Infographic: Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) As of March 2012 Per Congressional Budget Office

| May 2, 2013

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HAMP Trial Period Plan Lawsuits: Borrowers Sue Banks for Failing to Do the Right Thing in TPP Loan Modification as Lenders Fail To Follow HAMP Requirements

| April 30, 2013

Florida homeowners, and borrowers across the country, are no longer considering HAMP (Home Affordable Modification Program) to be the big success that it was touted to be by the Treasury Department when it debuted back in 2009.  HAMP, as you may recall, was a part of the MakingHomeAffordable program which describes itself as: The Making [...]

Florida Legislature Annual Session Begins Today: Proposed Laws That Impact South Florida Home Owners In a Big Way Are on the Table

| March 5, 2013

Today, the 60-day annual session of the Florida Legislature begins, and the entire country is watching.  The next nine weeks are going to be a very important time for Floridians, especially Florida home owners. Things began with Governor Rick Scott’s State of the State address (read it here) but for Florida home owners and Florida [...]

Florida Short Sales: Home Owners Selling in Short Sales Need to Be Aware of the Tax Lien Investor: Who Holds The Liens on Your Florida Property?

| February 12, 2013

Across the country, there’s lots of positive feedback about Fannie Mae’s “HomePath for Short Sales” where any Fannie Mae-owned home loan can be escalated by the realtor – and once this happens, Fannie Mae people enter the transaction to work directly with the mortgage servicer as well as the realtor to get things resolved and [...]

Will Florida Home Owners Get a Home Loan Mortgage From Walmart? Walmart, Paypal, CostCo and Others Moving into Banking Business: Will Florida Law Protections Be There for You Too? Maybe Not.

| December 11, 2012

People in Florida, particularly South Florida, have learned a lot about how banks work just by reading their newspaper or watching the news.  There have been countless stories written and so much other media coverage of the banking industry related to foreclosure hijinks, including robosigning and mortgage fraud.  This media coverage has exposed more than [...]