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AboutUnderwater Mortgages in Florida Get Big News: March 1, 2013 Begins Federal Program to Allow Deeds In Lieu on Qualifying Homes Where Mortgages Exceed Home Value
More good news from Freddie Mac (FHLMC) (and Fannie Mae (FNMA) this week: both of these mortgage monsters are going to be implementing new policies to help people who are stuck in mortgages that are much higher than the current market value of their homes...
Fast Florida Short Sales: Freddie Mac VP Forecasts Freddie Mac Short Sales Will Zip Through to Closing in the Future – What About the Deficiencies?
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), commonly known by its nickname Freddie Mac, is under the control of the federal government these days as the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) took over conservatorship of both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mac in...
New CFPB Federal Regulations Will Help Florida Home Owners and Florida Short Sales, Florida Foreclosures: Help Will Arrive in 2014, Too Late to Help Many Florida Borrowers Dealing With Bank Problems Now
For Florida short sales to succeed, and for Florida homeowners trying to avoid a foreclosure on their home, it's important that there is mortgage financing available. Seems obvious, but it's not discussed as much as it should be. The reality is that if home loans...
Florida Served With Foreclosure Papers: Florida is No. 1 in USA for Foreclosure Filings in 2012, Will You Be Served with a Florida Foreclosure in 2013?
This morning, RealtyTrac issued its Year-End 2012 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report and, in what is no surprise to most Florida foreclosure defense lawyers particularly those dealing with foreclosures in the Miami-Dade and Broward County areas, Florida broke the record...
Borrowers Sue Banks More and More: Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules for Home Owner – Foreclosing Bank Loses, Had No Standing to Foreclose on Borrower
Borrowers are starting to file lawsuits against their mortgage lenders and banks are not only finding themselves as defendants in courtrooms across the country, they are also finding judges more than happy to rule against them and in favor of home owners and home loan...
Zombie Titles in Florida and the United States: What They Are, and How Zombie Titles Hurt Home Buyers and Home Owners, and Ways to Protect Against Zombie Titles
Now, word is spreading around the country about a rising new horror in the Foreclosure Fraud crisis and Robosigning mess, which the country (and especially South Florida) has been reeling from for several years now; the ZOMBIE TITLE. That's right: the Zombie Title,...
Florida Foreclosure Mill Law Firm Discipline Continues: Marshall C. Watson Agrees to Florida Bar Suspension in Consent Judgment – Lawyer for Foreclosure Fraud Bank Held Accountable for Robosigning Activities
This Article Is From 2013 Back in 2010, then Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum instituted investigations into three Florida law firms that were handling lots and lots of foreclosure lawsuits on behalf of their lender clients. The Attorney General officially...
Florida Short Sales and Florida Foreclosure Defense Deadline for Tax Benefits is Now December 31, 2013 After Fiscal Cliff Legislation Signed Into Law Today
When you hear the talking heads discuss how Washington has "kicked the can down the road," for Florida home owners and those Floridians interested in short sales or mortgage foreclosure defense this means one thing: they've got one more year to get their property...
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Florida Homeowners’ Associations Filing Foreclosure Lawsuits Against Florida Banks: Foreclosing on Banks Defaulting on Florida Community Association Fees
Florida banks are getting sued again, and this time it's pretty interesting. Why? This time, the banks are in the role of defendants in Florida foreclosure lawsuits filed in the bottle necked Florida judicial system. That's right: the banks are having to mount a...