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Adams & Reese

Florida Appeals Court Reverses Mortgage Foreclosure for Lack of Specific Findings

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A Florida Appeals court ruled that specific findings are required in mortgage foreclosure summary judgments – generic orders are not sufficient. Lenders and foreclosure attorneys must provide detailed, record-based...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Florida Introduces “True Lender” Legislation

On October 9, Florida introduced SB 146, which amends the Florida Consumer Finance Act (CFA), and joins other states that have passed laws characterizing certain nonbanks as the “true lender” of loans made through a bank...more

Baker Donelson

Florida Update – No Standing, No Fees is Dead: Borrowers Can Recover Fees When They Prevail on a Standing Defense

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In an opinion issued on December 31, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court resolved a certified conflict between several of the Florida appellate courts as to whether borrowers who prevail on an argument that the lender lacked...more

Lowndes

Appellate Court Restores Lis Pendens Protections in Do-Ober Decision

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The tides have turned in Ober v. Town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea as the Fourth District Court of Appeal recently reversed its decision and revived the full impact of Florida’s lis pendens statute. By withdrawing and replacing...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

New court decision affects Florida foreclosures

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Until late 2016, Florida appellate courts had not considered what happens to liens placed on property between a foreclosure final judgment and a foreclosure sale. However, an August 24, 2016 opinion issued by the Fourth DCA...more

Carlton Fields

Resolving Shopping Center Foreclosures in Florida - Considerations for Lenders

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Shopping centers in Florida—and across the country—are increasingly facing financial stress due to factors such as Internet commerce and rent pressures. Rents generated from a shopping center are usually pledged as...more

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Surviving the Zombie [Foreclosure] Apocalypse

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Preparing For A World When Lis Pendens Protections Are All But Ober - “BEWARE REAL PROPERTY LITIGATORS” warns a former chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar. This advice, given...more

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