Missouri RealEstateRama
Attorney General Koster reminds Missourians about deadline to file foreclosure claims from National Mortgage...
Jefferson City, MO - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster is reminding Missourians whose homes were foreclosed on between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2011, and who qualify under the National Mortgage Settlement, th...
November Permits Show Housing Continues to Improve in Metro Area
December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing production continues to outpace the years since 2008 in cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The trend through November continues up as reflected in the monthly average of single famil...
Attorney General Koster announces plea agreement with Lorraine Brown
November 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today announced that the state of Missouri and Lorraine Brown, former President of DocX, LLC, have reached a plea agreement. Under the agreement, Ms. Brown will plead guilty to one f...
Fourth Quarter Housing Permits Start Out Strong
November 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing production continues to climb in cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The monthly graph is up and down, but the trends show the fourth quarter is off to a strong start as builders make...
September Area Housing Permits Highest Since 2008
October 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, housing production continues to climb in 2012 with the total permit number coming in as the highest since 2008, according to the Home Builders Associatio...
Attorney General Koster announces crackdown on mortgage rescue companies for unfair practices
Jefferson City, MO - September 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today filed three separate lawsuits against individuals and their companies for misleading Missouri consumers in connection with mortgage-modification services...
Fall Parade of Homes Showcases New Homes with the Latest Innovations
September 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Fall Parade of Homes returns to the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, September 29-October 14 and will showcase 242 new homes that will be free and open to the public 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Homes are located in eig...
Attorney General Koster obtains indictment against St. Louis man for home-repair violations
Jefferson City, MO - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today said his office has obtained a criminal indictment from the St. Louis County grand jury against Jason Leavy for violating Missouri’s laws related to his h...
July New Housing Permits Maintain Improvement Trend
Kansas City, MO - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, housing production continues to climb in 2012 with the second highest month this year, according to the Home Builders Association of Gre...
Attorney General Koster announces settlement of criminal proceedings against mortgage surrogate signing company DOCX...
Jefferson City, MO - August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today said his office has negotiated a settlement of criminal proceedings against mortgage-services company DOCX and an agreement with DOCX parent company Lender Pr...
Attorney General Koster charges Kansas City funeral home owner with stealing, unlawful business practices
Kansas City, MO - July 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he has charged Ronald C. Marts, owner and operator of Martron, LLC d/b/a Marts Memorial Services, with stealing money from consumers who purchased...
St. Louis Building Inspector Indicted on Bribery Charges
ST. LOUIS, MO - July 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A St. Louis City building inspector was arrested early this morning on bribery charges. Anthony D. Davis, age 47, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday on two felony bribery counts. The in...
Attorney General Koster deposits $38 million from mortgage settlement into state treasury
Jefferson City, MO - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he has deposited $38 million into Missouri’s general revenue fund resulting from his efforts to conclude Missouri’s portion of the national ...
Attorney General Koster reaches $76,000 settlement with Utah-based home alarm company
Jefferson City, MO - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today he has reached a $76,000 settlement with Pinnacle Security, LLC, a home alarm system company based in Utah.
Coral Mortgage Operator Sentenced on Multi-Million-Dollar Securities Fraud
ST. LOUIS - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that David Rubin, employee and operator of two local offices of Coral Mortgage Bankers Corporation, was sentenced to five years’ probation, six mon...
Attorney General’s Office to offer mortgage-settlement forums in every county in Missouri — forums...
Jefferson City, MO - March 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster said today he is sending Assistant Attorneys General into every county in the state during the week of March 26 to provide information to Missouri consumers about t...
Attorney General announces guilty plea by former part-owner of Greenleaf Companies and The Real...
Jefferson City, MO - March 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster said Eric Christian Gagnepain pleaded guilty February 29 to ten counts of securities fraud and nine counts of unlawful merchandising practices for his role in runnin...
Branstad, Reynolds encourage those affected by Missouri River flood to seek Iowa rental housing...
DES MOINES, MO - February 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today remind those affected by the Missouri River Flooding that affordable Iowa rental housing is available to them. In December the Internal Revenue...
Attorney General Koster announces Missouri consumers, state to receive more than $196 million in...
Jefferson City, MO - February 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today announced Missouri’s participation in a landmark national mortgage settlement that will bring more than $196 million to Missouri taxpayers and the state....
Attorney General Koster announces 136-count criminal indictments related to robo-signing in mortgage industry
Jefferson City, MO - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today announced that a Boone County grand jury has handed down 136-count indictments against DOCX, LLC and its founder and former president, Lorraine Brown, for ...
Attorney General Koster announces preliminary support for proposed multistate settlement with mortgage servicing industry
Jefferson City, MO - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he has given preliminary support to a proposed multistate agreement with some of the largest financial institutions in the country to settle ...
Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Lawsuit in Rolla, Missouri
WASHINGTON, DC - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department today announced that Roger Harris, Hediger Enterprises Inc., Carroll Management Group, Forum Manor Associates L.P. and Forum Manor LLC have agreed to pay $295,000 in moneta...
Schenck Joins St. Louis Fed’s Real Estate Industry Council
ST. LOUIS, MO - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lynn B. Schenck, executive vice president and director of leasing and sales for Jones Lang LaSalle of St. Louis, Mo., has been named to the Real Estate Industry Council of the Federal Reserve Bank ...
HOPE NOW Assists Homeowners at Kansas City Black Expo
KANSAS CITY, MO - September 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HOPE NOW, the voluntary, private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, mortgage insurers and non-profit counselors, articipated in the Kansas City Black Expo this past weekend as ...
Kansas Attorney, British Real Estate Speculator Plead Guilty to $52 Million Ponzi Scheme
KANSAS CITY, MO - September 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Leawood, Kan., attorney and a real estate speculator in the United Kingdom pleaded guilty in...
Residential Building Permits Continue to Edge Upward
Kansas City, MO - July 1 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Monthly single-family units permit activity edged up in May for the fourth consecutive month and for the first time this year surpassed the monthly year-over-year activity according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City (HBA). A total of 229 single-family units were permitted in May, up from 209 in April and up 7 percent over May 2010
AG Koster says major banks will meet today in Jefferson City to discuss ways...
Jefferson City, MO - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Leaders of major banks, loan servicers and insurers will meet today with Attorney General Chris Koster to discuss ways to help Joplin consumers with mortgage and credit issues caused by the tornado.
Missouri Housing Commission approves $1.7 million for disaster recovery
May 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MHDC Chairman Jeffrey S. Bay convened a special meeting on Thursday, May 26, at which the Board of Commissioners approved a proposal to provide housing to Missouri residents who were displaced as a result of recent disasters. The Board unanimously agreed to provide immediate shelter for people who are homeless and to provide assistance to those in imminent danger of becoming homeless
St. Louis Fed, UMSL To Host Housing Data Conference on June 2; Program Will...
ST. LOUIS, MO - May 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- While publically available data can provide valuable information on broad housing market conditions in the St. Louis region, these sources do not pinpoint regional, county, or neighborhood house-price trends. Even expensive proprietary data may not be satisfactory.
VA Announces Disaster Assistance After Tornado Outbreaks
WASHINGTON, DC - May 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that special disaster assistance may be available to Veterans with VA-guaranteed home loans who have been affected by recent tornados in Missouri.