What is Happening With Foreclosures in South Florida Real Estate Right Now? We’re Still in a Big Mess – Consider These Reports

| April 23, 2013

How is the Florida foreclosure market doing right now?  Some are reporting optimistic viewpoints – we’re out of the woods, they claim: everything is getting better every day. Meanwhile, for those working with Florida home owners and Florida borrowers in the current South Florida real estate market, it’s not that rosy.  Here’s why:   Proposed [...]

Florida Housing Market Still in Dangerous Waters: Florida Home Owners and Florida Home Loan Borrowers Should Remain Wary and Watchful

| March 7, 2013

Florida home owners with underwater mortgages as well as Florida borrowers and Florida home buyers interested in short sales are all watching the Florida real estate housing market carefully.  When something like the latest Fiserv Case-Shiller Index on national home trends is released, many people here in South Florida take note. Today, Fiserv Case-Shiller released [...]

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 Supreme Court Rules Against Florida Home Owners in Pino v. Bank of New York: Bad Day for Florida Foreclosure Defense, Great Day for Fraudulent Filing Banks

| February 21, 2013

The Florida Supreme Court has ruled against Florida homeowners –  and for the foreclosing banks –  in Roman Pino v. the Bank of New York.  The opinion came down on February 7, 2013, and you can read the entire thing online at Google Scholar.   Pino Caught the Bank Filing Fraudulent Assignment of Mortgage and [...]

South Florida Foreclosure Defense Lawyers’ New Nemesis is The Robo-Witness: Bank Custodian of Records Without Personal Knowledge of the Loan Documents is Giving Hearsay Testimony

| February 14, 2013

Today, RealtyTrac is making the national news again with its report that the State of Florida has more than twice the number of foreclosure actions as any other state in the country.  According to its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for January 2013 (released this morning), in January 2013 Florida saw its foreclosure activity increase on an annual [...]