Real Estate & Property Law

3 Orlando Unlicensed Loan Modification Firms Sued
The state Office of Financial Regulation launched a statewide campaign Thursday against unlicensed companies that are modifying mortgages, announcing charges against three Orlando businesses...

Florida Loan Mod Firms Will Soon Need a License: Its About Time!
The clock is ticking for unlicensed companies trying to entice home buyers to modify their mortgages. Or demanding an upfront fee to help them out. Come Jan. 1, anyone who provides loan modification services must have an active license from the Florida Office of Financial Regulation...

Florida Loan Modification Firms Must Be Licensed
The days of simply hanging out a shingle and opening up a loan modification business are coming to an end in Florida. As of Jan. 1, individuals or companies providing loan modification services must be licensed by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR)...

Keep Living in Your Home & Liberty Home Solutions: Loan mod firms slapped with complaint
Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation served complaints today on five South Florida companies allegedly performing home loan modifications without a license, including two in Palm Beach County...

Florida Loan Modification Firms No Longer Allowed to Roam Free
The days of simply opening up shop and starting a loan modification business have come to an end in Florida. Individuals or businesses providing loan modification services must now be licensed as a mortgage broker by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) in order to conduct business...

6 Nevada Loan Modification Firms Served Cease and Desist Orders
The State of Nevada has issued Cease & Desist orders against6 loan modification firms for failing to comply with state law. The new law issues last month by The Division of Business & Industry requires that firms who offer mortgage modification services post a bond...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Whats a Home Loan Modification?
How to Qualify for a Home Loan Modification

Florida State Settles with Feds over Disclosure of Personal Driver Info
Florida State Settles with Feds over Disclosure of Personal Driver Info

Unlicensed Software
NovaStar Mortgage Inc. pays Business Software Alliance $112,000 settlement for using unlicensed copies of computer programs.

Apeks Scuba Diving Regulator
Recalled Due To Missing Part

Hope Food Supply
ordered to shut down by FDA and recall seafood products

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

Greka Oll and Gas
EPA Orders Clean-up of Toxic PCBs