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- Home Loans Less of a Toxic Threat than Commercial Real Estate
While the housing crisis is what triggered the economic downturn and pushed so many lenders under early on in the receession, it seems the biggest threat has now shifted from residential mortgages to ... - Foreclosure outlook grim
Lisa Goodner, Florida courts administrator, says residential mortgage foreclosures in Florida will double to roughly 365,000 in state fiscal year 2011-12, which begins July 1. Another expert predicts ...
- Home Loans Less of a Toxic Threat than Commercial Real Estate
While the housing crisis is what triggered the economic downturn and pushed so many lenders under early on in the receession, it seems the biggest threat has now shifted from residential mortgages to ... - Foreclosure outlook grim
Lisa Goodner, Florida courts administrator, says residential mortgage foreclosures in Florida will double to roughly 365,000 in state fiscal year 2011-12, which begins July 1. Another expert predicts ... - Foreclosure help available for commercial property owners
A rising number of commercial property owners are among a new wave of property owners seeking to avoid foreclosure. Hiring an experienced foreclosure defense attorney is the first step for a business ...
- Deficiency Judgments: Debt that haunts for decades
For homeowners who thought the worst was over when their foreclosure was final, or short sale completed, things will get much worse. With hundreds of thousands of foreclosures filed in Florida since ... - FORECLOSURES’ HIDDEN RISK: DEBT THAT HAUNTS FOR TWO DECADES
By Kimberly Miller and Christine Stapleton Palm Beach Post Staff Writers He once lived just steps from the ocean in a home valued last decade at more than $500,000 . But John Ericksen has fallen - far ... - The Risk of Ignoring Collection Notices
An article published yesterday in the Sun-Sentinel " Companies filing more lawsuits over credit card debt in South Florida " really spells out what I tell potential clients every day; if you ignore it ...
- Bank of America, Short Sales and Equator
Over the past several months I've noticed a trend that I believe needs to be addressed. It involves homeowners that have their mortgage with Bank of America and are forced, due to financial hardship, ...
- Pam Bondi not tough enough on banks
Massachusetts sued five of the nation's largest lenders Thursday, accusing them of deceptive foreclosure practices, as Florida's Senate Democrats hammered Attorney General Pam Bondi for what ... - Successful Florida Foreclosure Defense Lies In Winning the Small Battles
Does your home loan, foreclosure notices and harassing collection calls have you down and your back against the wall? If so you certainly aren't the only one but are you really ready to give up ... - The Current State of Florida Foreclosures
Still ranking in the top 6 states in the nation for foreclosure filings, the need for Florida foreclosure defense services is hardly likely to diminish anytime soon. In September of this year alone, ...
- Pam Bondi not tough enough on banks
Massachusetts sued five of the nation's largest lenders Thursday, accusing them of deceptive foreclosure practices, as Florida's Senate Democrats hammered Attorney General Pam Bondi for what ... - Successful Florida Foreclosure Defense Lies In Winning the Small Battles
Does your home loan, foreclosure notices and harassing collection calls have you down and your back against the wall? If so you certainly aren't the only one but are you really ready to give up ... - Save Yourself From Being Scammed
With the present state of increasing foreclosure issues, dishonest people and fake businesses are spreading throughout the housing market. Cheaters are taking advantage of innocent people who are ...
- Don’t Let HAMP, Hamper Your Life!
Unlocking the Secrets of the Net Present Value Test Our office receives daily calls from homeowners who have become frustrated as their loan modification process either drags on with no end in sight ... - Foreclosure Crisis will continue through 2011
After more than four years of plunging home values hundreds of thousands of Florida homeowners will begin another New Year owing more on their mortgages then their homes are worth. For those of you ... - If I’m at risk of losing my home, should I hire an attorney?
Of course you should. Why would anyone even ask such a question? We are faced with the worst housing market collapse since the Great Depression, 6.92 million U.S. properties are delinquent or in ...
- HAMP Stats and Principal Reductions
Treasury released new numbers for the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). New this month is data on the program's Principal Reduction Alternative (PRA). Servicers have cut principal ... - Don’t Let HAMP, Hamper Your Life!
Unlocking the Secrets of the Net Present Value Test Our office receives daily calls from homeowners who have become frustrated as their loan modification process either drags on with no end in sight ... - Florida's Foreclosure Mediation Program produces little results
Although the statewide data was incomplete, it undoubtedly indicates that Florida's Foreclosure Mediation Program has failed. As I anticipated from its inception, the Foreclosure Mediation Program has ...
- Housing prices: No rebound in sight
Source: CNN Money Housing prices are likely to keep falling the rest of this year, and probably won't show much improvement next year either, according to a survey of economists. A CNN Money ... - Nearly Half of the Mortgages in Palm Beach County Are Underwater!
The new report released by CoreLogic shows that nearly half of the mortgages in Palm Beach County are underwater, which means that the home is worth less than what is owed on the mortgage or inching ... - Home Prices Have Officially Double-Dipped
BY: CARRIE BAY The national home price index from Clear Capital has officially entered double-dip territory. The company says data through the end of April has pushed its reading of national home ...
- Homeowners get the runaround
With Florida foreclosure rates the third highest in the country; many South Florida families have been looking for an opportunity to stay in the home where they've created so many memories. Homeowners ... - Foreclosure, Short Sale… you could be faced with thousands of dollars in debt!
Unlike California, Florida does not have an anti-deficiency law. You may face hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt from a deficiency judgment if you let the bank foreclose or did not get a waiver ... - Is it ‘YOUR’ time to Bailout?
If you're pouring all of your disposable income ( the amount of income left to an individual after taxes have been paid, available for spending and saving ) into your mortgage secured by a home that's ... |