Wed Mar 7, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News & Loan Modification
Homes need to be occupied. That is the bottom line. Today’s housing market needs a dramatic overhaul and it’s been long overdue for a fix. So we don’t have the time to be contemplating moral hazards anymore. So I’m OK with President Obama extending mortgage assistance to owners of multiple homes. According to Bloomberg, the administration will open up the […]
Sun Jan 29, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News & Foreclosure Fraud
We here at the South Florida Law Blog decided to clock in a few hours this weekend, because if we didn’t we’d probably fall behind President Obama’s new man-in-the trenches Eric Schneiderman. The New York Attorney General, only days into his appointment as the head of the newly-formed Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group has already issued subpoenas to 11 financial […]
Thu Jan 26, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News, Foreclosure Defense & Foreclosure Fraud
Well what a wild week it has been. When we came to work on Monday we feared President Obama would put the housing crisis to bed without ever holding the banks’ feet to the fire. The settlement with the banks, which we have blogged about ad nauseam this week, seemed as sure as a chip-shot field goal. But thanks to […]
Wed Jan 25, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News, Foreclosure Defense & Foreclosure Fraud
Leading up to the State of the Union, we heard a lot of chatter that a proposed $25 billion settlement with the banks would be a selling point in President Obama’s speech.And maybe it would have been, had President Obama delivered the State of the Union. But clearly the person we saw last night addressing Congress was candidate Obama, who […]
Sun Oct 30, 2011 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Haunted homeowners finally got some good news this week when the White House announced the re-launching of its 2009 Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP). Rising from the dead, the revitalized program features some key costume changes designed to revive the program and help underwater mortgage owners take advantage of today’s low mortgage rates to lower their monthly payments and reduce […]
Tue Jun 14, 2011 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Fraud, Loan Modification & Roy Oppenheim
‘Hope’ stands as a fleeting memory for most Americans as unemployment stagnates, housing prices fall and economic growth looms as a lofty promise unfulfilled. And as we get closer to the 2012 Presidential Election, it’s becoming clear that the ideological political landscape that dominated the 2008 election cycle will be eclipsed by a menacing elephant in the room: the economy. […]
Sat Jun 11, 2011 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Defense, Loan Modification, Roy Oppenheim & Short Sales
Mortgage Rates Set Fresh 2011 Low After Jobs Report Fixed rate home mortgage loans dropped for the eighth straight week to a new low for 2011 amid concerns of another economic slowdown this year, according to data from Freddie Mac and a report by The Wall Street Journal. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.49%, down from 4.55% last week and […]
Tue Apr 5, 2011 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News & Roy Oppenheim
The government official who recently left office over the housing crisis is someone who actually fought for the people instead of laying the groundwork for a cushy job awaiting him in the private sector. Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for TARP resigned his post effective Wednesday, March 30. On his way out the door, he was still publicly arguing […]
