Fleysher Law Blog

An advisory committee to the Florida Supreme Court informed the Palm Beach Circuit chief judge that an administrative order that throws out certain motions in foreclosure cases as “abandoned” is a local rule. According to Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, a local rule is a rule of “practice or procedure” for trial court application only; because local conditions require it. It provides an omission or facilitates an application of a

Florida leads the states with the largest number of REOs, bank repossessions, in October 2014 according to RealtyTrac. Maryland, however, has taken the lead in the highest foreclose rates of the nation. Banks in Florida repossessed 4,905 properties. This is 2,000 less than that in California. Ohio came in third with 2,057, Illinois with 1,620, Maryland with 1,602. And, four more states with more than 1,000 REOs in October. Although

A new report states that although the number of abandoned foreclosed homes has been decreasing locally, Florida continues to surpass the rest of the country with the number of zombie homes. By the end of the third quarter, the commonly named ˝zombie” homes in Palm Beach County are up to 2,749; which is around 35 perfect down from last year, stated RealtyTrac Firm. Broward County was down 19 percent from

The First District Court of Appeal has thrown out the evidence presented in three foreclosure cases. They did this due to the lenders’ witnesses being unqualified to testify. In two of the cases, the court stated that the lawsuits should get dismissal in favor of the homeowners. The banks have 30 days to file a motion for rehearing or the decisions will become active throughout the state. It has been

Palm Beach County has a small increase in new foreclosure cases in September; however, they were still lower than in September of last year. This is all according to the Clerk & Comptroller’s latest statistics in Palm Beach County. In September, 484 new foreclosure cases were filed. 480 cases were filed in August providing a 0.83 percent increase. But, there was an 11.5 percent decrease in comparison from the 547