Should You Sue Your Bank Over Your Home Loan? Loan Fraud, or Predatory Lending, Lawsuits Are Available in Florida

Larry Tolchinsky | July 28, 2011

You obtained a home loan – maybe several years ago.  You are suspicious that something wasn’t right about that deal.  Maybe you’re living in your home, paying that mortgage payment every month, and just wondering about it. Maybe you have an underwater mortgage.  Or, maybe you’ve already received a Notice of Acceleration from the lender.  [...]

Why Were the Florida AG Foreclosure Fraud Attorneys Booted? Were They Too Good At Their Jobs? Just How Powerful Are The Lenders?

Larry Tolchinsky | July 26, 2011

The issues involving Foreclosure Fraud seem to get bigger and more complex (and more outrageous) by the day.  Just last week, for example, the controversy got bigger around the reasons why two former assistant attorneys general for the State of Florida – who were Attorney General Pam Bondi’s top foreclosure fraud investigators – were effectively [...]

Immunity from Being Sued for Banks Who Just Keep On Committing Foreclosure Fraud? What Can Wrongful Foreclosure Victims Do?

Larry Tolchinsky | July 21, 2011

What the heck is going on with our government leaders? Are they trying to stop Florida homeowners from suing banks and mortgage lenders for foreclosure fraud and other injuries that Florida property owners have experienced due to Foreclosure Fraud (robosigning, etc.)? Yes. It looks like they are trying to do exactly that: block the homeowner [...]

Robosigning Is Still Happening – Shocking Expose by Reuters Reveals Banks Are Still Filing Bad Paperwork: Foreclosure Fraud Is Not Over

Larry Tolchinsky | July 19, 2011

Robo-signing, where official legal documents are fraudulently created and then filed by banks and their attorneys when they are attempting to foreclose on homes in Florida and elsewhere, has been one of the major reasons for the national Foreclosure Fraud crisis.  Mortgage lenders have gone out of business because of these antics; lender lawyers like [...]

RealtyTrac’s MidYear State of the Real Estate Market: Banks Sitting on Things Is Hurting Everyone – Could This News Help You?

Larry Tolchinsky | July 15, 2011

RealtyTrac released a new report on the state of the country’s real estate market yesterday, and the news isn’t good.  (You can read the full text of the RealtyTrac press release / midyear State of the Market here.) According to this nationally-recognized expert on the real estate industry, the U.S. is still in a big [...]

Are the Critics Right About the Attorney Generals’ Investigation? Does This Mean Florida Homeowners Will Not Get Help?

Larry Tolchinsky | July 12, 2011

As discussed in previous posts, the attorneys general for all 50 states have been working together as a group, with Iowa attorney general Tom Miller as their leader, in the investigation of the foreclosure fraud that took place throughout the country.  They’ve told everyone that their work includes not only finding how who the evildoers [...]

Florida Homeowner’s Home Vandalized and Contents Thrown Out by Mortgage Company – But He’s Not in Foreclosure: Another Florida Foreclosure Fraud Horror Story

Larry Tolchinsky | July 7, 2011

The flagrant disregard of longstanding Florida law by mortgage lenders, appraisers, title companies, banks, and law firms continues with this week’s news, perhaps setting new lows in the foreclosure mess. A New High in Lows for Bad Acts Done by a Mortgage Lender in Florida Last week, when Brooksville, Florida homeowner Chris Boudreau went away [...]

Underwater Mortgages in Florida – Finally, Help Arrives as Chase and Bank of America Start Offering Modications of Select Risk Home Loans – Do You Qualify?

Larry Tolchinsky | July 5, 2011

Would you like your mortgage to be cut in half? Well, for many mortgage holders of  home loans held by Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase, it just might happen.  This week, the New York Times reported that these two banks, two of the country’s biggest lenders, are offering to modify home loans of [...]