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New help for Struggling Borrowers published by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau January 20, 2014
In January 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued several new rules governing mortgage servicers consideration of a borrower's application for loss mitigation which rules became ...
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Florida 2nd DCA requests Supreme Court to Review Standing in Foreclosures September 25, 2013
Today, the Florida Second District Court of Appeal released its earthshattering decision in Focht v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The appellate court is asking the Florida Supreme Court to review the ...
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Is the new Florida Fair Foreclosure Act Really Fair? July 22, 2013
On June 7, 2013, Governor Scott signed the Florida Fair Foreclosure Act into law. The Act makes many substantive and procedural changes to how foreclosures are processed by the courts with the ...
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Sheryl A. Edwards Featured on SNN Local News May 23, 2013
On Thursday, May 2, 2013, Sheryl A. Edwards was featured on SNN Local News in a segment addressing Florida's foreclosure increase. The news anchor discussed how the American dream of owning a home has ...
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Clock is ticking on Mortgage Debt Relief Act October 19, 2012
Several weeks ago, Florida property owners started to receive mortgage balance reduction offers from the nation's biggest mortgage servicers under the settlement reached earlier this year in the ...
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Short Sale after Chapter 7 Bankruptcy May 16, 2012
We are receiving more and more calls from property owners who are wondering why their lender has not finished the foreclosure on their home after the property owner has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy ...
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