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Housing Market Poll: When Will Florida Recover?

Roy Oppenheim — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:38:56 +0100

Realistically, we believe it will be 2016 or 2017 but many Americans are more optimistic.
The results are in and it appears the majority of those surveyed believe 2012 will be the magic year for the housing market. Trulia and RealtyTrac recently polled 2,034 U.S. adults aged 18 years and older to find out when most Americans think the housing market will recover. A mere ten percent thought a recovery would happen this year, while nearly a quarter of those surveyed predicted a bumpy roadRead More...

The Times They Are A-Changinâ€™: District Courts of Appeal Start Reversing Foreclosure ...

Roy Oppenheim — Tue, 24 May 2011 07:00:00 +0100

As a tribute to Bob Dylanâ€™s 70th birthday today, his song â€œThe Times They Are A-Changinâ€ captures the spirit of the social and political upheaval happening in todayâ€™s Florida courts. Despite a swollen pipeline of more than half a million pendingÂ foreclosure cases, Floridaâ€™s appellate courts are starting to send a clear message that banks will not succeed in trampling the Constitutional rights of homeowners.

The times they are a-changinâ€™. Â And itâ€™s about time.

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Florida Real Estate This Week: The Good, the Sad and the Ugly

Roy Oppenheim — Sun, 22 May 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Real Estate headlines this week have been a mixed bag of good, sad and ugly.

While the Fort Lauderdale condo market and Broward home sales Â trended upward, news broke Broward Chief Judge Victor Tobin was resigning his position to work for a law firm that has been called one of the largest foreclosure mills in the state. In national news, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman launched an investigation into the banksâ€™ role in the financial meltdown, andRead More...