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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...

Bank of America New Short Sale Program: Offering Relocation Expense Coverage to the Seller In Varying Amounts – How Good Is This Deal for Florida Homeowners?

There’s a lot of news coverage this week about the announcement by Bank of America that it is introducing a new short sale program to help Florida homeowners in trouble with their mortgages.  Across the country and in Florida, Bank of America itself (BofA) is...

Future of Florida Deficiency Judgments on Florida Home Mortgages – Will New Laws Limit or End Bank’s Ability to Sue for Unpaid Mortgage Balance?

This week, the proposed Florida Fair Foreclosure Act got one step closer to becoming law when the Florida State Senate Judiciary Committee okayed the foreclosure bill.  In the near future, the Florida Legislature should be voting on this proposal and you can track the...

10 Things to Know About Mortgage Debt Collectors and Florida Short Sales, Florida Foreclosures, and Florida Home Loan Modifications

In Florida, countless home owners are facing the lose of their home to foreclosure because they can’t continue to make their mortgage payments due to lost jobs, medical expenses, and other life events.  Other home owners have mortgages that are much, much larger...

Five Things To Know About The Income Tax Break For Short Sales, Foreclosures, and Loan Modifications That Ends December 2012

As discussed in our earlier post, a major tax break will end on December 31, 2012, that helps Florida home owners facing foreclosures, negotiating loan modifications, or working on a short sale of their home.  For several years, a federal law has exempted the amount...