validity of a voluntary real
estate mortgage.
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