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Florida Quiet Title Actions and Mortgage Termination Suits: Why Are Title Insurance Companies Wary in Florida of Issuing Title Insurance Policies?

Last Update: 02/24/16 Last week, the Sun Sentinel published an article that pointed out how one title insurance underwriter was advising its members, i.e., Florida title insurances agents, regarding “mortgage terminator” judgments and the problems...

Florida Homeowner Associations and Condo Owner Associations: What kind of Conflicts Are There and Do You Have to Live With This Nonsense?

For those that move to Florida from other parts of the country or from other parts of the world, one bit of culture shock may be the reality that homeowners associations are commonplace in our state.  You may know them by another name:  neighborhood association,...

Florida Illegal or Nonconforming Home Conversions Are Growing Problem: Florida Home and Condo Buyers Should Know Risks of Buying Home With Illegal Improvements

Last Update: 02/24/16 The reality that Florida real estate is in a Wild West situation is known by most professionals in the real estate industry — but it just keeps getting more wild it seems.  Now, there is a growing problem with illegal home conversions...

Florida Homes Foreclosed by Federal Government Become Rentals: FHFA Invites Landlords in Pilot Phase of New Fed Program While Congress Asks FHFA to Start Working With Underwater Homeowners

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the federal agency that regulates the housing market in this country, is going to begin selling homes that have been foreclosed upon by Fannie Mae to vetted investors in certain parts of the country now, as part of its test...

Florida Short Sales: Should You Short Sale Your Florida Home in 2012?

Here we are at the end of a stressful financial year for South Florida, and it’s time for all those New Year’s Resolutions to be made for 2012.  Finances are considered, plans are made…and for Florida homeowners with underwater mortgages or with...