The backing is blamed on homeowners allegedly dragging their feet. In reality, banks have been the cause because of federal directives to pursue loss-mitigation alternatives or by voluntarily slowing down the process to explore settlement options in the interests of both … Read more
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Roy Oppenheim of Oppenheim Law Featured in USA Today: Foreclosures take biggest dive in years in November
By Julie Schmit U.S. foreclosure filings saw their biggest drop last month in at least five years after revelations that thousands of foreclosure documents may have been improperly prepared. November filings dropped 21% from October and 14% from November 2009, … Read more
Broward homeowner alleges robo-signer wrongdoing in foreclosure case with Oppenheim Law
by Paul Owers Long before the furor over foreclosures exploded nationwide, Gerta Kachko figured something was amiss. The computer programmer from New Jersey lost her job in 2008, nearly three years after she had taken out a $350,400 mortgage on … Read more
Roy Oppenheim Addresses Those Who Have Recently Purchased a Home Through Illegal Foreclosure
Oppenheim Law Foreclosure Defense Workshop: Transcript The third group of people to consider is those who have recently purchased a home through a foreclosure, which may have been done illegally. What should we call these people, any ideas? I refer … Read more
Roy Oppenheim on the Judiciary’s “Offensive Pass Interference”.
Transcript: Oppenheim Law’s Foreclosure Defense Workshop For those of you who read my blog, I wrote an article the weekend after I had the good fortune of going to a homecoming football game with my family, where my daughter … Read more
Roy Oppenheim on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s ‘New’ Expectations
Foreclosure Defense Workshop Transcript by Roy Oppenheim Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sent a really funny letter this past week, to 1200 to 1500 servicers of loans, which I must share with you. They said, to the servicers, “We expect … Read more
Roy Oppenheim Addresses Those Who Have Lost Their Homes to Foreclosure
Foreclosure Defense Workshop Transcript by Roy Oppenheim The next group is people who have already lost their home to foreclosure. Those people have the right to bring an action of fraud upon the court, have their foreclosure voided, and get … Read more
Roy Oppenheim Urges Florida Homeowners: Make That Call
Transcript: November Foreclosure Defense Workshop At a glance, the law is very short and innocuous, but when you consider its implications, it becomes very clear that the reason this went to the Senate about a week ago, is as a … Read more
Foreclosure Crisis: Are Judges Now Traffic Cops? Oppenheim Asks
Florida Foreclosure Defense Workshop by Roy Oppenheim Another questionable issue is why retired judges were brought in on a permanent basis, to take over an entire division of the court and to do foreclosure. In doing so, other judges have … Read more
Daily Business Review November 17,2010 Foreclosure Bank Fraud: How to Put Humpty Together Again by Roy Oppenheim
Transcript: Foreclosure Defense Workshop by Roy Oppenheim The best analogy to use for this crisis is that of Humpty Dumpty. Let us consider Humpty Dumpty to be the Mortgage. If we consider this in the historical and traditional sense, then … Read more