TAMPA, Fla. — Hillsborough County court records suggest a South Florida real estate company has tried to collect thousands of dollars in fees despite a judge’s September order against the company.
An email chain filed in court by the Florida Office of the Attorney General details MV Realty’s attempt to collect more than $9,000 in early termination fees from a Cape Coral resident just days after Judge Darren Farfante’s order called the company’s controversial 40-year contracts “unconscionable and thereby unenforceable.”
In 2022, Attorney General Ashley Moody filed suit against MV Realty, accusing the company of “engaging in a complex and deceptive scheme that attempts to skirt existing Florida law with the goal of swindling consumers out of their home equity.”…