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Florida Real Estate Law
Sharing What I Know About Florida Real Estate Law
AboutWho Gets To Hold the Evil-Doing Foreclosure Fraud Law Firms in Florida Accountable?
This morning, attorneys are arguing before a Florida appeals court about who gets access to client files kept in attorneys' offices - arguments that arise out of the huge foreclosure fraud mess that Floridians face. It's a showdown occurring over in West Palm Beach...
Florida Judge Holds Lawyer in Contempt for Bad Foreclosure, Dismisses July 2010 Foreclosure Judgment, and Bans Bank From Refiling
Florida Circuit Court Judge Maxine Cohen Lando is joining with members of the judiciary across the country (especially Massachusetts) in coming down hard and decisively in cases involving fraudulent documentation in foreclosure proceedings. In fact, Miami-Dade Judge...
Citigroup Example: Will Your Bank Negotiate a Settlement of Your Wrongful Foreclosure Claim? It’s Looking Better All the Time.
Citigroup has begun negotiating financial settlements of wrongful foreclosure claims; in fact, Citigroup has been quietly doing this for several months now. In its analysis of reporting published by Bloomberg last week, Propublica points out that Citigroup has been...
Loan Modifications To Avoid Foreclosure Are Failing: Things to Consider Regarding Modifying Home Loans Right Now
Loan modifications - revamping mortgage loans to avoid the homeowner losing the property to foreclosure - were a great idea when the real estate crisis hit a couple of years back. It's not really debatable at this point that loan modifications are not working. As...
Did Your Foreclosure Violate the Law? Are You a Victim of Wrongful Foreclosure?
What's a wrongful foreclosure and are you the victim of one? Not easy questions to answer. 1. Florida Lawyers are having to enhance their knowledge of Florida foreclosure law. Ethics code requires Florida lawyers to report any suspicious or wrongful foreclosure...
Florida’s Pino Case Goes to Florida Supreme Court: May Set National Foreclosure Fraud Precedent
The Florida Supreme Court has been asked by the Fourth District Court of Appeal to review its opinion and give its own determination on what's the right thing to do in the case of Roman Pino's foreclosure of his home in Greenacres. Seems that the appellate court took...
What is HAFA, What are the Feb 2011 HAFA Changes, and How Can HAFA Help You If You’re Facing Foreclosure? – Deficiency Judgment Relief
HAFA stands for a federal government program named "the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program" which was created to compliment another government program, the "Making Home Affordable Program." Both are under the supervision of the U.S. Treasury Department...
Are Home Buyers Really the Legal Owners of Foreclosure Homes? Maybe Not: Legal Title May Remain With Foreclosed-Upon Homeowner
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 court that is...
Renting In South Florida: Landlord Tenant Law Is Designed To Protect You
Last Update: 8/9/20 According to the South Florida Business Journal, renting a home is becoming more and more popular in South Florida. The idea of leasing a house, condo, or apartment seems smart in today's real estate market for lots of people. Some may be dealing...
Florida $250K Houses Bought for $200? Actual January 2011 Foreclosure Sales That May Well Be Bogus
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 right: two...
