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Attorney General Bondi Announces that $60 Million of the National Settlement Funds Are Available...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - January 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced today that $60 million of the national mortgage settlement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers will now be available to provide additional ass...
SINEMA NAMED TO HOUSING SUBCOMITTEE, HIGHLIGHTS ARIZONA’S FORECLOSURE CRISIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The office of Congresswoman Maxine Waters, ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Financial Services, has announced the subcommittee assignments for Democrats on the Committee. Congresswoma...
Attorney General DeWine Reminds Ohioans of January 18 National Mortgage Settlement Claim Deadline
COLUMBUS, OH - January 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today reminded eligible Ohioans that January 18th is the deadline to submit claims for compensation to the National Mortgage Settlement Administrator. Pursuant to t...
Mangano: Nassau Converting Foreclosed Houses Into Homes For First-Time Buyers
New York, NY - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With a growing need for affordable housing, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced a program that enables the county’s partners in the Neighborhood Stabilization Program to rehabilita...
DEADLINE TO FILE FORECLOSURE CLAIMS IS JAN. 18
LITTLE ROCK - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today reminded Arkansans who are eligible for one-time payments from the National Mortgage Settlement that Friday, Jan. 18, is the deadline to file claims to receive ...
MADIGAN: DEADLINE FOR FORECLOSURE SETTLEMENT CLAIMS JAN. 18
Chicago, IL - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today reminded eligible Illinois borrowers that the deadline to file a claim form to receive a payment under the National Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement is Friday, Janu...
Short Sale in 2013 To Avoid a Large Tax Bill
Las Vegas, NV - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of the fiscal cliff deal, the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act of 2007 has been extended for one more year and will now expire on December 31, 2013. The relief act's extension was seen as vita...
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...
AG Coakley Reminds Qualified Borrowers of Deadline for Foreclosure Settlement Claims Under National Settlement
BOSTON, MA - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley today reminded qualified borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure that Friday, Jan. 18 is the deadline for filing claims for a one-time payment under the $25 billi...
Attorney General Bondi Urges Qualified Borrowers Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure to Submit Claims...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi reminds eligible Florida borrowers that the January 18, 2013, deadline to file a claim for payment under the national settlement is fast approaching. To date, approxima...
CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE SETTLEMENT THAT WILL IMPACT CONSTITUENTS OF THE 18TH...
Houston, TX - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement announcing that ten banks and mortgage companies will pay $3.3 billion in cash to borrowers and $5.2 billion in mortgage relief to se...
ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN COMMITS $70 MILLION TO HELP ILLINOIS HOMEOWNERS, COMMUNITIES HIT BY FORECLOSURE...
Chicago, IL - December 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced she has designated up to $70 million of funding from the national foreclosure settlement for housing counseling services and relief efforts for Illinois...
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces the California Homeowner Bill of Rights to Take...
SACRAMENTO, CA - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, a landmark package of legislation that extends key mortgage and foreclosure protections to Californ...
NeighborWorks America Brings Individuals and Families “Home for the Holidays”
Washington, DC - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the holidays approach, many individuals and families across the nation who are “home for the holidays” -- as homeowners or in affordable rental homes -- are there because of the work of Ne...
MADIGAN SUES “FORENSIC LOAN AUDIT” SCHEMES FOR RIPPING OFF HOMEOWNERS SEEKING LOAN SAVINGS, HELP...
Chicago, IL - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today sought to crack down on a new form of “mortgage rescue fraud,” filing lawsuits against two companies for preying on struggling homeowners and promising loan a...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the District of Columbia in addition to resources being provided by FEMA a...
Two Alabama Real Estate Investors and Their Company Plead Guilty to Conspiracies to Rig...
WASHINGTON, DC - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two Alabama real estate investors and their company pleaded guilty today for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in southern A...
Treasury, HUD and the Ad Council Launch National PSA Campaign to Reach Struggling Homeowners
WASHINGTON, DC - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To increase awareness of the Making Home Affordable® Program’s free resources and assistance for struggling homeowners, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the U.S. Department of H...
NeighborWorks America Announces that the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program Has Served 1.5 Million...
Washington, DC - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 1.5 million homeowners have received foreclosure prevention counseling by local nonprofits, national intermediaries and state housing finance agencies participating in the National Foreclosure Mi...
Florida CPA Sentenced for Role in Foreclosure Scheme
December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Barrington Coombs, 58, of Weston, Fla., was sentenced today to serve a year and a day in prison for his role in a foreclosure rescue scheme that victimized desperate homeowners on the brink of losing their homes,...
State Housing Agency Announces Two Rounds of Counseling Funding to Protect Homeowners
CHICAGO, IL - December 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To continue Governor Pat Quinn’s commitment to make FREE foreclosure prevention and homeownership counseling available across the state, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) today anno...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED NEW HAMPSHIRE STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - December 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of New Hampshire in addition to resources being provided by FEMA ...
Attorney General Bondi Reminds Qualified Borrowers Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure to Submit Claims...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi reminds Florida borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2011 and who may be eligible for payment under the $25 billion national...
Texas Law Firm, Murray LLP, Agrees to End its Controversial Services to 5,222 West...
CHARLESTON - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced today that Murray LLP, a Texas law firm, agreed to permanently discontinue offering a service to West Virginia foreclosure victims that a lawsuit filed by Mc...
Congress Should Extend Tax Relief for Distressed Mortgage Holders
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Center for Responsible Lending and the Financial Services Roundtable today asked Congress to extend the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, which is set to expire at year’s end. “This...
Decrease in Overall Debt Balance Continues Despite Rise in Non-Real Estate Debt
NEW YORK, NY - November 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In its latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced that in the third quarter, non-real estate household debt jumped 2.3 percent to $2.7 tril...
MADIGAN CALLS ON FANNIE, FREDDIE TO ABANDON HIGHER FEES ON ILLINOIS HOMEOWNERS
Chicago, IL - November 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan has sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), demanding the agency abandon a proposal that would unfairly penalize Illinois borrowers by tacking highe...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED MARYLAND STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Maryland and provide support to homeowners and low-income ren...
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Homeowner Assistance Grant Program
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - November 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a $10.4 million grant program for organizations that provide housing counseling and legal services to homeowners. The grant funds were secure...
New Legal Assistance Program for Low-Income Households Facing Foreclosure
Salem, OR - November 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Low-income homeowners and renters affected by foreclosure now have access to new a statewide service that provides free legal assistance from an attorney to help address urgent foreclosure issues
