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Florida Real Estate Law
Sharing What I Know About Florida Real Estate Law
AboutFeds Are Reviewing Foreclosure Fraud Documents – But Homeowners and Fraud Victims Should Not Expect Notice of Discovered Wrongdoing (and a Remedy) For Over a Year From Now
If you are a homeowner who is worried about the title to the house or condo you've bought - or if you are someone who has lost their home in foreclosure, then you may be wondering if the government is doing something that may helpful to you. Sure, there are talks...
Underwater Mortgage Holders in South Florida May Find Relief in Expanded HARP Program
Underwater mortgages are a serious problem here in South Florida. When home loan balances are higher than the fair market value of the home itself, the homeowner is "upside down" on his or her mortgage. This scenario increases the temptation for the homeowner to walk...
Will Florida Title Issues Create Lawsuits for Home Owners for Years to Come? Has Foreclosure Fraud and Robosigning Created a Real Estate Title Mess?
Everyone in the Miami area knows that the Florida real estate market is in a huge mess. However, some South Floridians may be surprised to learn just how long that real estate crisis may continue into the future. Why? Title to Florida real estate - particularly the...
Are You Behind in a Bank of America Mortgage or a Countrywide Home Loan? Get Ready to Fight a Foreclosure Action As BofAm Gears Up Its Foreclosure Machine
Here in South Florida, odds are high that you or your neighbor or your friend have your home mortgage with Bank of America. Why? Bank of America holds not only mortgage notes that Bank of America made with its customers, but also mortgages made awhile back by...
Major Changes to Florida Laws Mean More Florida Probate Lawsuits Will Be Filed – You May Need to Review Your Will Documents Now.
The Florida Legislature has been very active this past year in passing all sorts of major changes to existing Florida probate laws. The law makers have been doing this in several areas; however, one area of major change that is going to impact almost every Floridian...
The Non-Lawyer’s Guide to Foreclosure Fraud – Part 5: More and more fraudulent acts revealed as investigations begin into Foreclosure Fraud
Here, the fifth in a series of posts explaining the hows and whys of ForeclosureGate and the Florida Home Loan Fraud crisis: more and more fraudulent acts are discovered as investigations begin into widespread mortgage fraud. As discussed in Part 4 of this series,...
Federal Government Sues 17 Big Banks For Mortgage Fraud, Billions in Damages Sought: Here’s What Has Happened
On September 2, 2011, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) filed a series of lawsuits against seventeen (17) of the biggest lenders in the country (along with some individuals, including top officers in the banks) for allegedly misleading Fannie Mae and Freddie...
The Non-Lawyer’s Guide to Foreclosure Fraud – Part 4: Examples of the Frauds Including the Story of the Now Infamous Linda Green
Here, the fourth in a series of posts explaining the hows and whys of ForeclosureGate and the Florida Home Loan Fraud crisis: blatant acts of fraud are performed by lenders, lawyers, and others who should know better. As the number of homeowners defaulting on their...
Short Sales Popularity Continues to Rise With Hopes that the Hurdle of Time Delays Will Be Resolved
Earlier this week, RealtyTrac released its second quarter U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report which confirmed the statistics released earlier by Moody's Investor Service (discussed in last week's post) insofar as pre-foreclosure short sales are increasing in popularity with...
The Non-Lawyer’s Guide to Foreclosure Fraud – Part 3: Enter the Robo-Signers
This is the third post in a series of posts explaining the hows and whys of ForeclosureGate and the Florida Home Loan Fraud crisis: In a rush to get paperwork filed to foreclose on defaulted mortgages, lenders cut corners and ignored the law, sometimes intentionally....
