September 2011 - FREE CONSULTATION

Recent Ruling could have major implications on Florida Foreclosures setting Precedent for Similar Cases

Posted on September 18, 2011by Admin

A recent ruling in Wellington, FL could have major implications on foreclosure proceedings statewide. The ruling from the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the owners of a Wellington home whose bank filed papers sworn by a loan service employee who had no personal knowledge of the case.

This decision reversed an earlier ruling stating the homeowners owed more than $400,000 to LaSalle Bank. The amount was based on an affidavit of indebtedness signed by an employee who obtained the information from a company computer.

The decision hits at the essence of the nation’s foreclosure robo-signing scandal in which tens of thousands of foreclosure court documents were signed by people swearing they had personal knowledge of cases when they did not. From July 2010 to June of this year more then 100,000 foreclosure cases were dismissed in Florida courts often because lenders did not file important paperwork properly.

Foreclosure defense attorney, Timothy Kingcade has helped many facing foreclosure alleviate their stress by letting them stay in their homes for at least another year, allowing them to re-organize their lives. If you have any questions on the topic of foreclosure please feel free to contact me at (305) 285-9100. You can also find useful consumer information on the Kingcade & Garcia, P.A. website at www.miamibankruptcy.com.

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Economic Conditions Push U.S. Poverty Rate to New Heights

Posted on September 18, 2011by Admin

It is estimated that 46.2 million people are now considered to be living in poverty, which is 2.6 million more than last year. New census data released for 2010 show that the poverty rate has risen 15.1%. That’s up from 14.3% in 2009. With the current economic conditions and many Americans out of work, these statistics are not surprising.
The U.S. government defines the poverty line as an income of $22,314 a year for a family of 4 or $11,139 for an individual. The poverty rate for adults 18-64 rose to 13.7% and the rate for children under 18 increased to 22% in 2010. This translates to 1 in 5 children in America living in poverty. The rate for women living below the poverty line is 16.2% and for men the rate is 14%. Race was also a factor in the study. The poverty rate was lowest for non-Hispanic whites at 9.9%. Blacks had the highest rate at 27.4%, followed by people of Hispanic origin at 26.6%. Asians had a poverty rate of 12.1%.

The income used to calculate poverty status includes earnings, workman’s compensation, unemployment insurance, Social Security, veteran’s payments, pensions, interest and dividends.

If you have any questions on this topic or are in need of a financial fresh start, please contact our experienced team of bankruptcy attorneys at (305) 285-9100. Since 1996 Kingcade & Garcia, P.A. has been helping people from all walks of life build a better tomorrow. Our attorneys’ help thousands of people every year take advantage of their rights under bankruptcy protection to restart, rebuild and recover. You can also find useful consumer information on the Kingcade & Garcia, P.A. website at www.miamibankruptcy.com.

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Thirty-Two Plaintiffs File RICO Action against JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Home Finance, LLC

Posted on September 10, 2011by Admin

A Complaint has recently been filed in the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, Florida against JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Home Finance, LLC. The 29-page Complaint alleges several causes of action including violations of the Florida RICO Act, and requests temporary and permanent injunctive relief on a national level to halt all Chase-related foreclosure activity in the eight separate states in which the Plaintiffs reside.

The Complaint alleges a pattern of criminal activity on the part of JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Home Finance in connection with the institution of both judicial and non-judicial foreclosures. These include but are not limited to the filing and recording of forged and fraudulent documents, fraudulent collection activities, intentional misuse of the MERS system, and the intentional misrepresentation in foreclosures across the United States. The four counts from the complaint include:

COUNT I: COMMON LAW FRAUD
COUNT II: CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD
COUNT III: VIOLATIONS OF FLORIDA CIVIL REMEDIES FOR CRIMINAL
PRACTICES ACT (FLORIDA RICO ACT)
COUNT IV: TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

If you have any questions on this topic or are in need of a financial fresh start, please contact our experienced team of bankruptcy and foreclosure defense attorneys at (305) 285-9100. Since 1996 the attorneys at Kingcade & Garcia, P.A. have been helping people from all walks of life build a better tomorrow. You can also find useful consumer information on the Kingcade & Garcia, P.A. website at www.miamibankruptcy.com.

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U.S. is set to Sue Big Banks over Mortgages

Posted on September 10, 2011by Admin

The Federal agency that oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is scheduled to file suit against more than a dozen big banks. The suit is accusing Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and other banks of misrepresenting the quality of mortgage securities they assembled and sold at the height of the housing bubble, and are seeking billions of dollars in compensation.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency suits are expected to be filed in the coming days and stem from subpoenas the finance agency issued to banks a year ago. The suits will argue the banks, which assembled the mortgages and marketed them as securities to investors, failed to perform the due diligence required under securities law and missed evidence that borrowers’ incomes were inflated or falsified. When many borrowers were unable to pay their mortgages, the securities backed by the mortgages quickly lost value. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lost more than $30 billion, in part as a result of the deals. These losses were borne mostly to tax payers.
The suits are being filed now because regulators are concerned that it will be much harder to make claims after a three-year statute of limitations expires this Wednesday, the third anniversary of the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

If you have any questions on this topic or are in need of a financial fresh start, please contact our experienced team of bankruptcy and foreclosure defense attorneys at (305) 285-9100. You can also find useful consumer information on the Kingcade & Garcia, P.A. website at www.miamibankruptcy.com.

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Bankruptcy Attorney Timothy Kingcade Discusses Bankruptcy Trends with South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel

Posted on September 10, 2011by Admin

Bankruptcy attorney Timothy Kingcade was recently quoted in the Sun-Sentinel and talked bankruptcy trends with workplace reporter, Marcia Pounds. The story was published on September 2, 2011 and discussed how the number of South Florida consumers filing for bankruptcy fell nearly 21 percent, to 2,690 in August, from 3,387 that same month in 2010.

Timothy Kingcade attributes this trend to a stalled home foreclosure process and people being unable to afford to file bankruptcy. “I see so many people who have been unemployed for 18 months. They say, ‘I need to file, but I need a job first,’ he said.

Since 1996 Timothy Kingcade has been helping people from all walks of life build a better tomorrow by taking advantage of their rights under bankruptcy protection laws. To compliment Attorney Kingcade’s extensive experience in bankruptcy law, he is also a certified public accountant (CPA), which provides him with a unique understanding of how to handle tax-motivated bankruptcy cases against the IRS.

If you have any questions on this topic or are in need of a financial fresh start, please contact our experienced team of bankruptcy and foreclosure defense attorneys at (305) 285-9100. You can also find useful consumer information on the Kingcade & Garcia, P.A. website at www.miamibankruptcy.com.

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Burt Reynolds Florida Home in Foreclosure

Posted on September 4, 2011by Admin

It seems that even Hollywood celebrities are not exempt from financial difficulties these days. Burt Reynolds joins the list of Hollywood celebrities that recently had their home foreclosed upon. The 4-acre waterfront estate the actor owned in Hobe Sound, Florida had a $1.2 million mortgage on the house, which reports state had not been paid since September 2010.

Merrill Lynch is asking a judge to order the Reynolds’ home be sold to satisfy all debts, including a $750,000 second mortgage held by Bank Atlantic. It is reported that the Mediterranean-style home, which has a swimming pool, private beach, boat dock, cinema and its own hair salon, is valued at $2.4 million.

To read more on the story visit:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/burt-reynolds-bottoms-florida-foreclosure/story?id=14324008
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/17/real_estate/burt_reynolds_foreclosure/index.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/burt-reynolds-facing-foreclosure_n_930443.html