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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...