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Florida Real Estate Law
Sharing What I Know About Florida Real Estate Law
AboutFlorida Foreclosure Defense: Broward County and all of Florida Facing Many More Foreclosures – Experts Agree, Don’t Believe the Hype
In this week's Sarasota Herald Tribune, there's an interesting and important interview by reporter Tom Lyons of Florida Foreclosure specialist April Charney. (You can read the complete interview here.) You may recognize her name: as an attorney at Jacksonville...
For Owners, Renters, HOAs, Timeshare and Condo Boards – Alert: 4 New Laws Effective July 2012 for Florida Condos and Florida Timeshares
A week from Sunday, on July 1, 2012, several new laws will go into effect here in Florida that govern how things work for those who live in Florida condominiums and Florida timeshares and the associations and boards that run things in these communities. Here's a...
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 for them...
Florida Condo Timeshare Fraud: Florida Condominiums Are Great Vacation Spots But Timeshare Condo Sellers and Buyers Beware of the Scams
Timeshares in Florida are well known. In fact, they are part of a lot of American daydreams: a little piece of the Florida beaches with our beautiful ocean waves and sunny skies. Timeshares let many Americans and foreigners, as well, experience living the Florida...
Another Growing Florida Home Crisis for Florida Home Owners: Unlicensed Contractors Leaving Shoddy, Problem Work That Doesn’t Meet Code
When money gets tight, it's smart to find ways to keep costs down, right? Whether you are a bank or an Average Joe home owner in Florida these days, it's smart to be frugal in keeping up your property as well as undertaking improvement projects. Problem is, times...
Florida Short Sales Are Booming in Broward County in 2012: 30% Increase From Last Year According to RealtyTrac (and a 18% Boost in 2012 Short Sales Statewide)
Short sales in Florida are happening more and more often; in fact, the good news out of Broward County, Florida, is that short sales have topped the number of foreclosures that were filed in the first quarter of 2012 - and this is big, big news since that hasn't...
How Force Placed Insurance Can Force You Into Foreclosure: Another Lender Abuse That Pushes Florida Homeowners Into Losing Their Homes
For those fighting to keep their homes in Florida and elsewhere, every penny counts in the monthly budget. It's hard to write that monthly mortgage check, especially where it is a payment being made on an underwater mortgage. Homeowners already on this razor's edge...
Florida Mortgage Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Proceeds: $33 Million Diverted to Florida General Fund. Open Question: How Much of the Settlement Will Help the Average Florida Home Owner? Not Much?
Investigative reporting by ProPublica recently revealed that lots of state governments involved in the big Mortgage Foreclosure Fraud settlement between the Big Banks and the State Attorneys General have taken big chunks of the settlement monies for use in things...
Underwater Mortgages Are Huge Problem Per New Zillow Negative Equity Report: Will Florida Banks and the Powers That Be Do More for Florida Home Owner Short Sales and Loan Modifications?
Today, Zillow.com released its research study on the United States' housing market, "Zillow Negative Equity Report," and it's not good news for anyone. From the Zillow experts, in the first three months of 2012: 31.4 percent of U.S. homeowners with a mortgage are...
Florida Condo Owners: 3 Things You Should Know About Your HOA Rights as a Member of a Florida Condominium Association
In Florida, condominiums are very, very popular. Accordingly, the Florida Legislature has passed lots of laws to govern how shared properties like condominium projects (including time shares) are to be managed and how those managers of the shared spaces and condo...
