FLORIDA FORECLOSURES: Defending Deficiency Actions
The Florida legislature has imposed a deadline for filing deficiency actions. That’s better than nothing. At least there is some protection for homeowners. However, you still have to know about the protection and assert the correct affirmative defense.
FORECLOSURE DEFENSE: Bank Appeals Crushing Loss
Recently, our firm won a foreclosure trial by arguing a bank cannot simply renege on a loan modification agreement whenever it chooses, even if it was a “trial loan modification.” This new precedent is dangerous for lenders because several of them have been guilty of arbitrarily yanking modifications even when homeowners make all the “good-faith” trial plan payments. So, after READ FULL POST
FORECLOSURE DEFENSE: Bank Reduces Principal to Avoid Exposure
We are still waiting for the day a judge or government official orders a bank to write down a home loan. It may never happen. However, there may be other ways to get the same result through foreclosure defense. In this case,[1] the bank voluntarily came out of pocket to pay down our client´s home loan. Here is how it READ FULL POST
FORECLOSURE DEFENSE: DEFECTIVE BREACH LETTERS
this article describes a foreclosure affirmative defense based upon the bank’s failure to provide a timely, valid notice of default.
FORECLOSURE LAW: Taboo of Stripping a Mortgage through Quiet Title
Our law firm is one over a dozen foreclosure cases. So, now what? Is it possible to get the property free and clear up the mortgage?
Taxation of Canceled Debt: Foreclosure Backlash
So, you’re having trouble keeping your head above water with the mortgage payments on your home. You start to slip behind and find that your home is now being foreclosed. What’s next? You can now expect a Form 1099-C from your bank or lender stating that they are forgiving a portion of your debt that remains unpaid. Great news, right? READ FULL POST
Harrington Law Takes on City Hall
Business attorney, Jeff Harrington, represents local business owner in dispute with City Hall..
PALM BEACH POST: HLA Forces Lender to Modify Homeloan
Harrington law persuades judge to force lender to modify loan.
Channel 12 Interview: Jeff Harrington re Digital Domain
Channel 12 gets perspective of local business attorney, Jeffrey Harrington, on Digital Domain’s unexpected bankruptcy filing in Palm Beach County.
HLA affiliates with Madrid law firm Palaez & Zaforteza
Madrid, XX nov (EFE).- El exfiscal de la Audiencia Nacional Ignacio Peláez y el exmagistrado Mariano Zaforteza, que representan a conocidos empresarios y personalidades en asuntos civiles y penales, se han unido para crear un despacho de abogados centrado en el asesoramiento a empresas. En declaraciones a Efe, Peláez y Zaforteza explicaron que la idea de la alianza surgió hace READ FULL POST