Wed Nov 13, 2019 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Real Estate & Real Estate
Despite the recent interest rate cuts, U.S. home sales dropped more than expected in September. A new study sheds light on the typical American homeowner now staying in their home much longer and its considerable impact on the housing market. A Growing Problem: Low Supply, Higher Prices Redfin conducted the study and determined that the typical American homeowner has spent […]
Fri Dec 14, 2018 by Oppenheim Law on Bank Fraud, Banksters, Great Recession & Roy Oppenheim
“A Retrospective From the Trenches of the Great Recession-The Parties to Blame” Welcome to the last part of my series of posts dedicated to reflecting on the ten-year anniversary of the Great Recession. I have talked about the changes prompted by the economic collapse, the things that did not change after it, and now it is time to talk about […]
Sun Jan 3, 2016 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
[VIDEO] Usher in 2016 with Roy Oppenheim chiming in on “The Big Short” an accurate and poignant dark comedy addressing a dark page in U.S. economic history. The Big Short movie brings to life the economic catastrophe between 2007-8 as we look back with appropriate irony and cynicism of the darkest days in US economic history in the past 100 years. […]
Tue May 28, 2013 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Banks continue to try to convince courts that a promissory note is a negotiable instrument on foreclosures.
Fri Dec 28, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Continuing our recap of our most popular blogs from 2012… #5 — Robosigning Settlement Proves Sky Was Falling! Chicken Little Was Right! Yesterday’s robosigning settlement that all but one state ultimately signed off on, was far from perfect. Let’s make that perfectly clear. Depending on what you have read, you might be outraged, you might be relieved, you might be […]
Thu Dec 13, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Roy Oppenheim’s commentary was originally published on Yahoo! Homes and is being republished on South Florida Law Blog with their permission. It is easy to call Wall Street a villain and lay the blame for the housing collapse at their doorstep, and I did just that in one of my recent blogs, where I likened the banks’ conduct during the […]
Tue Oct 23, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Deficiency Judgements & Strategic Default
Roy Oppenheim’s commentary was originally published on Yahoo! Homesand is being republished on South Florida Law Blog with their permission. Deficiency judgments are probably the last thing any homeowner under threat of foreclosure wants to think about. For the uninitiated, a deficiencyis when the proceeds from a foreclosure sale, or a short sale, don’t cover the balance of the mortgage […]
Fri Sep 14, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Since I started the South Florida Law Blog following the 2008 economic meltdown, I have made no secret of the fact that I am extremely critical of what can best be characterized as “America’s new crony capitalism.” Crony capitalism occurs where certain industries have gained undue influence in the political process and thus have curried favor unjustly from the […]
