South Florida Law Blog

Sun Sentinel: Playing the “What if” game with your Florida mortgage Miami Herald: Homeowners walking Away from Underwater Mortgages Story #1 How big of a gamble is it to stop paying your Florida mortgage? This is a question I receive very frequently as a foreclosure defense attorney in South Florida and was recently cited as a source on the topic […]

After reviewing the recent numbers for 2009 published by RealtyTrac, nothing is “just right” and won’t be for some time. With foreclosures on the rise in 2009, the new “three bears” to hit the market have nearly doubled the number of foreclosures this year, and the trend will not be ending anytime soon. The highest growth in the foreclosure market […]

Roy Oppenheim is a real estate and Florida foreclosure defense attorney who says the first step to preventing foreclosure or buying a short sale is to know your legal rights. Free Workshop Thursday, November 5 from 6-7pm

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 […]

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 […]

In today’s New York Times (10/9/09) the lead story in the Business section is: “In Trial Phase, Mortgage Bills Fall for 500,000. Is that supposed to be good news or news at all? I am not sure. I guess it depends on whether you think the glass is half full or half empty. The reality is that by now the […]

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 […]

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, […]