South Florida Law Blog

Why Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Banks Prefer…Short Sales It should come as no surprise that only 12.4 percent of Florida borrowers who are at least two months behind on mortgage payments have entered into trial loan modifications through the Obama administration’s Making Home Affordable program. The first date For many who tried to get a Florida loan modification, the process […]

A couple weeks ago, I posted a summary of my appearance on the nationally syndicated Randi Rhodes radio show. I talked about how Oppenheim Law is helping South Florida homeowners fashion their own foreclosure bailouts and also discussed the deterioration of the social stigma associated with Florida foreclosure. You can hear the interview by checking out the Oppenheim Law Facebook […]

The face and shape of Florida foreclosure is changing by the day. The newest trend identified by Oppenheim Law is the idea of a strategic default, where homeowners who can afford to pay their mortgage are choosing to stop payments and voluntarily enter into foreclosure. I discussed this Florida foreclosure defense strategy Wednesday night on CBS4 with local reporter David […]

Florida Foreclosure Defense Workshop Helps Bailout Homeowners Roy Oppenheim is a real estate and Florida foreclosure defense attorney who says homeowners who know their legal rights have the power to fashion their own foreclosure bailouts. Free Workshop Thursday, December 3 from 6-7 p.m. Fort Lauderdale, FL – November 11, 2009 – With South Florida on pace for nearly 100,000 foreclosure […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]