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Sharing What I Know About Florida Real Estate Law
AboutZillow Research Reveals Florida Fair Market Home Values Falling, Underwater Homes Rising: Will You Walk Away From Your Mortgage?
Zillow, Inc. is a Seattle company which has successfully built a nationally respected real estate research website, Zillow.com, where Zillow accumulates and provides at no charge both estimates of property values as well as detailed listings of real estate for sale...
Florida Homeowners’ Insurance Rates May Rise Thanks to New Property Insurance Reform Law Being Passed by Florida Legislature
The Florida Legislature has just kicked a lot of Florida homeowners while they're down, with yesterday's announcement that an agreement has been reached on the passage of a bill that will not only allow insurance companies to hike the cost of property insurance, but...
Did You Get Scammed by a Florida Loan Modification Company? What You Can Do, Plus Florida AG Goes After 3 Delray Beach Companies for Fraud
Florida homeowners that get behind on their home mortgage payments aren't stupid: they fear a foreclosure in their future. Usually they consider asking the bank to make a new deal, with terms that are easier for the homeowner to bear in this harsh economy. However,...
Short Sale vs Foreclosure: What Difference Does It Make On Your FICO® Credit Score?
Last Update: 10/10/20 In Florida today, as well as around the country, there are homeowners who are financially unable to keep up their house payments. Unemployment, unexpected medical bills, death, divorce -- there is any number of reasons why a mortgage is simply...
Help for Florida Foreclosure Victims – Various Ways Florida Homeowners Can Get Help in Your Fight Today
Unfortunately, Florida homeowner's are far from finished with the foreclosure crisis. Throughout South Florida and north to the border, thousands of Florida families are living in limbo. Too many people are living in Florida homes where they owe more to the bank on...
Florida Appellate Court Orders Florida State Courts to Justify Foreclosure “Rocket Dockets” – Did The Court Illegally Foreclose On You?
Last week, we discussed how the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU-Fla) had joined a pending lawsuit here in South Florida, arguing that the state courts of Florida were doing illegal things via their "rocket dockets" in foreclosure proceedings. Some may...
Fed Help for Those Facing Florida Foreclosure Starts Today: South Florida Here’s How To Apply for Hardest Hit Fund
Last Update: 10/16/19 Update: Florida's Hardest Hit Program Is Closed - See this link. However, to get help with Foreclosure Defense, click here. Starting today, Florida homeowners facing foreclosure can apply for federal assistance via the Housing...
Florida Foreclosure Victims May Catch a Break: Feds Order Banks to Reimburse Homeowners
Maybe the worm has turned for victims of Foreclosure Fraud. Today, there's growing national news coverage that the federal government (e.g., via a joint effort by the Federal Reserve, the Office of Thrift Supervision and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) is...
ACLU Sues To Stop Florida Judges’ “Rocket Docket” Because It Hurts Florida Homeowners – Does This Help You?
Florida homeowners just got a new ally in their battle against Foreclosure lawsuits: The ACLU has entered the battlefield by joining in to defend a homeowner against a Florida foreclosure action. Florida homeowner' s due process rights under the U.S. Constitution...
Federal Hand Slap In Foreclosure Fraud Deal With Banks: What Will the State AGs Do Now?
With all the news coverage of the possible shutdown of the federal government, there may not be enough eyes on what has happened this week regarding the national Foreclosure Fraud crisis. The Foreclosure Fraud crisis may be impacting Florida more than any other...
