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The real estate market in South Florida is changing drastically. Palm Beach County home sellers are putting big price tags on their homes. According to Trulia.com the asking prices for the properties have increased 14.5 percent in the area compared to August of last year. They are the fourth raking region in the nation. Lakeland

In July, South Florida was among the regions with the highest foreclosure rates in the Country. Moreover, one in every 421 homes had a foreclosure filing throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County. The tri-county came in fifth throughout Florida. Palm Bay-Melbourne was among the top with one in every 404 homes in foreclosure, Orlando

The number of foreclosures in Florida is increasing. Brand new foreclosure filings have gone up 24 percent in comparison to the beginning of the year. This increase is the first annual one since the beginning of 2013. And, the belief is that this is part of the foreseen tsunami of homes that will be taken

A report provided by the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches states that investors, which predominately purchase properties in cash only, i.e., who do cash sales, are at the lowest point in several years. Cash deals are a characteristic of investors and it helps differentiate them from homebuyers who customarily require mortgages. These sales went

Many residents in South Florida are confronting a new second wave of foreclosures and their consequences. Banks are attempting to secure unpaid mortgage debts from foreclosed homes that were lost years ago. Beginning June 1st Dyck O’neal filed nearly 110 alleged deficiency judgments; it is a Texas-based collection company, in Palm Beach County, 200 in

A couple of years after the recession, the rate of consumers and businesses filing for bankruptcy have dropped. They have dropped approximately 50 percent in Southwest Florida. Nearly 2,600 companies and residents in Charlotte, Manatee, and Sarasota counties solicited bankruptcy attorneys to defend them against creditors in the last year; this is about half of

July 2014 marks the one-year anniversary of Florida's "Fair Foreclosure Act". The Florida Legislature passed this law requiring, among other things, the plaintiff to confirm in their foreclosure complaint that they are in possession of all the necessary documents to support their case against the defendant. The law also referred to as the "Speedy Foreclosure

A few years after the peak of the recession, the rate of consumers and businesses filing for bankruptcy have dropped. Bankruptcy filings have dropped approximately 50 percent in Southwest Florida. Nearly 2,600 companies and residents in Charlotte, Manatee, and Sarasota counties solicited bankruptcy attorneys to defend them against creditors in the last year; this is

Officials intimately close to the case have stated that Bank of America has come to a record-breaking $17 Billion settlement. The purpose is to conclude the investigation in the role of selling the mortgage-backed securities; prior to the 2008 financial fiasco. Furthermore, an official, who requested to stay anonymous, stated that Bank of America will

Read everything you need to know about Do's and Don'ts of Bankruptcy. DO: Be honest about all of your assets. Even if you think there is a chance that you might lose it, there are probably other ways in which your attorney can prevent that. Or, you may need to come to terms with that