Five years after Hurricane Wilma hit, insurers getting new claims, lawsuits Five years after Hurricane Wilma crossed Florida, insurers still are being whipped as they deal with new and reopened claims that have come along years after the storm. By now, it seems Wilma might have been forgotten. The storm made landfall near Marco Island …
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Argentines risking it all to carry huge wads of cash
Argentines risking it all to carry huge wads of cash The “marker” lurks inside the bank, looking for people pulling large amounts of cash from a safe deposit box or a bank account. The gunmen linger outside, usually on motorcycles, waiting to make their move. For people such as Carolina Piparo, eight months pregnant and …
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Brilliant hotel plan goes south [South Florida]
Brilliant hotel plan goes south BOB BRILLIANT’S PLAN WAS NOT to just retire to Florida, but to take his considerable life savings and invest in a promising business that also would provide him with a job. At first, the plan seemed like a good one: A hotel with nightly rentals of apartment-like rooms near Siesta …
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Paperwork Trail: The Lawyers Who Fight Foreclosures – WSJ.com
Paperwork Trail: The Lawyers Who Fight Foreclosures The paperwork mess muddying home foreclosures erupted last month. But the legal strategy behind it traces to a lawyer’s gambit in 2006 that has helped keep one couple in their home six years beyond their last mortgage payment. Lillian and Robert Jackson stopped paying on their home in …
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Mortgage Damage Spreads
Mortgage Damage Spreads The unfolding foreclosure-processing debacle is causing bank stocks to slide and putting millions of delinquent borrowers in limbo. But how disruptive the crisis ultimately becomes—for homeowners, the housing market and the broader economy—depends on how quickly a number of technical problems and legal challenges are resolved in the months ahead. In essence, …
From a Maine House, a National Foreclosure Freeze
From a Maine House, a National Foreclosure Freeze The house that set off the national furor over faulty foreclosures is blue-gray and weathered. The porch is piled with furniture and knickknacks awaiting the next yard sale. In the driveway is a busted pickup truck. No one who lives there is going anywhere anytime soon. Nicolle …
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