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A Palm Beach County woman had her bank account frozen for nearly three years. This is until a Broward County circuit judge ordered Bank of America to unfreeze it and BB&T to refrain from the pursuit of collecting funds from her account. Amy Kodsi’s Bank of America account had $720,000 when it was frozen by

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

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

Homeowners and condominium associations were doing an adequate job of collecting monies. This is due to them including write-offs that were so troublesome or hard for the association to deal with. This is all before the market crashed in 2008. The court system became highly overwhelmed with mortgage foreclosures. And, unchallenged cases would typically take

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

An absurd amount of Americans are questioning whether or not they should refinance their mortgage. This is due to the unexpected fall of rates last week. These inquiries were coming in by the millions from current homeowners and soon-to-be-homeowners who are looking for a bargain. The favorable circumstance came from the commotion that got the

Lenders are granting non-U.S. residents better access to credit, i.e., loans, in order to finance investment properties or vacation homes. This is happening through a foreign-national mortgage without them ever having to step into the U.S. This loan service for people abroad requires that they put at least 40 percent down on a property. These

As the real estate market has begun to cool down, many builders are throwing incentives to prospective buyers to see who will bite. Some are including pools or built-in barbecues. Meanwhile, others are agreeing to cover up to $10,000 in closing costs or subsidize mortgage rates. From Sacramento, California to Orlando, Florida builders are doing

The increase in home prices has begun to slow down due to less interest from investors. On a seasonally adjusted basis, during the month of June, property prices only rose 0.1 percent, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency; as opposed to the estimated 0.5 percent that data gathered by Bloomberg predicted. After helping to

 During the recession property values were so high. And, obtaining credit was almost as simple as getting something out of a vending machine that many owners took out two and even three mortgages. However, when the market crashed and the surplus ended, many were left swimming upstream without a paddle. With such a large amount