Author Archive for Alex Wagner

A U.S. Senior District Judge sentenced two men to 63 months in prison for running a net of fake foreclosure defense firms. The verdict was handed down to Joseph Hilton and Adam Forman, with Hilton ordered to pay approximately $1.4M […]

The Delaware Court of Chancery officially blocked the tobacco company ITG Brands from trying to get its way out of a settlement involving the state of Florida and four brand of cigarettes the company purchased. The issue stemmed from a […]

The cost of renting apartments has risen rapidly across U.S. housing markets as the number of individuals renting households has increased faster than the number of available units. As these rental costs have gone up, a recently published survey has […]

The first court case involving eight elderly residents who died inside a Florida nursing home after Hurricane Irma is now underway. A Miami law firm filed a complaint in the Broward Circuit Court on behalf of Albertina Vega, a 99-year-old […]

Around 200 million consumers in the United States have a FICO credit score, a number which determines an individual’s risk in borrowing, and can influence whether or not you are able to get certain kinds of credit cards and loans, […]

A set of released appellate court decisions from the Third District Court of Appeals recently contained a rare opinion on the topic of foreclosure and lender legal standing. Legal standing is an issue within the district ever since the housing […]

A state Supreme Court in Texas will soon hear a case between a payday lender and some of its customers who allege that the company waived their arbitration agreements after filing criminal charges against a number of borrowers. The company, […]

Harvard University recently released a national report on housing affordability, detailing their findings on home and rental trends. According to the report, almost 39 million U.S. residents are living in homes that they can’t afford, signalling an issue over affordability […]

A lender serving foreclosure papers ran into a problem when the defendant argued that no litigation had started because the papers had the name “Fracis.” Lender MTGLQ attempted to serve court documents on foreclosure of a two-bedroom condominium against an […]

A recent Florida Supreme Court decision disagreed with an argument stating that a local property owner should receive compensation because of a county agreement allowed a phosphate mine to operate near a rehabilitation center. The court ruling was a based […]