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Florida Foreclosure Statute of Limitations

As we’ve discussed in earlier versions of this Florida foreclosure blog, the law on whether and when a lender can foreclose on the same property more than once is in flux.  The Florida Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Bartram v. US Bank on October 7, 2015.  The court will decide whether the acceleration of a mortgage note by a lender conclusively and irreversibly begins the running of the Florida foreclosure statute of limitations (deadline for bringing a lawsuit). In the inte[...]

New Case Polarizes Foreclosure Statute of Limitations in Florida

Foreclosure Statute of Limitations in Florida NEW CASE PRESENTS HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERS FACING SECOND FORECLOSURE ACTION In an earlier bankruptcy and foreclosure blog, we discussed a case, US Bank v. Bartram,  that was troubling for homeowners.  The case, which was decided by Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal, allowed a lender’s second foreclosure action against the same homeowner to move forward despite the homeowner’s argument that the statute of limitations (i.e. time limit for fi[...]