Wed Oct 14, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures & Florida Real Estate
You can make a difference! Take action and make your comments to this report that can be found at http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/pub_info/foreclosure.shtml Comments must be submitted on or before October 15,2009 to e-file@flcourts.org Or you can read Roy Oppenheim and the law firm of Oppenheim Law’s comments concerning the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Below is a copy of the official comments from Roy […]
Tue Oct 13, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Refusing to let banks and lenders continue to steamroll homeowners and their rights, I recently submitted an Opinion Editorial to the Sun-Sentinel describing the consequences the State of Florida is facing if it continues to allow deficiency judgments on foreclosed properties. My article was published in the paper’s Sunday Outlook section. Here’s a summary of why I believe the United […]
Tue Oct 6, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News & Foreclosure Defense
As discussed today in the Daily Business Review (see article below), the Third District Court of Appeals criticized a Miami Dade circuit judge for extending a foreclosure by one month. In essence, the Court reversed the judge’s opinion by stating that a courtroom is no place for compassion! While it is inappropriate for an attorney to criticize the appellate court […]
Tue Oct 6, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News, Loan Modification & Roy Oppenheim
My good friend, Julie Kay, recently wrote a South Florida Business Journal story on the mixed reviews for the government’s Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, as legislators like to call it. According to the article, HAMP is part of the U.S. Treasury’s Home Affordability & Stability Plan to save 3 million to 4 million homes from foreclosure. So far, […]
Mon Oct 5, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Real Estate
As a foreclosure defense attorney, I get questions every day asking when I think the market is going to correct itself or when the foreclosure rate is going to slow. I believe my friend Al Sunshine, who has been reporting for CBS4 since 1988, provided a thoughtful and honest assessment of South Florida’s economy through the next quarter in his […]
Fri Oct 2, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Real Estate & Foreclosure Defense
More than 5,000 homes in Pompano Beach have already been foreclosed or are currently in some stage of the foreclosure process, according to Realtytrac.com. Fully aware of the battle facing South Florida homeowners, the Pompano Beach Highlands Civic Improvement Association has announced its next meeting will be dedicated to the topic of foreclosure defense for homeowners. The Association has invited […]
Thu Oct 1, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures & Florida Real Estate
Sadly, a great many people who face foreclosure in Broward County do not seek legal advice before going to court. In fact, only a 2 or 3 percent of folks in foreclosure do. If everyone faced with a foreclosure obtained counsel, the whole foreclosure system would come to a grinding halt. That is in fact no different from if 100 […]
Wed Sep 23, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Foreclosure Workshop & Roy Oppenheim
The legal side of Florida real estate can be daunting in this economy. Knowing your legal rights increases your survival and recovery rate says, Florida foreclosure attorney and South Florida law blogger Roy Oppenheim. Designed to help homeowners, Oppenheim’s monthly Florida foreclosure workshop provides a venue where homeowners and real estate professionals unite. The October workshop will not only focus […]
