South Florida Law Blog

Various news services over the weekend reported that the number of foreclosures in Florida will increase – primarily due to the deteriorating job market. Now not only will sub-prime borrowers continue to get foreclosed, but average borrowers, who had good credit (or so-called prime borrowers) are now being foreclosed. Unfortunately, many of these homeowners are losing their income and even […]

Are you a client in search of a foreclosure attorney in Miami?  If you are you facing foreclosure or think you may default on a mortgage, then you need to understand why a foreclosure  defense attorney near  Miami may be for you. Loss mitigation options may include repayment plans, reinstatement, forbearance, short sale, loan modification, deed in lieu of foreclosures, […]

Today’s Daily Business Review includes Roy Oppenheim discussing the possible Florida Supreme Court task force to regulate the process of foreclosure. Read on for the full story. Florida Supreme Court Task force hopes to standardize management of excessive foreclosures Florida Supreme Court task force on home foreclosures plans to propose uniform case management and design a model mediation program to […]

The Daily Business Review’s Terry Sheridan called Oppenheim Law to talk about how loan auditors are becoming a hot commodity in helping homeowners with today’s foreclosure maze. Here is the full story as seen in the May 5th issue of the Daily Business Review. Loan auditors review contracts for mistakes, but critics question usefulness A mid growing efforts to help […]

With about 6 million folks going to lose their homes to foreclosure this year, I have been repeatedly asked what kind of grade I give the Obama administration in addressing the foreclosure crisis during the first 100 days. I would say a B or B-. Let me explain. On the one hand, there has been some improvement in the overall […]

The South Florida Sun Sentinel ‘Consumer Talk’ blogger, Daniel Vasquez, lists Oppenheim’s May real estate workshop as a top priority for homeowners troubled with foreclosure. See below for the story. Free foreclosure workshop for South Floridians Have questions about foreclosures? Who doesn’t, considering Florida’s foreclosures rank fourth in the nation and South Florida foreclosures jumped 33 percent in the first […]

Maybe its is just me, but what I am seeing over and over again during these turbulent economic times is a general sense of a lack of personal responsibility. It is truly becoming a sign of the times and until we figure out how to properly correct it, our very foundation will be continuously questioned if not threatened. The examples […]

BY MONICA HATCHER mhatcher@MiamiHerald.com The number of foreclosures in Miami-Dade and Broward continued rising last month, as mounting job losses crippled borrowers’ ability to make monthly payments and lenders lifted previous foreclosure moratoriums and resumed legal action against delinquent accounts. In Miami-Dade County, lenders filed 3,043 initial foreclosure actions against homeowners and reclaimed 819 homes through foreclosure. Hundreds more were […]