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Having experience here, it is clear that the the majority of Florida Courts (especially in South Florida, are fast tracking foreclosures at the expense of the State's citizens. This is being done even though the laws and the recent Nationwide settlement should protect homeowners. For whatever rea...

By Samantha Joseph of the Miami Today: A Dutch developer is eyeing Biscayne Bay for a $200 million floating development. Netherlands-based Dutch Docklands wants the equivalent of 500 to 1,000 acres to build a floating island with housing, schools, offices, shopping centers, hotels and perhaps a g...

The Law Offices of Aaron Resnick, P.A. along with the law firm Erez & Sonn, PA announced that it is filing a FINRA arbitration claim against Success Trade Securities, Inc. (“Success Trade”) located in Washington D.C.. The claim involves sales by Success Trade of promissory notes to primarily prof...

Good news for single family home investors, rehabbers and buyers seeking to use low-down payment FHA financing: The temporary waiver of FHA's 90-day “anti-flipping” rule was extended last week through 2014. The waiver, which facilitates purchases of homes from sellers who have held title to their...

Borrowers who suffered a foreclosure or bankruptcy during the recent recession may still be able to qualify for an FHA mortgage under new guidelines established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The new rules allow borrowers whose credit was damaged due to a temporary loss...

Consumers have two weeks left to ask for an independent review of their foreclosure cases, an analysis that could result in compensation up to $125,000 if lender wrongdoing is found. Federal banking officials are overseeing the free reviews on primary residences that were in the foreclosure proce...

Homeowners facing foreclosure just received an early holiday present: They won't be evicted from their homes over the holidays. Mortgage giants, Freddie Mac (FMCC, Fortune 500) and Fannie Mae (FNMA, Fortune 500), announced Monday that they will suspend all bank repossessions beginning December 17...

Former NFL quarterback Daunte Culpepper has lost a South Florida home he owned to a bank in a foreclosure case. Broward County court records show the 9,867-square-foot home was surrendered in April to SunTrust Bank in lieu of foreclosure. The bank dropped its lawsuit against Culpepper earlier thi...

EverBank has agreed to pay $37 million to more than 32,000 mortgage borrowers who were foreclosed upon, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Friday afternoon. Borrowers who were in any stage of foreclosure with EverBank in 2009 or 2010 will be eligible to receive cash payments ...

Electronic Arts said it had reached a settlement with former college football athletes who have accused the company of using their images without permission and would not be making a new game for the popular NCAA Football series in 2014. The athletes sued the video game publisher and the National...

After suing Miami Heat superstar guard Dwyane Wade for at least $1 million, the ex-wife voluntarily dropped the suit over endorsements. Per the Chicago Sun-Times: “Siohvaughn Funches-Wade claimed in a lawsuit filed just Tuesday that proceeds from the Miami Heat star's endorsement deals are not be...

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Live CLE Seminar Defending a Foreclosure: Help Families Save Their Homes January 22, 2013 • Miami, FL LawReviewCle's Foreclosure Defense in America is an in-depth examination of the tools you will need to build a successful foreclosure defense practice, along with a detailed treatment of the emer...

Big news is coming to Miami. Late Monday the Daily Mail in England reported, with some certainty, David Beckham is in “final negotiations” to become owner of an MLS expansion team in Miami. This is nothing new. When the retired English star signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007 he had a clau...

After multiple lawsuits over interns' wages, magazine conglomerate Condé Nast shut down their internship program on Oct. 23. Three Condé Nast interns sued the company after they believed they had been unfairly compensated for the work they did and wanted to see interns have the ability to unioniz...

A business leasing commercial property must be careful in agreeing to and signing a lease. Beyond the dollars and cents of the agreement and the location and layout of the premises, a business leasing real estate (a “lessee” or “tenant”) must consider how to protect itself before, during and afte...

This is an invite to join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvre at Michael Saylor's home, Villa Vecchia, this Thursday night, July 25, 2013, from 7 pm to 10 pm in honor of Commissioner Michael Gongora, who is running for Mayor of Miami Beach. The suggested donation is $100.00. There is free valet pa...

According to the South Florida Business Journal, Brazil was back on top in August among consumers surfing the Internet to get information on Miami real estate. See article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2013/09/10/brazil-tops-foreign-countries-web.html Following Brazil were Ca...

FROM: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-09/blackstone-steps-up-home-buying-as-prices-jump-mortgages.html Blackstone Group LP (BX), the largest U.S. private real estate owner, accelerated purchases of single- family homes as prices jumped faster than it expected. ent in the 12 months through O...

FROM http://www.dsnews.com/articles/ten-banks-reach-85m-deal-with-regulators-in-foreclosure-settlement-2013-01-07 Ten major mortgage servicers reached an agreement with federal regulators to pay more than $8.5 billion over alleged foreclosure abuses, the Federal Reserve announced in a release Mon...

Article Excerpt Double Play: Sports Arenas Add Upscale Nightclubs BY ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES Miami At a growing number of sports arenas, sky boxes are no longer enough. The Miami Heat recently unveiled Hyde American Airlines Arena, a spinoff of the Hyde Lounge nightclub in Hollywood, Calif. On ope...

Miami Attorney Aaron Resnick was quoted in the 20th Anniversary Issue on Ocean Drive Magazine. Ocean Drive magazine is the quintessential fashion and lifestyle magazine for South Florida, delivering the latest trends in fashion, beauty, art, travel, real estate, and entertainment. With its infect...

Attorney Aaron Resnick is on the Host Committee for this great event benefiting the Overtown Music Project. Overtown Music Project's annual fundraiser will be at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach on Saturday, January 26, 2013, and will showcase a mash up of an 18-piece big band with hip hop, funk ...

Back in the prior boom years of 2004-2008/9, Developers and Real Estate Agents were always confident that the South Florida real estate market was unstoppable. No one would admit that there was too many condominiums being built, or recognize other potential market conditions that would come to wi...

Two Arizona football players are among the six current college football players in a lawsuit against the NCAA. Seniors Jake Fischer and Jake Smith join Vanderbilt linebacker Chase Garnham, Clemson cornerback Darius Robinson and Minnesota tight end Moses Alipate and wide receiver Victor Keise in s...