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Recently, the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled against a case involving a collateral mortgage, stating that initiation of foreclosure proceedings does not count as “irreparable harm” that is needed to justify a temporary injunction. The ruling came in […]

Buyers and investors from outside Florida are taking a special interest in apartment complexes within the Miami area, evidenced by the large amount of properties that have changed hands in the last quarter. Within the last three months, at least […]

Florida district courts of appeal have reaffirmed a decision concerning housing community associations’ governing documents will override existing law as it concerns to assigning liability for previous owners’ unpaid maintenance charges. This was reaffirmed most recently in a case concerning […]

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 […]

In response to state legislature failing to address the issue of medical marijuana, The Florida Department of Health decided to move ahead on their own. The department issued a Notice of Regulation Development Procedure in order to show the public […]

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 […]

A new District Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the statute of limitations regarding companies foreclosing on municipal liens, when differing laws may exist. The rule clarification came when the company Riviera Beach tried to collect on real estate that […]

As residential communities and complexes struggle to deal with the growing trend of short-term rentals from companies such as Airbnb, organizers turn to courts to codify the limitations of these types of arrangements. In regards to this growing issue, the First […]