by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Condominium Law, Florida Corporations, Florida Foreclosures, Florida Homestead, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Wrongful Foreclosure
The big question for home owners – and bargain shoppers looking for real estate deals – is how safe is it to buy a foreclosure property right now? In a year or two, will someone be knocking on the door claiming ownership? Up in Massachusetts, there is a... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Foreclosure Fraud, Wrongful Foreclosure
The Miami Herald is covering the news about what’s happening in Florida with foreclosure sales right now: homes that were priced at $250,000 or more are being bought at Palm Beach County foreclosure sales in January 2011 for as little as $200.00. That’s... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Wrongful Foreclosure
Today, the 2010 national foreclosure tallies were released by RealtyTrac — and the astounding total of over one million (1,000,000) homes being foreclosed by banks across the country is serious news. The numbers just keep getting higher each year (see the graph... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Wrongful Foreclosure
Recently, the Miami Herald did an excellent recap of the impact of Foreclosure Gate on the Florida economy – particularly the South Florida real estate market. Fraudulent foreclosure practices in Florida (through robo-signing, etc.) have had a detrimental... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Wrongful Foreclosure
There is some really important news developing regarding the foreclosure fraud mess. The foreclosure process servers were just as sloppy and eager as everyone else that they also filed fraudulent documents with the Courts. The very essence of due process of law... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Wrongful Foreclosure
I hope that homeowners don’t let the banks change the message and place the blame on them. Right now, the banks, the media and, I think, the general public just don’t get it. For some reason, the new scapegoat for the foreclosure mess is the borrower who is...