Florida's Mortgage Foreclosure Law Links

In Lehigh Acres, Mitt Romney promises to scale back regulations to improve housing market

LEHIGH ACRES -- Standing in front of a foreclosed home in Florida’s foreclosure capital, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised Tuesday that he’d scale back government regulations to improve the housing market. Romney described the new bank-regulation law, known as the Dodd-Frank Act, as a “massive pile of regulations” that made it tougher for banks to refinance loans and, he ...

Judge Sped Through 300 Foreclosures

A judge in Seminole County, Florida, is hearing 300 foreclosure cases in three days. Judge Alan Dickey of Florida's 18th judicial circuit, had scheduled groups of foreclosure cases at a time, such as 10 cases at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, then 13 cases at 10:30 a.m. before his next batch at 1:30 p.m.

Romney talks housing, foreclosures

Mitt Romney has used Florida's damaged housing market as a backdrop for his attacks against Gingrich. That was literally true Tuesday as Romney delivered his remarks in front a home in foreclosure.

The education of Florida's governor

Rick Scott, the Florida governor, doesn't look like a governor. Standing behind the desk in his office, shifting his weight with nervous energy, he looks like a telemarketer. The former health care tycoon is wearing a wireless headset on his narrow bald pate and a white work shirt with his name stitched across the breast. He quickly scans a call sheet, bends down to tap out a phone number, then ...

Wonkbook: What if Republicans lose with Romney?

BREAKING: The GOP primary is turning out as everyone has known it would for months now. Mitt Romney won Florida last night. He won it big, in fact. He won in every income group. He won among every age group. He won among every education level. He won among whites and Latinos. He won among catholics and protestants. He won among voters worried about foreclosures and voters who were not so worried ...