Recent Posts in Foreclosure Crisis Category
43 results found. Viewing page 1 of 2.
Go to page
Posted on Dec 2, 2011 By Florida Foreclosure Defense Attorney
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 ...
Continue reading "Pam Bondi not tough enough on banks" »
Posted on Nov 24, 2011 By Admin
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 ...
Continue reading "Successful Florida Foreclosure Defense Lies In Winning the Small Battles" »
Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Deborah A. Carman, Esq.
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, ...
Continue reading "The Current State of Florida Foreclosures" »
Posted on Aug 17, 2011 By Florida Foreclosure Defense Attorney
On Monday a New Jersey Superior Court Judge cleared the top-four servicers to resume foreclosures in the state of NJ, will Florida follow? Last October, most banks across the country eased up on ...
Continue reading "Beware; the Florida Foreclosure Dam is about to Burst!" »
Posted on Jun 9, 2011 By Deborah A. Carman, Esq.
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 ...
Continue reading "Nearly Half of the Mortgages in Palm Beach County Are Underwater!" »
Posted on May 2, 2011 By Deborah A. Carman, Esq.
I have noticed over the past several weeks that suddenly everyone believes they can sit back and wait for the Attorney General's throughout this country to save their homes. Homeowners that have been ...
Continue reading "It's Time for a Reality Check" »
Posted on Apr 4, 2011 By Deborah A. Carman, Esq.
Since the beginning of the year, I have warned that Florida foreclosures were on-hold, sort of a calm before the storm, and when they resurfaced, which they would… it would be with a vengeance! Fast ...
Continue reading "‘Warning’ – Foreclosure’s Resurface with a Vengeance" »
Posted on Apr 4, 2011 By Admin
Florida residents AJ and Brenda Boyd spent more than a year trying to renegotiate their mortgage to save their home. But instead of the bank helping them, their bank attempts to evict them. A story ...
Continue reading "Don't Walk Away! And Certainly Don't TRUST Your Lender..." »
Posted on Apr 4, 2011 By Admin
As more and more Americans face mortgage foreclosure, banks' crucial ownership documents for the properties are often unclear and are sometimes even bogus, a condition that's causing lawsuits and ...
Continue reading "The Next Housing Shock" »
Posted on Mar 22, 2011 By Admin
Les Christie, staff writer It's not always easy to feel sorry for sunny Florida. But it just got hit with another blow. On Friday March 18, 2011, 4:14 pm EDT On Thursday, the Census Bureau revealed ...
Continue reading "Nearly 20% of Florida homes are vacant, prices fall another 11%, expected recovery '2030'" »
Posted on Mar 11, 2011 By Admin
The recession is hitting Valley families hard and its not uncommon to see those losing their homes also lose their families to divorce from the stress. Bob Burger, certified divorce financial analyst ...
Continue reading "Financial hardships like foreclosure can lead to divorce" »
Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Deborah A. Carman, Esq.
Last night's 60 Minutes episode documented the foreclosure crisis through interviews with the children whose lives have been torn apart by the policy decisions of our government. There is a whole cast ...
Continue reading "The Suffering Brought On By the Foreclosure Crisis" »
Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Admin
A prominent Florida lawyer accused of mishandling many foreclosure cases in that state is shutting down his foreclosure law practice at the end of the month, a regulatory filing shows. The decision by ...
Continue reading "Florida lawyer David Stern ends foreclosure law practice" »
Posted on Mar 4, 2011 By Admin
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 ...
Continue reading "Home Loans Less of a Toxic Threat than Commercial Real Estate" »
Posted on Mar 3, 2011 By Admin
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 ...
Continue reading "Foreclosure outlook grim" »
Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Admin
An Internal review finds 4,000 cases in judicial foreclosure states, especially Florida, had improper documents. An internal review of SunTrust Banks Inc.'s foreclosure practices found that thousands ...
Continue reading "SunTrust Acknowledges Document Problems" »
Posted on Feb 23, 2011 By Admin
The office of the Florida Attorney General has opened an investigation into Ben-Ezra & Katz, a Hollywood law firm that processes thousands of foreclosures for lenders, on allegations of presenting ...
Continue reading "Florida's Attorney General opens probe into eighth foreclosure firm" »
Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Admin
A court-initiated foreclosure mediation program in Florida has a somewhat spotty track record after releasing results from the first four-month mediation cycle. Foreclosure mediation programs are ...
Continue reading "Foreclosure mediations in Florida fail to produce quick results" »
Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Admin
"In yet another sign that times are tougher for Plantation foreclosure attorney David Stern, he is looking to unload luxury assets worth tens of millions, including two estate properties on Hillsboro ...
Continue reading "Foreclosure attorney Stern selling Hillsboro Beach estate properties - and perhaps a superyacht" »
Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Admin
The criminal cloud hanging over the founder and former chief of Countrywide Financial Corp. has been lifted -- though that could change if ongoing civil litigation reveals new facts. Behind the ...
Continue reading "Former Countrywide Chief Escapes Criminal Prosecution " »
Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Admin
LPS says the states with highest percentage of non-current loans last month were Florida , Nevada, Mississippi, Georgia, and New Jersey. After several months in which the nation's volume of ...
Continue reading "6.92 million Residential Mortgages Past Due or in Foreclosure" »
Posted on Feb 20, 2011 By Admin
As more than $113 billion worth of home equity has vanished from South Florida's housing market in the past five years, the number of homeowners with mortgages that are larger than the values of their ...
Continue reading "The Curse of Negative Home Equity" »
Posted on Feb 18, 2011 By Admin
Florida has the nation's highest inventory of homes in distress, accounting for nearly one out of every four foreclosure properties in the country , according to data released Thursday by the Mortgage ...
Continue reading "Florida’s foreclosure rate is the highest in the nation" »
Posted on Feb 16, 2011 By Admin
Fannie's Action Leads to Hundreds of Layoffs Fannie Mae's decision last week to terminate a Florida law firm that has handled more than 18,000 foreclosures has left hundreds of employees out of work. ...
Continue reading "Ben-Ezra & Katz gives notice to half of its 568 employees " »
Posted on Feb 12, 2011 By Admin
A day after federal mortgage giant Fannie Mae fired the prominent law firm of Ben-Ezra & Katz, a Miami judge found the firm's founding partner, Marc Ben-Ezra, in contempt of court for filing ...
Continue reading "Ben-Ezra held in contempt over 'Fraud' in foreclosure filing" »
43 results found. Viewing page 1 of 2.
Go to page