November 17, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC – November 17, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) today announced that it has shut down 85 alleged online mortgage modification scams that prey on vulner…
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September 6, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
Portland, OR – September 6, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Next week, President Barack Obama plans to lay out an agenda to jumpstart the American economy and create jobs. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley is urging him to use that opportunity to take agg…
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August 15, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
IRVINE, CA – August 15, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce that it is providing architectural design services for a new $29 million pedestrian-oriented 132-unit mixed-use senior …
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August 4, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
EUGENE, OR – August 4, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, Del Barber, Jr., 46, of Bend, Oregon, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Michael R. Hogan to 15 months in prison for mortgage fraud and health care fraud and was ordered to pay over $200,…
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July 13, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
PORTLAND, OR – July 13, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Two members of an alleged drug trafficking organization were arraigned today on money laundering and marijuana trafficking charges involving the abuse of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), U….
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June 14, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC – June 14, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) offered the Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2011 as an amendment to the Public Works…
Read the full article: Merkley, Snowe, Reed, Whitehouse Offer Amendment to End Worst Mortgage Abuses ...
June 14, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
PORTLAND, OR – June 14, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Jennifer Venable, 29, of Beaverton, Oregon, was sentenced by the Honorable Robert E. Jones of the United States District Court on June 8, 2011, to 5 years’ probation and ordered to pay $15,000 in res…
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June 2, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
PORTLAND, OR – June 2, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement on news that home prices have fallen to their lowest level since the collapse of the housing market
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May 12, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC – May 12, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) today introduced the “Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act” to help homeowners stay in their homes by making the rules for mortgage servicers more fair and transparent.
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March 7, 2011 Posted by Oregon RealEstateRama
PORTLAND, OR – March 7, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in an effort to strengthen mortgage protections for servicemembers once they return home from duty.
Read the full article: Merkley Joins Effort to Protect Servicemembers From Falling Victim to Mortgage Abuses ...