Jan 08, 2013 09:39 EST Oppenheim Law “This key tax break was only extended for another year, so if you are just thinking about a short sale, I urge you to start the process immediately,” advises Roy Oppenheim, a real estate lawyer in Fort Lauderdale.
Jan 07, 2013 23:40 EST Oppenheim Law "Most of my clients did not apply because they thought the process was rigged," said Roy Oppenheim, a housing lawyer in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Jan 07, 2013 19:08 EST Oppenheim Law “I have no idea how they’re going to figure this out,” said Roy Oppenheim, a foreclosure defense lawyer in Weston. "It's a black box, and they don't want you to know what's inside the black box."
Jan 07, 2013 14:15 EST Oppenheim Law Weston attorney Roy Oppenheim, who specializes in foreclosure defense, said the IFR panels weren’t truly independent because the banks hired and paid the reviewers, who often didn’t have much experience.
Jan 07, 2013 14:11 EST Oppenheim Law Foreclosure defense attorney Roy Oppenheim said he believes there will be more disciplinary cases forthcoming as the bar continues to work on investigations into foreclosure-mill bosses such as David Stern, who owned the Plantation-based Law Offices of David J. Stern
Jan 07, 2013 13:49 EST Oppenheim Law “This crisis is the lowest point in the Florida Bar’s history,” attorney Roy Oppenheim, who defends homeowners in such cases, said of the way foreclosures have been handled in the state in recent years.
Jan 03, 2013 14:39 EST Oppenheim Law In all the fanfare about last night's last-minute buzzer-beater agreement to avert the fiscal cliff, you may not have realized that a major component to the housing market's revival actually survived.
Dec 15, 2012 09:43 EST Oppenheim Law By choosing not to indict HSBC for money laundering, the Department of Justice is almost guaranteeing Wall Street will grow and grow and keep making the same mistakes.
Dec 13, 2012 11:06 EST Oppenheim Law It's not enough to blame Wall Street for the housing market collapse, in fact it is important to understand why their conduct was so detrimental to our economy.
Dec 06, 2012 10:14 EST Oppenheim Law It is unrealistic to expect the mortgage interest deduction to survive the fiscal cliff without some alterations, and that is probably a good thing.