Climate change poses an imminent threat to the mortgage industry. In recent years, extreme storms, natural disasters, and precarious shifts in climate are damaging homes in areas where borrowers might not have invested in flood or fire insurance. According to CoreLogic, mortgage delinquencies on damaged homes increased more than 200%…
Category: Foreclosure Defense
In our connected world, social media is omnipresent and many people post frequent updates of their daily activities, family events, likes and dislikes on almost every possible topic. We can create a significant online biography by just posting regularly. Social media can be a wonderful platform to connect with friends,…
After being named the longest government shutdown in history, the government finally opened its doors back up temporarily until February 15th–pending approval of budgetary needs for the President’s wall-funding request. During this tumultuous shutdown, many federal workers went without pay. Approximately 800,000 workers were furloughed, and according to Inman–leading news…
Florida Statutes §702.12, Coming on October 1, 2018, May Create a Streamlined Foreclosure Procedure against Borrowers who have Previously Filed for Bankruptcy Protection If you are a borrower who has previously filed for bankruptcy protection and you are now potentially looking at possible foreclosure action by your lender after October…
We’re being told that the economy overall has been improving and that the jobless rate has dropped to a multi-year low. From this type of encouraging economic statistics you might think that the foreclosure crisis has finally reached its end but unfortunately, we are now seeing statistics that show that…
After the court enters its Final Judgment of Foreclosure in favor of the plaintiff, the Court will schedule a foreclosure sale date. Sometimes, the foreclosure sale results in the purchaser paying more for the property than the amount of the final judgment. This amount above the final judgment amount is…
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, known more commonly as the FDCPA, is an important consumer-protection law and one that our office has used many, many times to help our clients and protect their rights. While it bans a number of specific activities by debt collections, generally, the FDCPA forbids…
When the Court enters an order or judgment, the Court expects that the order or judgment will continue to have an effect and bind the parties at all times following the entry of the order. However, sometimes, it can become inequitable for the order to be enforced going forward. The…
Over the last several years as I have been handling foreclosure matters first for the banks and now for those being foreclosed upon, the subject of deficiencies has been a persistent nagging concern sitting out there. The amount of a deficiency can only be determined after the foreclosure sale is…
