by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Homestead, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Loan Modification, REO (Real Estate Owned), Wrongful Foreclosure
Last Update: 02/10/16 All across Florida, there has been an increase in the use of Florida’s adverse possession laws to claim legal title to homes that have been left empty and abandoned in the ongoing Florida foreclosure fraud crisis. Under Florida Statutes... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Real Estate, Underwater Mortgage, Wrongful Foreclosure
A new federal government program kicked off this week, designed to help Americans who have been victims of Foreclosure Mortgage Fraud, which is great – if you are eligible for it. That’s a Big If. The federal government hit the ground running in November... by Larry Tolchinsky | Deficiency Judgments, Florida Foreclosures, Florida Homestead, Florida Law, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Loan Modification, Real Estate, Underwater Mortgage, Wrongful Foreclosure
Last Update: 5/2/2017 Florida has been in tough economic times for a long while now, and lots of Florida homeowners, stressed and frustrated, have chosen to move on — walking away from their homes and their mortgages. This may have seemed like a smart idea at... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Loan Modification, Real Estate, Wrongful Foreclosure
A few weeks ago, the Florida Supreme Court ordered a review of its 18-month-old mandatory foreclosure mediation program. (You can read the December 2009 Administrative Order creating the program and the September 26, 2011 Administrative Order reviewing its results... by Larry Tolchinsky | Florida Foreclosures, Foreclosure Fraud, Home Loan Fraud, Local Lawyers, Real Estate, Wrongful Foreclosure
The wait may be over: foreclosure filings in Florida are on the increase, according to two top industry watchers, and this may mean that Florida banks are gearing up to foreclose on lots of home owners who have been setting in their homes for many months, waiting for...