South Florida Law Blog

Homeownership Reaches Record Lows According to new industry estimates, millions of houses on the verge of foreclosure could send homeownership to its lowest level since 1960. Long considered a cornerstone of the American dream, homeownership has been sliding since the housing bubble burst in 2006. New projections say the rate could plummet to about 62%, compared with 69.4% in 2004. […]

States like Florida and California are obvious centers of attention when it comes to foreclosure, and many people throughout the world, who own real estate in Florida, are affected by this crisis. The global nature of our country’s real estate market came into focus when reporters from the BBC and Croatian National TV looking to do a feature commentary on […]

What can Florida homeowners learn from the wealthy when it comes to strategic defaults? Oppenheim Law discusses strategic default August 4 at 6 PM during the next Free Strategic Foreclosure Workshop. According to The New York Times, more than 1 in 7 homeowners with loans in excess of a million dollars are seriously delinquent compared to 1 in 12 for […]

Nearly two million Americans have lost their homes to foreclosure this year, and many of them are right here in South Florida, according to CBS 4 News. Foreclosure defense attorney Roy Oppenheim joined CBS 4 Chief Consumer Investigator Al Sunshine to analyze South Florida’s foreclosure numbers in order to help homeowners determine what they may expect in the coming months. […]

As housing sales hit an all time low, The South Florida Law Blog and Oppenheim Law bring our readers a fresh perspective on the Florida real estate landscape and legal trends. We also serve as an expert source to local and national media outlets. Investing, renting, buying or selling real estate in today’s market is a tricky course to follow, […]

Miss out on Wednesday’s Oppenheim Law’s Strategic Default Workshop? The next best thing to being there is the replay. Hundreds of homeowners participated as Roy Oppenheim shared the latest on foreclosure defense, strategic defaults and South Florida real estate trends. Oppenheim Law is making July’s Strategic Default Workshop available until Thursday, July 15. Let us know what you think in […]

Underwater on your mortgage? It seems like regardless of financial or social status, someone is upside down, underwater or ready to walk. July 7th is your chance to get answers to your real estate questions as Roy Oppenheim hosts his free monthly Foreclosure Workshop LIVE ONLINE and in Weston, FL. Join Oppenheim, recently profiled in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, tomorrow […]

The Miami Herald is reporting the flood of South Florida foreclosures is receding in the first five months of 2010 as foreclosure filings have fallen sharply and efforts to ease the courts’ backlogs are kicking in. But Oppenheim Law isn’t so sure the decreases are going to last and believes the next big wave of filings will come soon. Foreclosure […]