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Bank of America Mortgage Modifications – Homeowners Need Your Help Not Your...

Recently, a client approached me concerned about her recent mortgage modification situation involving NACA and Bank of America. The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America ("NACA") is a...

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Bank of America Modification Agreements – Be Careful - You are Waiving Your...

Recently, I was reviewing a Band of America Modification Agreement and I was surprised by a clause in the Agreement relating to consideration. Consideration is a legal concept that forms the foundation...

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David Stern Stripped of His Fannie and Freddie Foreclosure Files

On October 20, 2010 I asked the question what would happen if big mortgage lenders decided to hire new counsel to take over the foreclosure cases being handled by David Stern's office. Well, it finally...

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JP Morgan Chase – What the Hell is Going On?

We met a client today that recently lost his home to foreclosure. He hired two Miami attorneys who attempted and failed to negotiate a modification of his home loan. He brought with him today a letter...

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Foreclosure Fraud Expanding to Process Servers

The foreclosure fraud apparently didn't begin and end with the robo-signing of Affidavits relating to how much the homeowner owes the bank. Now foreclosure defense attorneys are looking into whether...

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The Foreclosure Moratorium - The New Client

I was thinking about how the foreclosure moratorium was affecting the types of new clients I was seeing. Most of my new clients are not those who have been recently served with a lawsuit. Instead it is...

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Online Foreclosure Auctions – Beware of The Hidden Risks

Recently, we've been receiving phone calls from clients inquiring about the legal issues surrounding buying property from online foreclosure auctions. Approximately 90% of those people purchased...

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More Foreclosure Sloppiness – Title Closing Agents?

I can't help but think that there remains much more sloppiness yet to be discovered related to the housing debacle. We all know about the appraisers, the banks who didn't properly assign the mortgages...

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Robo-Signing Settlement – The Devil Is In The Details

Apparently, some of the largest banks are close to settling with the states on the issue of robo-signed foreclosure documents. CNBC's Diana Olick is reporting that although there is no single solution...

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How Much Time Do You Have Once Your Home is Sold at a Foreclosure Auction

A question I am often asked by clients is how much time I have to stay in my home after my property is sold at a foreclosure auction. My answer is that it depends and then I go on to explain the post...

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All is Quiet on the Foreclosure Front

As you know, the leading mortgage lenders imposed a national foreclosure moratorium in November 2010. That extension is providing extra time for the banks and mortgage services to review their...

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Massachusetts Ruling May Open The door to Voiding Florida Foreclosures

An important development happened today that could have far reaching implications on the foreclosure mess in Florida. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that, under Massachusetts law,...

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Mortgage Modification is No Guarantee to Preventing a Foreclosure Sale

I can't believe it is still happening. Just the other day, a new client came to us for help because his home was sold at a foreclosure sale, despite his mortgage company having told him that his loan...

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Facing Foreclosure? Bankruptcy Should Be a Last Resort

When faced with foreclosure, more and more homeowners that I speak with think bankruptcy is their only option to either extend the time they can stay in their home, or avoid a deficiency judgment....

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Title Insurance and Foreclosures Defenses – Title Insurance Companies are...

I was involved in a real estate transaction where my client was buying a foreclosure from a bank that purchased the property at auction as the high bidder. When the client came to me, she had already...

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Fannie Mae Fires Florida Foreclosure Law Firm Ben Ezra – Does The Court look...

This isn't the apprentice, but someone got fired. It was announced yesterday that Fannie Mae fired Ben-Ezra & Katz, P.A. Ben Ezra is the second South Florida foreclosure firm that Fannie Mae has...

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Who Should Florida Tenants Pay Rent to When the Home They Are Renting is sold...

Recently, I was asked a question by a client, who rents a home, what are his rights as a tenant when the property he is renting is in foreclosure. I advised him that as long as he is a bona fide tenant...

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HOA & Condo Association Foreclosure – Keep Making Those Payments

I'm currently representing a client that is being foreclosed on by their condo association. Typically it's the bank that is the foreclosing party. These days, when the association forecloses it is...

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JPMorgan Chase sues Ben-Ezra – Is it all about the money or some other reason...

It was reported today that JPMorgan Chase Bank filed a lawsuit against foreclosure firm Ben Ezra & Katz. I wrote early last month that this same firm had been fired by Fannie Mae for alleged...

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Lost Notes Are Making It Difficult For Banks to Foreclose

It has been a while since I posted to this blog. I have been busy with work, my main blog and all of the other noise. I posted something to my main blog, AboutFloridaLaw.com, that I know is very...

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10 Steps to a Florida Foreclosure Lawsuit: What the Florida Home Owner Needs...

Broward Cty Courthouse Florida still ranks number one in the country for home foreclosures.  Nothing to be happy about, if you are a home owner, right? With so many Florida mortgage holders either in...

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Florida Short Sale Fever: Race to Short Sale Before New Year's Eve 2012 and...

Short sales can be very, very good for Florida home owners who are facing possible foreclosure by their bank.  A short sale can keep a borrower out of foreclosure lawsuit, for one thing.Short Sales -...

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List of Foreclosure Alternatives in Florida: Borrower's Options to...

Want to find a way to avoid a foreclosure here in Florida?  After all, this month RealtyTrac released its quarterly report to reveal that Florida was number one in the country in foreclosures, and...

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The Non-Lawyer's Guide to Foreclosure Fraud: 2011

Here's something for you! Our free complimentary publication providing background on the Foreclosure Fraud Housing Crisis that has hurt so many Floridians in the past several years.

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Ten Things You Should Know About Florida Quiet Title Actions: 2012

Here's something for you! A free, complimentary publication that goes into aspects of clearing title or quieting title in the State of Florida -- something very important to know in today's Wild Wild...

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