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This article is the first in a multi-part series based on the Lowndes white paper, “Selling & Acquiring Distressed Real Estate in Florida.” Each installment will examine key legal and strategic considerations for acquiring...more
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
On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida sustained the debtors’ objection to mortgage lender Benworth Capital Partners, LLC’s proof of claim and held that the state’s statutory...more
Alert October 23, 2020 Due to the economic impacts of COVID-19, many states have issued moratoriums on foreclosures and evictions. Some of those moratoriums have expired. However, even if a lender is now able to obtain a...more
Florida’s Governor Desantis has extended Executive Order Number 20-180 to 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2020. The Executive Order, titled “Limited Extension of Mortgage Foreclosure and Eviction Relief” provides, in relevant part: ...more
On March 20, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 220 into law. The bill is designed to limit the ability of defendants in foreclosure proceedings to keep contesting the foreclosure after agreeing, in bankruptcy, to...more
On March 16, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court solidified the position of its November 3, 2016 opinion in Bartram v. U.S. Bank, N.A., SC14-1266, 2016 WL 6538647 by denying the motions for rehearing filed in response to the...more
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
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
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
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
The UCC was supposed to make enforcing negotiable instruments a simpler, more streamlined process. It has proven anything but in Florida. Continuing a trend that now stretches back years, mortgage lenders have had an...more
The opinion of Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal in Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Beauvais, No. 3D14-575, 2014 WL 7156961 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 17, 2014) has been a lightning rod for criticism from federal courts in...more
The Distressed Condominium Relief Act enacted as Part VII of the Condominium Act in 2010 (“Act”) was a temporary measure to encourage absorption of unsold condominium units arising as a result of the Great Recession. This...more