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Vacant Home Hijackings Growing Throughout South Florida; 200 Adverse Possession Claims Filed In Recent Months In Broward, Palm Beach Counties

By r morris

In South Florida, the Sun Sentinel reports:Imagine going to a house or condo you own and finding a stranger living there who claims the property no longer belongs to you. It's happening across Florida and other parts of the country through what authorities say is abuse of a centuries-old concept known as adverse possession.(1)Dating back to Renaissance England, adverse possession allowed people

Full post as published by The Home Equity Theft Reporter on June 13, 2010 (boomark / email).