Previously as discussed here, Florida’s 4th DCA held that the lis pendens expired at final judgment of foreclosure. This meant that any liens filed between the final judgment of foreclosure and the foreclosure auction/sale date ...
Yesterday November 3, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court finally issued its opinion in US Bank vs. Bartram concerning the statute of limitations of foreclosure cases in Florida. Full opinion here. As previously discussed here, the ...
Plain English Summary: Florida law contains a statute, 559.715, which states that anytime one of your creditors sells the debt you owe to another creditor/company, they are supposed to send you written notice by mail telling you about ...
The Florida 5th District Court of Appeal recently issued a written opinion in an appeal, Hicks vs. Wells Fargo 5D14-1748, on the issue regarding alleging a default date in a new foreclosure action that was outside of 5 years from the ...
The 3rd DCA recently re-heard Deutsche Bank vs. Beauvais en banc which involved the statue limitations in foreclosure cases like the current pending opinion at the Florida Supreme Court; US Bank vs. Bartram. While these opinions are ...
This used to be a huge problem whereby a tenant or owner would have to go through a formal eviction or unlawful detainer to remove someone from their property who never paid any rent and was not a tenant.Now, a new statute requires ...
In Russell v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, No. 14-61977-CIV, 2015 WL 5029346, at *5 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 26, 2015), the Southern District of Florida federal court put an end to lawsuits brought by consumers against lenders regarding ...
Florida’s foreclosure activity has declined by more than a third from a year ago but it still ranks as one of the highest in the nation. The research firm Realty Trac reports that Florida has one out of 570 homes with a ...