Foreclosures
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Surry County real estate seller banned from installment sales, AG says
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Raleigh: A North Carolina company that nearly cost more than 20 Surry County residents their homes has been barred from selling real estate in installments, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced today
Homeownership Month: Foreclosure Prevention Loans Help Save Homes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As National Homeownership Month begins, thousands of North Carolinians are still struggling to hold onto their homes due to job loss. These families may find relief, however, through a state-designe...
Ranking Member Waters Joins Sen. Blumenthal, Rep. Capps to Urge Obama Administration to Protect...
Washington, DC - June 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Lois Capps (D-Calif.), in sending a letter to eight executive agencies urging them to protect survi...
More Than 72,000 Floridians Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure Will Receive $1,480 Checks
TALLAHASSEE, FL - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced today that more than 72,000 eligible Floridians who lost their homes due to foreclosure between 2008 and 2011 and who submitted valid foreclosure claims through t...
A.G. Schneiderman Sues HSBC For Holding Hundreds Of Struggling Homeowners In Legal Limbo
BUFFALO - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a lawsuit against HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA) for failing to follow state law related to foreclosure actions, putting homeowners at...
APPROXIMATELY 22,965 CHECKS AVERAGING $1,480 COMING TO COLORADO BORROWERS THROUGH NATIONAL MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT
DENVER - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado borrowers who submitted a valid foreclosure payment claim through the National Mortgage Settlement will receive a check this month for an average of $1,480. To date, the total cash payments for mortg...
Attorney General’s Foreclosure Workshop Set for Fort Hall
Boise - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division has rescheduled an informational presentation on foreclosure issues in Fort Hall, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. The Fort Hall presentation originall...
Eligible Connecticut Borrowers Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure To Receive Nearly $7 Million from...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General George Jepsen said today that as a result of the national mortgage foreclosure servicing settlement, nearly $7 million is being distributed in Connecticut to approximately 5,000 Con...
More Than 14,000 Wisconsin Borrowers Who Lost Their Homes to Foreclosure to Receive Payments...
MADISON - June 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that more than $21.85 million dollars will be distributed to 14,723 Wisconsin residents who lost their homes to foreclosure. Payments are expected to be at le...
National Mortgage Settlement to Begin Payments to Eligible Borrowers Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Over 50,000 Georgia borrowers who submitted a valid foreclosure payment claim through the National Mortgage Settlement will receive a check this month for approximately $1,480. The total amount to b...
Statement of Sen. Warner on VOICE and Prince William County Housing Initiative
WASHINGTON, DC - June 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today issued a statement welcoming the announcement of Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement, or VOICE, on a neighborhood revitalization and affordab...
Rep. Johnson No. 1 in helping constituents save their homes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman’s office assisted in HomeSafe GA outreach, helping nearly 700 homeowners prevent foreclosures in the Fourth Congressional District
AG Kilmartin and Mayor Avedisian Host Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention and Loan Modification Scam Awareness...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin will join Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, mortgage service providers, HUD-certified housing counselors and several community housing groups, in partnership with th...
A.G. Schneiderman & Senate Majority Coalition Leader Klein Highlight Foreclosure Relief Bills
MINEOLA - May 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York State Senate Majority Coalition Leader Jeff Klein today highlighted the "Certificate of Merit" bill (A. 5582) and the Foreclosure Fraud Prevention Act (A.73...
California Senate Leadership seeks to punish homeowners and REALTORS® for opposing $75 recording tax
LOS ANGELES, CA - May 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This morning the Senate Appropriations Committee approved Senate Bill 30 (R. Calderon), which would extend existing provisions of state law protecting homeowners from having to pay income tax on a "s...
Assembly Takes Action to Improve New York’s Mortgage Foreclosure Process and Keep More Families...
New York, NY - May 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Judiciary Committee Chair Helene Weinstein today announced the passage of two important legislative measures aimed at increasing integrity and efficiency in the mortg...
A.G. Schneiderman Commends Assembly For Passing Foreclosure Relief Bills
NEW YORK, NY - May 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today praised the New York State Assembly for passing two important pieces of legislation aimed at protecting homeowners in New York. The "Certificate of Merit" bil...
Grijalva Joins Homeowners’ Calls for More Federal Action on Lending Reform, Expresses Support for...
Washington, D.C. - May 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today called on the Department of Justice, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and other federal entities to prosecute banking fraud, help homeowners facing wrongful foreclosu...
Connecticut Homeowners Continue To Benefit from National Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General George Jepsen said Connecticut’s distressed homeowners continue to benefit from first-lien principal reductions and other mortgage relief programs resulting from the $25 billion n...
AG Gansler’s Mortgage Servicing Settlement Exceeds $1.3 Billion in Direct Relief; Checks to Eligible...
Baltimore, MD - May 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that 16,627 Maryland families have received more than $1.3 billion in relief from the National Mortgage Settlement during the period of March 1, 2012...
Christie Administration Receives $1.1 Million to Support Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Efforts
TRENTON, N.J. - May 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Richard E. Constable, III, Chair of the New Jersey Housing Mortgage and Financing Agency (HMFA) today announced that HMFA has received $1.1...
Two Alabama Real Estate Investors and Their Company Sentenced for Their Roles in Bid-Rigging...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two Alabama real estate investors and their company were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile, for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids an...
Christie Administration Receives $1.1 Million to Support Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Efforts
TRENTON, NJ - May 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Richard E. Constable, III, Chair of the New Jersey Housing Mortgage and Financing Agency (HMFA) today announced that HMFA has received $1.1 m...
Congressman McKeon and Congressman Peters Introduce the Communities Achieving Sustainability Act
Washington, D.C. - May 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week, Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA 25) and Congressman Scott Peters (D- CA 52) introduced H.R. 1997, the Communities Achieving Sustainability Act (CASA). CASA Authorizes the Housi...
Las Vegas Real Estate | Full Service Seller Representation For 4.95%
Las Vegas, NV - May 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Do you have equity in your Las Vegas home and need to do a traditional sale? Your home may be worth more than you think. Why pay 6% to sell your home when you can get BETTER SERVICE, BETTER MARKETING a...
AG Coakley Statement on Report Showing ‘Exceptional’ Reduction in Foreclosures in Massachusetts
BOSTON - May 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley today issued the following statement in response to a study from The Warren Group reporting a significant decline in Massachusetts foreclosures during the month o...
Las Vegas Discount Real Estate | Equity Sales For Only 4.95%
Las Vegas, NV - May 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Do you have equity in your Las Vegas home and need to do a traditional sale? Your home may be worth more than you think. Why pay 6% to sell your home when you can get BETTER SERVICE, BETTER MARKETING a...
Time Running Out for Assistance to Idahoans Displaced by Foreclosure
Boise - May 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Idahoans forced to move due to foreclosure have until June 30 to apply for financial assistance from the Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho (CAPAI), Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and CAPAI Ex...
State Targets Peoria to Promote Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance and Foreclosure Prevention Help
PEORIA - May 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- State and city officials today announced Governor Pat Quinn’s plans to bring affordable homebuying options and foreclosure prevention relief to Peoria residents. The state’s housing finance agency, the Il...
Application Period Opens for $1 Million Grant Program to Revitalize Distressed Properties
BOSTON - May 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to help Massachusetts municipalities with high rates of distressed and vacant properties turn the corner on the foreclosure crisis, Attorney General Martha Coakley today opened the application pe...
