Oppenheim Law Explains How Short Sales and House Flipping Can Bailout South...
WSJ reporter, James Hagerty, arguably one of the best reporters covering the real estate crisis and with whom I speak with from time-to time wrote a great article this morning concerning professional...
View ArticleThe Wall Street Journal: Why Renting is the New American Dream
For almost three years now I have talked about the idea that the American Dream of homeownership was really only a mirage. While policymakers had good intentions, homeownership has in many instances...
View ArticleNew Year: New Rules – Florida Supreme Court Requires Mediation in Foreclosure
Just as 2009 ended, the Florida Supreme Court announced a uniform procedure for all newly filed foreclosure cases for homestead properties. While the procedure is not yet fully in place, it should be...
View ArticleNow We Know: Why Obama's Loan Modification Program Failed Homeowners –...
This past weekend, I was in our Nation’s capital. It is always interesting to see things from the inside looking out, as opposed to from the outside looking in. It is like being in a house of mirrors....
View ArticleAnother One Bites the Dust…A Salute to Neil Barofsky
The government official who recently left office over the housing crisis is someone who actually fought for the people instead of laying the groundwork for a cushy job awaiting him in the private...
View ArticleObama and the State of the Union — a Political Jekyll and Hyde?
Leading up to the State of the Union, we heard a lot of chatter that a proposed $25 billion settlement with the banks would be a selling point in President Obama’s speech.And maybe it would have been,...
View ArticleDid Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Just Admit Principal Reduction is Good?
Could Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac finally be willing to sign off on principal reduction as a way to keep homeowners out of foreclosure and in their homes? Edward DeMarco, the acting head of the Federal...
View ArticleDallas Fed Calls Out Too Big To Fail Banks
Too Big To Fail used to be a joke. It became an insult hurled by Occupy Wall Street or the Tea Party at the big banks, but that’s all it was. It was never an expression that had any legitimacy. It was...
View ArticlePresidential Debates Let Wall Street Off the Hook
Roy Oppenheim’s commentary was originally published on Yahoo! Homes and is being republished on South Florida Law Blog with their permission. So we’ve managed to get through all three presidential...
View ArticleATM thieves turn tables on banking industry with $45M cybercrime
Like the U.S. banking industry, cyber thieves were able to get away with financial malfeasance and are finding more sophisticated ways to get away with their crimes. The post ATM thieves turn tables on...
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