Larry Tolchinsky | December 29, 2011
The Pew Research Center is one of the country’s most respected research firms, and here at year end, many are listening to what Pew is reporting regarding Americans’ take on the foreclosure crisis and people not paying their mortgages. What has Pew discovered? In answers to a Pew survey, thirty-six percent (36%) of Americans said [...]
Larry Tolchinsky | December 13, 2011
Florida may be known as a tourist mecca, what with Miami’s metropolitan nightlife and Orlando’s Disney World, but the truth is that Florida is made up of lots and lots of families who love their Sunshine State. We’re proud of our roots and there’s no time like the Holiday Season for families all over Florida [...]
Larry Tolchinsky | December 8, 2011
It’s being called the Fairness in Foreclosures Act of 2011, although it’s proceeding through the United States House of Representatives as House Resolution 3566, and it’s a big deal to a lot of homeowners in trouble all across the country. If this bill becomes federal law, there will be a limit of ONE YEAR on any [...]
Larry Tolchinsky | November 1, 2011
The Massachusetts Supreme Court has released its decision in a foreclosure fraud case that may impact mortgage holders as well as buyers of foreclosed properties in Florida and across the United States. Back in January 2011, we along with other real estate attorneys and state court judges from all over the state and the rest [...]
Larry Tolchinsky | October 19, 2011
The wait may be over: foreclosure filings in Florida are on the increase, according to two top industry watchers, and this may mean that Florida banks are gearing up to foreclose on lots of home owners who have been setting in their homes for many months, waiting for that foreclosure notice. For a long while, [...]
Larry Tolchinsky | October 13, 2011
It is true that Florida probate lawyers compete with online will services and companies that publish generic forms for Last Wills and Testaments. Some of those who will be reading this article will respond with a knee-jerk reaction that any warnings from a Florida probate attorney are biased and self-serving. However, that’s not true. The [...]
Larry Tolchinsky | October 11, 2011
Right now, Florida’s governor (along with Florida bankers) are moving to change Florida’s system of foreclosing – which currently happens when a lawsuit is filed in the local courthouse – to that of “nonjudicial foreclosures” where the banks won’t have the oversight by judges when they foreclose on a Florida home. We’re monitoring this situation, [...]
Larry Tolchinsky | October 6, 2011
Today, another federal report was released, this time from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: seems that mortgage delinquencies are rising again. Which means that many people are not making that monthly mortgage payment. As the Wall Street Journal suggests, this number is only going to go up if unemployment rates rise. Florida [...]
Larry Tolchinsky | September 15, 2011
Here in South Florida, odds are high that you or your neighbor or your friend have your home mortgage with Bank of America. Why? Bank of America holds not only mortgage notes that Bank of America made with its customers, but also mortgages made awhile back by Countrywide Financial Corporation because Bank of America took [...]
Larry Tolchinsky | August 23, 2011
According to Moody’s Investors Service, short sales of homes that are at risk of foreclosure (called “distressed properties’) grew to 25% of all liquidations of distressed properties by mid-2011, which is a big jump from two years ago when they were at 8%. As the time it takes for lenders to foreclose on a [...]
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