The staggering number of foreclosures has led to a virtual paralysis of the judicial system. Florida is one of the worst affected areas and the courts here are choked with foreclosure cases. This prompted Miami University’s Michael Froomkin to craft The Foreclosure Defense Program. It helps to engage young attorneys with the backlog of foreclosure [...]
Florida courts are drowning in foreclosure cases causing a massive backlog. A task force was set up to recommend suggestions for improving the system and adding more speed to it.
The most attention is likely to be given to compulsory mediation for residential foreclosures. It is being implemented in three judicial courts in Florida. By mandatory [...]
Today the FHA (Federal Housing Agency) has a pivotal role to play in pulling up the economy from foreclosure blues. Following the housing crash there were wide ranging views as to whether ownership should be made easy or more difficult. Worried lenders who had burnt their fingers now want 20% down payment before they will [...]
Las Vegas commercial foreclosure front is showing signs of pessimism laced with optimism for the long term Its commercial real estate market has been hit by the recent economic travails but increasing foreclosures and sharp fall in prices will provide opportunity to many to quickly recover than in other regions. Panelists were speaking about this [...]
Foreclosures have transformed Lake Las Vegas resort from a symbol of prosperity into an emblem of recession. Beyond the suburban spread there lay an artificial lake in the desert flanked by a village with an Italian touch – representing everything that taste and money could buy. But the overflowing milk of prosperity has suddenly curdled.
In [...]
Michigan is struggling caught between the double pincers of unemployment and foreclosures. It has the highest unemployment rate from 2006. The predictions are that in June it will spike to 15.2% and keep on going up before finally taking an about turn. The state has never quite recovered after the 2001 recession.
The collapse of the [...]
Two noted Gold Coast development sites under Mark Hunt of Chicago are being sued for unpaid loans amounting to $50 million. Foreclosure is imminent. One of the sites is the shut down Esquire Theatre. Two suits have been filed.
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation is targeting collection of $33.2 million for the Esquire area that covers half [...]
