Tue Dec 8, 2009 by RoyOppenheim on Florida Real Estate, Florida Short Sales, Roy Oppenheim & Short Sales
WSJ reporter, James Hagerty, arguably one of the best reporters covering the real estate crisis and with whom I speak with from time-to time wrote a great article this morning concerning professional investors who are going to auction, fixing up the houses and then flipping them for a profit. (Also take the time to look at the slides and related […]
Fri Aug 14, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News & Florida Real Estate
Many people may be hesitant to believe that business is booming, but there is a particular profession that is; namely, Property Preservationists for distressed properties. As reported in the August 13th Sun-Sentinel, foreclosures have tripled across the nation since 2005. More and more of these properties are becoming REOs, or “real estate owned,” meaning the bank holds the deed. Before […]
Fri Apr 10, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Today, as many of my friends celebrate Good Friday and I continue to celebrate Passover, my office is a virtual ghost town. So I actually had a moment to take stock on changes that are occurring in our collective lives. First and foremost it is just hard to believe that the White House held a Passover Seder last night. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/obama-to-host-seder-dinner/ […]
Fri Mar 27, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
While I have been so busy in court defending foreclosures I hardly took notice that our staff at Weston Title have been getting busy! We have now more South Florida real estate closings in the office than we have had in at least 6 months! In fact, the Wall Street Journal reported that 18 percent of all U.S. households will […]
Tue Mar 3, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures
Sharing my thoughts on Florida foreclosures yesterday with the NBC Nightly News team really brought back some past real estate scenarios. Long before the Florida foreclosure meltdown and “double sold mortgage” became a widely used term, I represented a commercial pilot for a major airline who owned real estate in the Florida Keys. This client had a great house but […]
Wed Feb 11, 2009 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures
As Congress continues to bicker how to spend trillions of our dollars we are noticing an ever-so-quiet thaw in the real estate market. Lets begin. First, Staci Calvert, one of my long term staff members who is a senior real estate closer for our title company: Weston Title, came over to me and said she had never seen a 30 […]
