Rhode Island RealEstateRama
OCC Reports on Mortgage Performance for Fourth Quarter
WASHINGTON, DC - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The overall quality of first-lien mortgages serviced by large national and federal savings banks improved from the prior quarter and from the same period a year ago according to a report released to...
AG Kilmartin’s MERS Reform Legislation to be Heard in House/Senate Committees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Citing the irregularities with the recording of mortgages and assignments that negatively impact municipalities and consumers, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin filed legislation to require that...
Senator Presents Sue Bodington the Jack Reed Advocacy Award for Work on Affordable Housing;...
WARWICK, RI - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today at the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless annual awards luncheon, U.S. Senator Jack Reed presented Sue Bodington, Deputy Director for Programs at Rhode Island Housing, with the 2013 Jack Ree...
Attorney General Kilmartin Mortgage Conciliation Legislation before House Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As witnessed over the last several years, foreclosures lead to vacant homes, which destabilize neighborhoods and further drive down property values as well as having a devastating impact on the fa...
AG Kilmartin Announces $150,000 Grant to Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island to Support...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of the National Mortgage Settlement funding for local efforts to help homeowners facing foreclosure, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced a $150,000 grant to the Housing Act...
Emdalar: Where Childhood Dreams Meet Adult Aspirations
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - March 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As children, many of us dream of living in a castle, complete with stone walls, verandas, sprawling halls, and rounded turrets topped with conical roofs. However, somewhere along the line, our min...
Ribbon cutting for 83 new homes celebrates major neighborhood revitalization in Providence’s West End
Providence, RI - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Lincoln Chafee, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joined Omni Development Corporation, WinnDevelopment, Rhode Island Housing and other community partners including ...
Reed Seeks to Stoke RI Job Growth and Renewable Energy
NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI - March 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to create jobs in Rhode Island and strengthen America’s energy independence, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives are int...
AG Kilmartin Reports on National Mortgage Settlement Progress
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today reported on the progress made by the five mortgage service providers (Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorganChase, and Wells Fargo) at the center o...
AG Kilmartin Announces $215,000 in Rhode Island Homeowner Foreclosure Grants
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of the National Mortgage Settlement funding for local efforts to help homeowners facing foreclosure, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced two grants totaling $215,000 to ...
DEM Announces That US District Court Has Approved the State’s Offer to Purchase Rocky...
PROVIDENCE - February 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island has just approved the State's offer to purchase the remaining land at Rocky Point in Warwick for the development of a future State Pa...
HUD ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF ALLOCATIONS OF HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY FUNDS TO RHODE ISLAND
WASHINGTON, DC - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development today allocated over $3 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery funding to Rhode Island, representing the first round ...
Residential Properties Earns Website Quality Certification
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - February 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residential Properties Ltd. announced today that it has received the Website Quality Certification (WQC) from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, which presents the certification to me...
AG Kilmartin Announces $375,000 to the Housing Network of Rhode Island for Homeowner Counseling...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- To support foreclosure remediation effort already underway in Rhode Island and educate new homeowners, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced a $375,000 grant to the Housing Network of Rh...
Flanagan Honored as Member of the Inman 100
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Inman News® has announced Residential Properties Ltd. Vice President of Marketing and Technology, Tom Flanagan as a member of the Inman 100, a comprehensive list of the 100 Most Influential Rea...
Reed Applauds CFPB’s New Rules to Restrict “Dual-Track” Foreclosures
WASHINGTON, DC - January 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Key provisions championed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to help protect consumers from questionable mortgage practices will be going into effect as part of the Consumer Financial Protection Bur...
Residential Properties Helps Brighten Holiday Season
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to assist those in need during the holiday season, Residential Properties Ltd. and its five Rhode Island offices recently made generous contributions to charitable organizations suc...
DEM Preserves Property Along Pawcatuck River in Westerly
PROVIDENCE - December 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Environmental Management has acquired four acres of land in Westerly that will enable the creation of an excellent fishing and boating access site on the Pawcatuck River
FEMA Aids R.I. Renters
WARWICK, R.I. - December 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is not limited only to homeowners. Renters, too, may qualify.
Attorney General Kilmartin Urges Congress to Extend Tax Relief for Distressed Homeowners
November 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has joined a national effort by state and territorial attorneys general to urge Congress to extend tax relief for consumers who have mortgage debt canceled or forgiven because ...
Immediate Crisis Counseling and Help Available to People Affected by Hurricane Sandy
November 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hurricanes can threaten an individual's sense of control and feelings of safety, and they can affect many aspects of our lives. In addition to property damage and other losses, events like Hurricane Sandy can resu...
Mortgage Settlement Fund Applications In the Mail to Rhode Island Residents
September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kilmartin announced that approximately 5,500 Rhode Island residents who lost their primary residence due to an improper foreclosure process between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011 should e...
AG Kilmartin Grants Rhode Island Legal Services $1.57 Million to Support Two-Year Foreclosure Prevention...
September 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To assist low and middle income families facing foreclosure, Attorney General Peter Kilmartin today announced a two-year, $1.57 million grant to Rhode Island Legal Services (RILS) to fund the Foreclosure Prevent...
Reed’s Bill to Expand Housing Protections for Troops Advances in Senate
WASHINGTON, DC - September 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s plan to help protect the financial well-being of thousands of U.S. troops and their families gained momentum this week when it received bipartisan approval from a key ...
Statement From Attorney General Kilmartin on National Mortgage Settlement Progress Report
August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to the first progress report issued by the National Mortgage Settlement Monitor Joseph P. Smith, which discloses the five settling mortgage service providers have granted $10.56 billion in consumer reli...
“Bill of Rights” enacted for homeless in Rhode Island
STATE HOUSE - June 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Being homeless in Rhode Island does not deny a person basic rights, access to necessary services or fair treatment in the workplace or polling place.
AG Kilmartin and Mayor Taveras Host Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention and Loan Modification Workshop
June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, in partnership with the Loan Modification Scam Alert campaign, will host a free mortgage foreclosure prevention and loan modification workshop o...
Senate OKs bill to create “Homeless Bill of Rights”
STATE HOUSE - May 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- “It is sad that in a nation as rich as ours, there are still so many homeless people,” said Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr. (D-Dist. 22, Smithfield, North Smithfield). “Whether that is a long-term or shor...
Lila Delman Real Estate Announces Significant Sale on Block Island
February 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lila Delman Real Estate announced the sale last week of 1210 Grace Cove Road on Block Island, Rhode Island. Lila Delman Real Estate REALTOR® Rosemary Tobin represented the buyer. According to Rhode Island Statewi...