Real Property

lawsuits for piggyback mortgages
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Resurrected ‘Zombie’ Loans years after a foreclosure

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, countless Americans faced the grim reality of foreclosure. Yet, for some, the financial nightmare didn’t end with the loss of their homes. Years, even decades later, some find themselves haunted by “zombie” loans: old, supposedly settled debts that suddenly come back to life, demanding payment, sometimes through…

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A tree hangs onto your neighbor’s property: Who pays to trim it?

It’s a common and old quandary:  A tree growing from your land has branches or roots intruding onto your neighbor’s property, or vice versa.  So . . . whose responsibility is it to trim the encroaching branches? The answer, in Florida, straight from caselaw, is: A possessor of land is not liable to persons outside…

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