by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Corporations, Florida Domicile, Florida Foreclosures, Florida Homestead, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Loan Modification, Real Estate, Underwater Mortgage
Would you like your mortgage to be cut in half? Well, for many mortgage holders of home loans held by Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase, it just might happen. This week, the New York Times reported that these two banks, two of the country’s biggest lenders,... by Larry Tolchinsky | Appraisal Fraud, Florida Foreclosures, Florida Homestead, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Real Estate Appraiser, Wrongful Foreclosure
Appraisers providing bad appraisals due either to negligence or outright fraud are finally being recognized as one of the major contributors to the huge foreclosure fraud crisis in Florida and the rest of the country. By providing artificially high appraisals, the... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Short Sales, Underwater Mortgage, Wrongful Foreclosure
10/16/19 Update: Florida’s Hardest Hit Program Is Closed – See this link. However, to get help with Foreclosure Defense, click here. This week, the federal government debuted the Emergency Homeowner’s Loan Program (EHLP) with $1 billion of federal monies in its... by Larry Tolchinsky | Appraisal Fraud, Deficiency Judgments, Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Real Estate Appraiser, Wrongful Foreclosure
In the pleadings filed in the lawsuit filed by the FDIC against Jacksonville’s Lender Processing Services, it has become part of the public record that 89 different Florida appraisers are listed by name as being involved in this lawsuit, and out of those 89... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Foreclosure Fraud, Wrongful Foreclosure
Warren Nyerges and his wife, Maureen, have done something that many other Floridians only dream about: not only did they sue a national bank for wrongdoing and win, they actually walked into the bank’s lobby and executed on their judgment. Just imagine how that... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Homestead, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Real Estate Appraiser, Underwater Mortgage, Wrongful Foreclosure
One Florida appraiser is already facing fraud charges — and we’re predicting that there are going to be a lot more Florida appraisers in lawsuits and facing criminal charges. This month, licensed appraiser Jay Whitham is being tried on criminal fraud...
