by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Series - Foreclosure Fraud, Wrongful Foreclosure
Here, the second in a series of posts explaining the hows and whys of ForeclosureGate and the Florida Home Loan Fraud crisis: Part 2. Things Get Lost: Lenders Lose Key Documents in Gleeful Days of Making More and More Money Now that banks had discovered that they... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Loan Modification, Local Lawyers, Predatory Lending, Real Estate, Real Estate Appraiser, Underwater Mortgage, Wrongful Foreclosure
In a loan modification, the original note’s terms are revised (monthly payment amount, interest rate, etc.) and the revisions become effective once everyone signs the modification agreement. For a home loan in South Florida, that means the home owners whose... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Real Estate, Wrongful Foreclosure
A homeowner in New York hired a foreclosure defense attorney and recently won her lawsuit against her mortgage lender, HSBC Bank. Key to the win: a report that was prepared by two former Florida assistant attorneys general, June Clarkson and Theresa Edwards. ... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Homestead, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Real Estate, Wrongful Foreclosure
One consequence of a Wrongful Foreclosure case, relates to the issue of clear title: the banks and mortgage lenders may not have it to convey to a buyer of the property. As we all know, title to real estate is recorded in our public records because being able to trace... by Larry Tolchinsky | Appraisal Fraud, Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Real Estate, Real Estate Appraiser, Wrongful Foreclosure
The issues involving Foreclosure Fraud seem to get bigger and more complex (and more outrageous) by the day. Just last week, for example, the controversy got bigger around the reasons why two former assistant attorneys general for the State of Florida – who...
