Fri Feb 24, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News, Foreclosure Defense & Foreclosure Fraud
Banks need to get their massive foreclosure backlog off the books. There are over 368,000 cases in Florida. I get that. Getting these properties into the hands of families who can afford them, that is what I want to see. It’s needed to jump start the economy, and no one wants to see the banks out of the neighborhoods more […]
Tue Feb 21, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Bank Fraud, Foreclosure Defense & Roy Oppenheim
If there was anything positive that came out of the prolonged discussions between the states and the banks on the mortgage servicing settlement, it was that banks were reluctant to go full steam ahead in the foreclosure process while talks were ongoing. But even before the settlement was announced, we saw signs that pointed to more foreclosures in 2012. According […]
Thu Feb 2, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
I have to give Suze Orman credit. One thing that’s taken a huge hit in the housing crisis is people’s credit scores. I’ve seen it with plenty of good responsible homeowners. The reality is that most people who overextended themselves during this financial crisis did so because they had good credit scores. In fact when I used to ask people […]
Tue Jan 24, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Foreclosure Defense & Foreclosure Fraud
President Obama is likely to talk about this in tonight’s State of The Union Address, but we’re not going to wait that long. With details of the proposed $25 billion settlement with the nation’s largest banks over the robo-signing fiasco now out in the public eye thanks to the Associated Press, we feel a large sense of disappointment. There’s no […]
Thu Dec 22, 2011 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures & Florida Real Estate
The world is upside down again: Banks are walking away while homeowners are staying to fight for their neighborhoods. That’s what the team at Oppenheim Law realized after watching 60 Minutes’ latest piece on the foreclosure crisis. This time Scott Pelley focused on a neighborhood in Cleveland where officials has resorted to tearing down what were once perfectly good homes. […]
Mon Dec 19, 2011 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
The Oppenheim Law editorial team found this ironic: A drug dealer has more constitutional rights to protection from the government in his home than your average homeowner in foreclosure. In a case being appealed to the United States Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court recently held that because the “home” has a long standing history of receiving additional constitutional protect […]
