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Flopping In Florida: Real Estate Agents And Insider Realtor Deals – Are You A Victim Of This Kind Of Florida Real Estate Fraud?

Last Update: 04/18/16 In recent years, most of us in South Florida have become all too aware of real estate “flipping” — where a distressed home is purchased by an investor who goes into the deal with the idea of doing some improvements to the place and then reselling...

Underwater Mortgages in Florida and the United States: New CoreLogic Negative Equity Report Reveals Slow Recovery for Home Owners with Underwater Mortgages

Underwater: it’s a scary term for many real estate owners here in South Florida, and it’s a major concern for many who pay their mortgage payment each month, knowing full well that the amount on the home loan is so much greater than the current value of...

LPS Report Issued: Florida and the Judicial Foreclosure Process Get Zinged – Could There Be a Hidden Agenda?

There’s another new report out on the state of the Florida real estate market, and South Florida home owners — people in places like Broward County or Miami-Dade — need to be aware of its findings.  The source is Lender Processing Services (LPS) and...

FRAFing: Appraisal Fraud Because Banks Want to Keep Housing Values As Low As Possible in Mortgage Buy-Backs – Bank Wrongdoing Continues

Just like the rest of the country, in Florida it is extremely important to be able to trust your real estate appraisal because appraisals, compiled by appraisers that are depended upon by many, many people to be responsible, thorough, knowledgable, and honest, give...

Florida Deficiency Judgment Overturned by Florida Court: Bank Loses Deficiency Because it Fails to Provide Valid Evidence of Fair Market Value

Deficiency judgments are a real concern for home owners facing foreclosure or dealing with short sales here in South Florida.  Under Florida law, even after the home has been sold and the sales price used to pay down the mortgage amount, the lender still has the legal...

Short Sale Fraud in Florida: Florida Sellers and Buyers Both Victims of Short Sale Scams

Short sales are very popular right now in Florida (and the rest of the country), and as we’ve explained in earlier posts, the rising popularity in shorts sales is due in large part to the changing attitude of lenders towards short sales as being a better deal...