Palm Beach County judges unable to hear foreclosure cases starting July 1st  – front page of Palm Beach Post.   Mortgage Bankers Association blame “judicial foreclosures” and start propaganda to eliminate judicial foreclosure process.

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Time to overhaul foreclosure process? ‘Court’s cry for help’

By Kimberly Miller
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

WEST PALM BEACH — Nearly a quarter of the nation’s home foreclosures have Florida addresses, leaving the Sunshine State with the largest chunk of the country’s mortgage woe.

The number of Florida loans in foreclosure – 466,454 – is more than the total number of loans in 22 states, according to a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association that looked at mortgage delinquencies in the first quarter of this year. Florida’s share of the national foreclosure pie is 23.7 percent.

And while some states are on the “mend,” churning through foreclosures and getting properties back on the market, Florida’s foreclosure inventory remains mired in a robo-signing scandal and an overburdened court system that has now lost additional resources to chip away at a 310,770-case backlog.

The decision by state lawmakers this year not to extend a one-time $6 million fund to hire more judges, case managers and clerical assistants means more foreclosure court stagnation – a temporary boon for borrowers behind on payments, but trouble for neighborhoods struggling with abandoned and derelict homes.

An order this month from Palm Beach County Circuit Judge John Hoy canceled a July foreclosure hearing, saying that because of a lack of funding, “judges are unavailable to preside over foreclosure trials beginning July 1.”

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Copy of referenced order below…

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4closureFraud.org

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PBC Order on Canceling Foreclosure Trials