Larry Tolchinsky | May 31, 2011
Standard & Poor’s is an internationally-recognized financial markets analysis company, providing a number of research statistics and indices to help measure what is happening in the American economy. You may recognize its stock index, the S&P 500, which the news media report on daily along with the Dow Jones and other stock market indices. Its [...]
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Tags: Case/Shiller, Foreclosure Help, Mortgage Financing, Short Sales, strategic default
Larry Tolchinsky | May 26, 2011
RealtyTrac has just released its statistics for the First Quarter 2011, including foreclosure sales numbers. You can read the numbers online for free at their site’s Trend Center. Why should Florida homeowners care about foreclosure sales? The foreclosure statistics impact everyone. For example, the number of foreclosed properties in the housing market impacts fair market [...]
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Tags: Foreclosure Sales, RealtyTrac, Title Insurance, Wrongful Foreclosure
Larry Tolchinsky | May 24, 2011
Around ten days ago, a group of Florida Realtors appeared before Congress and asked for the federal government’s help for Florida homeowners to get short sales respected and accepted by banks, lenders, and financial institutions. They are a powerful voice: Florida Realtors, according to its website, are the largest trade association in Florida – having [...]
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Tags: Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, foreclosure defenses, Foreclosure Help, Housing Prices, Mortgage foreclosure, Property foreclosure, Short Sales, South Florida Lawyers, South Florida Short Sales
Larry Tolchinsky | May 19, 2011
The Florida Legislature has sent an overwhelming number of legislative changes to Governor Scott’s for his signature (or veto). Some of the efforts in Tallahassee involve making new laws and increasing state regulation; others dismantled state oversight and decrease the State of Florida’s regulatory responsibilities. It’s all about the budget. Money. The lawmakers are focused [...]
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Tags: Broward Real Estate, Florida Condominium, Florida Homestead, Florida Law, Florida Realtor, Foreclosure defense attorney, foreclosure defenses, Foreclosure Help, Mortgage foreclosure, Short Sales
Larry Tolchinsky | May 17, 2011
RealtyTrac is an online provider of real estate information, covering both properties that are for sale as well as homes under foreclosure and available for short sale. It makes its money through memberships, and while there are some negative reviews of RealtyTrac’s service the Better Business Bureau has given RealtyTrac an A+ rating. What does [...]
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Tags: Florida Law, Florida Real Estate, Florida Real Estate Foreclosures, Foreclosure defense attorney, Foreclosure Help, Mortgage foreclosure, Property foreclosure, Short Sales, Wrongful Foreclosure
Larry Tolchinsky | May 12, 2011
Florida homeowners are not only getting mad, they’re fighting back against the evildoers who’ve misrepresented things to them, or about them. They’re taking on the lawyers. Foreclosure Lawyers Are Being Investigated by the Florida Bar: Massive Number of Grievances Being Filed The Florida Bar is being flooded with complaints about Florida lawyers and law firms. [...]
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Tags: Deficiency Judgments, Florida Homestead, Foreclosure defense attorney, foreclosure defenses, Foreclosure Fraud, Foreclosure Help, Foreclosure Settlement, House foreclosure, Mortgage foreclosure, Property foreclosure, South Florida Lawyers, Wrongful Foreclosure
Larry Tolchinsky | May 10, 2011
Zillow, Inc. is a Seattle company which has successfully built a nationally respected real estate research website, Zillow.com, where Zillow accumulates and provides at no charge both estimates of property values as well as detailed listings of real estate for sale across the country. Today, Zillow is recognized as a company that knows its stuff. [...]
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Tags: Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure defense attorney, foreclosure defenses, Foreclosure Help, House foreclosure, Mortgage foreclosure, Property foreclosure, strategic default, walk away mortgage
Larry Tolchinsky | May 5, 2011
The Florida Legislature has just kicked a lot of Florida homeowners while they’re down, with yesterday’s announcement that an agreement has been reached on the passage of a bill that will not only allow insurance companies to hike the cost of property insurance, but it will also okay the insurer’s ability to shorten the deadlines [...]
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Tags: Florida Real Estate, homeowners insurance
Larry Tolchinsky | May 3, 2011
Florida homeowners that get behind on their home mortgage payments aren’t stupid: they fear a foreclosure in their future. Usually they consider asking the bank to make a new deal, with terms that are easier for the homeowner to bear in this harsh economy. However, dealing with the lender can be hard to do. The [...]
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Tags: Florida Law, Foreclosure Help, House foreclosure, Loan Modification, Modification Help, Mortgage foreclosure, Mortgage Loan Modification
