Life never goes quite the way we want it to. When the economy crashed awhile back and the housing market was in a mess my husband and I were stuck in a housing community that was full of foreclosures, rising homeowner's dues and legal battles with the developers.
On March 1st, Florida's Third District Court of Appeal affirmatively held that a mortgage holder who fails to prove its standing to foreclose is not liable to a defendant borrower for prevailing party attorney's fees. The Fitzgerald holding is succinct but immensely significant: “[b]ecause [the Borrower] successfully obtained a judgment below that the [Plaintiff] lacked…
On May 7, 2018, a Judgment of Foreclosure and Order of Sale was entered on the docket of the Knox County Superior Court in an action bearing Docket Number RE-17-28, brought by Mechanics Savings Bank against Douglas M. Williams II and Nicole R. Williams, for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage granted to Mechanics Savings…
Ray Boshara is the director of the St. Louis Fed's Center for Household Financial Stability and a senior fellow in the Aspen Institute's Financial Security Program. The views here are his own. Foreclosure News
Pinellas County Circuit Judge Jack St. Arnold on Monday threw out the $ 458,100 sale of a gulf-front condo because of what he called an “unscrupulous” and “conniving” scheme to trick bidders at a foreclosure auction. His ruling means that the owners of Orlando Realty Group will get back the money they bid on what…
A 2013 march through the streets to the Department of Justice during a rally against big banks and home foreclosures. Ten years ago, a simmering financial crisis finally bubbled over. Foreclosure News
Woodwynn executive direct Richard LeBlanc blames 'NIMBYism, political and bureaucratic hoops' for the program's inability to reach its potential in reducing homelessness and addiction. As foreclosure looms at a recovery farm for people with addictions and no place to live, supporters held a community meeting Tuesday to discuss ways to save or replace it. Foreclosure…
