Larry Tolchinsky | 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 [...]

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Larry Tolchinsky | March 26, 2013

Yesterday, Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Edward DeMarco released news from FHFA that is great news for many financially-strapped Florida home owners who are fighting foreclosure:  finally, federal action is doing something about the force-place insurance mess. FHFA Announces Federal Action to Halt Abuse of Home Owners Through Lender Placed Insurance Coverage [...]

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Larry Tolchinsky | February 28, 2013

Florida home owners fighting foreclosure, and foreclosure defense attorneys, and Florida lawyers helping with short sales for that matter, may need a bit of good news after dealing with the ramifications of the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Pino v. Bank of New York this month – and we’re getting some from lawmakers in Tallahassee [...]

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Larry Tolchinsky | February 26, 2013

Last week, an Administrative Order was issued by the Chief Judge for the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida that will have a huge impact on Florida home owners and South Florida borrowers dealing with foreclosure issues.  (Read the Order here.) Why the Palm Beach County Administrative [...]

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Larry Tolchinsky | 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 [...]

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