Arkansas RealEstateRama
MCDANIEL JOINS SETTLEMENT OVER MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ABUSES
LITTLE ROCK - February 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today that Arkansas has joined other states and the federal government in a landmark multibillion dollar settlement with five of the nation's largest banks...
NEW LAW HELPS HOMEOWNERS PRIOR TO FORECLOSURES
LITTLE ROCK, AR - April 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel joined Rep. Tiffany Rogers of Stuttgart today to applaud a new state law that equips homeowners with necessary information prior to a foreclosure and encourages ...
ATTORNEY GENERAL JOINS MULTISTATE REVIEW OF FORECLOSURES
LITTLE ROCK, AR - November 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today announced that he has joined a multistate review into possibly improper practices within the mortgage service industry.
Lincoln Celebrates Funds to Help Low-Income Families Build Homes in Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Madison,...
Harrison, AR - October 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today celebrated the awarding of a $542,349 Self-Help Housing grant to the Northwest Regional Housing Authority of Harrison, to help 33 low-income families build their own homes. The grant is made possible through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Grant Program.
Walz and Boozman Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Homelessness Amongst Veterans
October 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Tim Walz (MN-01) and Rep. John Boozman (AR-3) introduced bipartisan legislation to help prevent veterans with VA home loans from becoming homeless due to foreclosure. The legislation mandates that the VA notify its homelessness case managers within seven days of a VA home loan going into default and that the case manager assigned put in place a plan to prevent the veteran from subsequently becoming homeless due to the foreclosure.
Lincoln Announces $52,000 Grant to Help Low-Income Families Renovate Homes in Cross, Lee, Monroe,...
Fargo, AR - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation will receive a $52,738 Housing Preservation Grant to help ten low-income families renovate their homes in Cross, Lee, Monroe and St. Francis counties. The grant is made possible through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Grant Program
Lincoln, Pryor, Snyder Announce Investment to Benefit Arkansas’s Struggling Homeowners
Washington, DC U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Vic Snyder (AR-02) today announced that Arkansas will receive $17,736,991 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that was signed into law in July. The funding will provide loans for homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments and facing foreclosure.
ATTORNEY GENERAL JOINS MULTISTATE REVIEW OF FORECLOSURES
LITTLE ROCK, AR - October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today announced that he has joined a multistate review into possibly improper practices within the mortgage service industry.
Lincoln, Pryor Announce $84K in Housing Assistance for Northwest Arkansas Veterans
Washington, DC - October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor today announced that the Fayetteville Housing Authority will receive an $84,393 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant to help 25 local veterans secure affordable housing.
Lincoln, Pryor, Ross Announce $800K to Create Jobs, Strengthen Workforce, Improve Housing in Pine...
Washington, DC - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will receive $800,000 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds to improve the University Park neighborhood that surrounds the school and provide employment training and job services for students and young people. Funds are provided under HUD’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities program
Lincoln, Pryor, Snyder Announce $5M to Address Foreclosures and Improve Housing in Arkansas
Washington, DC - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Vic Snyder (AR-02) today announced that the Arkansas Development Finance Authority will receive $5,000,000 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that was signed into law in July. The funding will help stabilize communities in Arkansas that have suffered from high rates of foreclosure
Walz and Boozman Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Homelessness Amongst Veterans
September 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Rep. Tim Walz (MN-01) and Rep. John Boozman (AR-3) introduced bipartisan legislation to help prevent veterans with VA home loans from becoming homeless due to foreclosure. The legislation mandates that the VA notify its homelessness case managers within seven days of a VA home loan going into default and that the case manager assigned put in place a plan to prevent the veteran from subsequently becoming homeless due to the foreclosure
Lincoln, Pryor Announce Funds to Help Low-Income Families Build Homes in Crawford, Sebastian Counties
Washington, DC - July 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor today announced that Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, Inc. will receive a $312,500 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to help low-income families build their own homes.
Real Estate Developer Indicted for Fraud
LITTLE ROCK, AR - July 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jane W. Duke, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced that a real estate developer, Roger Stephen Clary of Little Rock, was charged by the Grand Jury for the Eastern District of Arkansas with four counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud. Each count carries a statutory penalty of no more than 30 years’ incarceration and/or a fine of $1,000,000
Lincoln, Pryor, Berry, Snyder, Ross Announce Grants to Develop and Improve Public Housing in...
Washington, DC - June 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that 106 housing authorities in Arkansas will receive grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under its Capital Fund program to develop, modernize and better manage public housing units in Arkansas.
Lincoln, Pryor, Snyder Announce $96K in Housing Assistance for Veterans in North Little Rock
Washington, DC - June 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Vic Snyder (AR-02) today announced that the North Little Rock Housing Authority will receive a $96,564 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help local veterans secure affordable housing
Lincoln, Pryor, Berry, Snyder Announce $293K for Employment and Other Services for Housing Assistance...
Washington, DC - May 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01) and Vic Snyder (AR-02) today announced that the Jonesboro Urban Renewal and Housing Authority and the Little Rock Housing Authority will receive $152,630 and $141,000, respectively, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to keep or hire service coordinators.
Lincoln, Pryor, Snyder, Ross Announce $2.6M in Housing Assistance and Urban Revitalization Grants for...
Washington, DC - May 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that four Arkansas cities will receive $2,663,373 in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help improve urban communities and provide housing for low-income individuals.
Lincoln, Pryor, Snyder, Ross Announce $2.6M in Housing Assistance and Urban Revitalization Grants for...
Washington, DC - May 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that four Arkansas cities will receive $2,663,373 in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help improve urban communities and provide housing for low-income individuals.
Lincoln, Pryor, Berry, Snyder Ross Announce $705K to Arkansas Housing Nonprofits
Washington, DC - April 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor along with U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that three Arkansas nonprofit housing developers will receive a total of $705,000 from the Housing Assistance Council to help build 47 self-help, sweat equity homes. The groups will use the HAC funds to acquire and improve land, and then they will work with Arkansas families to help them build their own homes.
Lincoln, Pryor, Berry, Snyder, Ross Announce $7M in Housing Assistance and Urban Revitalization Grants...
Washington, DC - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that eight Arkansas cities will receive $7,029,568 in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help improve urban communities and provide housing for low-income individuals and those living with HIV/AIDS
Lincoln, Pryor, Snyder Announce Housing Assistance Grant to Serve Five Arkansas Counties
Washington, DC - April 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Vic Snyder (AR-02) today announced that Universal Housing Development Corporation in Russellville will receive a $597,310 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grant to provide the technical assistance necessary to help 40 families in western and central Arkansas build their own homes.
Lincoln, Pryor, Berry, Snyder, Ross Announce Employment Services Funds for 17 Arkansas Housing Authorities
Washington, DC - March 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that 17 Arkansas housing authorities will receive a total of $765,627 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds to hire and retain coordinators who will help individuals receiving public housing assistance secure employment. Coordinators help families and individuals acquire training and other services that assist them in finding employment or higher-paying jobs.
Governor Beebe’s weekly column and radio address: Saving Money and Energy at Home
March 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In Arkansas, the term "energy-efficiency" carries more and more meaning for us in our homes and our bank accounts with each passing day. Because of the federal stimulus program, Arkansas has $2.7 million for families who replace home appliances with new, ENERGY STAR models. ENERGY STAR is an international rating system developed by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. It lets consumers identify products that conserve energy use and save money on utility bills.
WARMER Act Modernizes Veterans’ Home Energy Efficiency
Washington, DC - December 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR) today introduced the WARMER (Warriors Adapting Residences with Mortgages for Energy Renovations) Act to ensure our veterans can finance money-saving energy efficiency improvements to their homes
Haynes Joins St. Louis Fed’s Real Estate Industry Council
ROGERS, AR - December 1, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) --H. Collins Haynes, chief executive officer of HaynesLimited in Rogers, Ark., has joined the Real Estate Industry Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
31 Arkansas Counties Now Offer Online Property Tax Payments
Several Arkansas Counties extend October 10 deadline. LITTLE ROCK, AR - October 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- For residents of 31 Arkansas counties, personal property and real estate taxes can be paid online at http://www.arkansas.gov/ or over the phone, with most counties extending the weekend October 10 deadline to midnight on Tuesday, October 13. Residents should be sure to check the full listing of counties and deadlines available at www.Arkansas.gov.
31 Arkansas Counties Now Offer Online Property Tax Payments
Several Arkansas Counties extend October 10 deadline. LITTLE ROCK, AR - October 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- For residents of 31 Arkansas counties, personal property and real estate taxes can be paid online at http://www.arkansas.gov/ or over the phone, with most counties extending the weekend October 10 deadline to midnight on Tuesday, October 13. Residents should be sure to check the full listing of counties and deadlines available at www.Arkansas.gov.
Secretary Daniels Presents State Capitol Exhibit on National Parks
LITTLE ROCK, AR - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Secretary of State Charlie Daniels today announced the opening of the autumn State Capitol exhibit, Natural, National: The National Parks and Arkansas, which salutes the National Park Service and its six Arkansas properties.