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Foreclosure Lawsuits and the Rocket Docket of Foreclosure Cases: Miami-Dade County Is Setting Old Foreclosure Cases for Trial and Pushing Foreclosures Forward

This Article Is From 2012 Foreclosure lawsuits are proceeding to trial here in Miami, and it’s being reported that the Miami-Dade Circuit Court, with its foreclosure docket,  is the busiest circuit court in the entire state.   According to the Miami-Dade Clerk:...

Florida Foreclosures in Miami-Dade and Broward County: What’s Happening Now with Foreclosures and Short Sales – In 2013?

Here at year-end, let’s consider some numbers for the Miami-Dade and Broward County areas that are important to Florida home owners, including those in South Florida facing foreclosure or considering a short sale (also including those considering a strategic...

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.

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...

Florida Short Sales, Deficiencies, and Taxes: Will 2012 Fiscal Cliff Bring End to Income Tax Forgiveness on Deficiencies or Will Florida Short Sales in 2013 Have Forgiven Mortgage Debt as Taxable?

For many months now, we’ve been monitoring the FIT situation for underwater mortgages, as well as those homeowners facing foreclosure, regarding Florida short sales and the current income exclusion from federal income taxes.  In short, back in 2007 a law was...

Short Sale Hardship Letters to South Florida Banks and Proving Home Owner Financial Hardship for Short Sale Bank Approval: Things to Consider

Last Update:02/24/16 The news is out for October 2012, and once again Florida ranks number one in foreclosures in the United States according to RealtyTrac research.  It seems that one in every 312 housing units in Florida was hit with a foreclosure filing in October...

New Florida Law May Void Beneficiary Designations in Divorces: Florida Statute 732.703 and End of Life Planning for Divorced Couples and Those Thinking of Divorcing

There’s a new law here in Florida that people need to know about – especially if they are divorced or in the midst of getting themselves divorced here in Florida and that law is Florida Statute 732.703.  You can read the law as written on the books by the...