South Florida Law Blog

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. I always ask myself why and come to the same conclusions: Traditions! Whether you are born in the U.S., a recent immigrant or like me, a first generation from immigrant parents … on Thanksgiving we are not just all Americans … but we are all Hundred Percenters. That’s right. Not 99 percenters […]

Some underwater and financially fractured homeowners are supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement from the comfort of their own living room. As the Occupy Wall Street completes its two-month anniversary and demonstrators were removed from Zuccotti Park, let’s take a moment to reflect on why these demonstrations are now resonating with both Main Street America and homeowners that are underwater […]

At first glance, it looks like Florida foreclosure victims are finally getting the help they need from the feds. Reading the fine print it looks like if we had to describe this in one tweet word: #fail. The same banksters that sunk the economic ship into the mortgage crisis are now the decision makers for homeowners looking for foreclosure mercy. […]

Banks behaving badly? Florida homeowners can look forward to new and improved mediation behavior from the banks! We are happy to report there is a new set of rules for banks and the Florida Supreme Court finally started listening to Roy Oppenheim ‘s messages with regard to sanctionable conduct by the banks during mediation!   A recent South Florida Law […]

As a follow up to South Florida Law Blog’s post reporting that Miami Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville and Bradenton/Sarasota/Venice were included in the top 20 healthiest real estate markets in the United States – let’s dig in deeper to what is the secret formula. What we’re taking away from these numbers is there is an upswing in growth in these Florida […]

The news isn’t all about Florida foreclosures and short sales…three Florida markets actually have good news to report. Miami Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville and Bradenton/Sarasota/Venice Not just one, but three Florida markets were included in the top 20 healthiest real estate markets in the United States – encouraging news for Florida homeowners or future buyers. Builder Online released it’s bi-annual 2011 […]

We are pleased (and amused) that judges agree with what foreclosure defense attorney Roy Oppenheim has repeatedly said. The mandatory foreclosure mediation is barely helping homeowners because the banks refuse to reach agreements with the borrowers.The Daily Business Review looked to state and bankruptcy judges to point out some of the main issues with the foreclosure mediation program. The Review […]

In a follow up to the recent $285 million settlement reached between the SEC and Citigroup, someone other than Roy Oppenheim is starting to ask the hard questions of why do the banks keep getting a “get out of jail free card”? Roy Oppenheim on Reducing Mortgage Fraud, Banks Take Responsibility | South Florida Law Blog. It was reported in […]