News & Analysis as of August 16, 2025

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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

Blacklisted Condos: A Growing Crisis for Owners and Buyers

DarrowEverett LLP on 3/25/2025

The blacklisting of condominium/condo associations by financial institutions and insurance providers has emerged as a pressing issue in the real estate finance and housing sector. This practice, which involves lenders or...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 14 & 21, 2017

Carlton Fields on 4/25/2017

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Attorneys’ Fees: mortgage foreclosure plaintiffs seeking attorney’s fees must support their claim with competent, substantial evidence of the number of hours worked and evidence that...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending November 18 & 25, 2016

Carlton Fields on 12/2/2016

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Settlement/Waiver: borrowers permitted to raise affirmative defenses and counterclaims against lender where subject Loan Modification Agreement failed to include waiver of claims, affirmative...more

“Eviscerate” is the Proper Term for What the Ober Opinion Did to the Lis Pendens Statute—But What About Jurisdiction?

Burr & Forman on 8/30/2016

Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal sent the real property and mortgage world into a frenzy this week after issuing its opinion in Ober v. Town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, dramatically weakening the protections of Florida’s...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending June 24 & July 1, 2016

Carlton Fields on 7/11/2016

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Leave to Amend: borrower should have been granted leave to amend to assert affirmative defenses pursuant to motion filed 13 days before trial because there was no prejudice, the...more

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