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Documentary Stamp Tax on Renewal Loans - A Review of the Basics
Douglas L. Waldorf, May 29, 2013
With property values slowly increasing and borrowers beginning to see the light at the end of a long recession, the demand for renewal loans is slowly building. To that end, let’s briefly review a few of the key rules concerning documentary stamp taxes as they apply to renewal loans.

Municipal Liens vs. Mortgages: Florida’s Supreme Court Rules on Superpriority Issue
Douglas L. Waldorf, May 24, 2013
In my April 18th post, I discussed the recent trend of municipalities enacting ordinances designed to give their code enforcement liens “superpriority” over prior-recorded mortgages. Basically, the municipalities have sought to achieve for their liens the same priority as that afforded...

Magistrates to Handle Florida Residential Foreclosure Actions - Florida Supreme Court Amends Rule 1.490 and Significantly Changes Landscape of Residential Foreclosure Litigation
Scott St. Amand,Douglas L. Waldorf, May 17, 2013
It is no secret that Florida consistently ranks among the worst states in the union in regards to the mire of the residential mortgage foreclosure case backlog. From 2007 to 2013, approximately 1.5 million foreclosure cases have been filed in Florida alone. As of February 2013, nearly 360,000 cases...

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