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Caliber Home Loans, Inc. Joins the NJBA Master Sponsor Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- We are pleased to announce that Caliber Home Loans, Inc. is now New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA) Master Sponsor. Caliber Home Loans, Inc. is a full-service national mortgage lender and agenc...
California March Home Sales
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- An estimated 32,923 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide in March. That was up 28.2 percent from 25,680 in February, and down 12.8 percent from 37,764 sales in March 2013, according to ...
GOV. MALLOY ANNOUNCES FUNDS TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE STATE
HARTFORD, CT - April 15, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein, and Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) President and Executive Director Eric Chatman today announced inve...
Moran Proposes COLA Reform for Members of Congress
Washington D.C. - April 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee and senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today introduced...
Brown Helps Pass Provision That Will Prevent Struggling Homeowners Who Modified Mortgages Or Completed...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 7, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today helped pass provisions of the Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act, legislation aimed at relieving homeowners of the requirement to pay taxes on mortgage debt fo...
Seven Indicted in Florida in Mortgage Scheme
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Seven individuals have been indicted in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged participation in a mortgage fraud scheme in the Miami area.
Maloney leads bipartisan coalition against reducing conforming loan limits reduction
WASHINGTON - March 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) today responded to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s request for public input on a proposal to reduce conforming loan limits, the maximum size of a home mor...
Heller Urges Senate Finance to Take up Tax Extenders and Include State, Local Sales...
Today, U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) penned a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, asking them to move forward on tax extenders legislation. In the letter, Heller urges the Committee to include a continuation of ...
$97,000 grant will help Idahoans prevent foreclosure
Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) recently received a $97,000 grant from the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program that will bolster its efforts to provide counseling to Idaho homeowners in danger of foreclosure.
ICYMI – Washington Post Editorial Board Highlights Delaney-Carney-Himes Solution on Housing Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an editorial published in today, the Washington Post highlighted the Delaney-Carney-Himes proposal as a potential solution to the question of housing finance reform.
Attorney General Tom Horne Awards Job Training Grants From National Mortgage Settlement Funds
Phoenix, AZ - March 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Tom Horne today announced the award of over $600,000 to fund job training and employment search services programs for individuals impacted by foreclosure. These programs are funded by t...
State’s Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection Issues Comprehensive Home Mortgage Guide
Maine’s Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection, an agency within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, announces the release of a new, comprehensive mortgage guide, titled The Downeaster Common Sense Guide to Finding, Buying and Keep...
New Hampshire Banking Department Receives Certificate of Mortgage Supervision Accreditation
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators (AARMR) announced this week that the New Hampshire Banking Department (Department) has received a certificate of accreditation for mortgage ...
Rep. Esty Helps Veteran Recover over $16,000 in Social Security Benefits; Avoid Foreclosure
NEW BRITAIN, CT – February 26, 2014 – (RealEstateRama) — This week, Rep. Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) shared a “Constituent Corner” story from Thomas Campbell of Danbury. Mr. Campbell, a former Marine who was awarded a Purple Heart for h...
Attorney General DeWine Seeks Consumer Restitution from Loan Modification Service
DELAWARE, Ohio - February 20, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against Home Remedy Center of Newport Beach, California, for failure to deliver and failure to provide refunds for its home loan modifi...
Village Mortgage is a MassHousing Approved Lender
BOSTON - February 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced today that Village Mortgage is now an approved lender of MassHousing’s family of affordable, fixed-rate, home loan products for low- and moderate-income homebuyers.
EXCERPTS FROM SUPERINTENDENT LAWSKY’S REMARKS ON NON-BANK MORTGAGE SERVICING IN NEW YORK CITY
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services for the State of New York, is delivering remarks today at the New York Bankers Association
Oklahoma, 10 Other States File Appeal of Lawsuit against Dodd-Frank Financial Law
Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Wednesday announced Oklahoma and 10 other states filed an appeal of a lawsuit challenging the Dodd-Frank federal financial law. In appealing a lower court’s ruling, Oklahoma and the other states are seeking the opport...
Congresswoman Esty Helps Danbury Family Stay in their Home
NEW BRITAIN, CT - February 14, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week, Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) shared her second “Constituent Corner” story from Gail and Lew Sirico of Danbury. The Sirico family reached out to Congresswoman Esty’s offic...
MAPS REVEAL STARK INEQUITIES IN MORTGAGE LENDING BASED ON RACE IN NYC
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 31, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The maps show unequal lending patterns based on the racial composition of communities in New York City, controlling for the number of owner-occupied units in each neighborhood. New Yorkers who l...
ATTORNEY GENERAL REALLOCATES $23 MILLION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM NATIONAL MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT FUNDS
DENVER - January 30, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that he is reallocating $23 million from Colorado’s National Mortgage Settlement funds to affordable housing programs with special emphasis in fund...
Grayson Introduces Bills to Extend Tax Deductions for Mortgages, Tuition, Business Research, and More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 29, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-09) has introduced twelve bills aimed at continuing certain tax deductions and credits for one year. These provisions, which save Americans money and boost the econo...
More Than 1,700 Floridians to Receive $2.5 Million in National Mortgage Settlement Checks
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - January 27, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that more than 1,700 Floridians will receive checks totaling more than $2.5 million next week. Under the National Mortgage Settlement, which Attorney Genera...
AG Kilmartin Stops NY Law Firm From Practicing in Rhode Island for Improper Mortgage...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- After receiving a consumer complaint, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin initiated an investigation into the Litwvin Law Firm for allegedly charging homeowners steep up-front fees for mortgage ...
Statewide Effort Prevents 15,000 Foreclosures; Funding Available for 6,000 More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A statewide foreclosure prevention effort has helped 15,000 North Carolinians who lost jobs start the New Year in their own homes. The N.C. Foreclosure Prevention Fund makes mortgage payments fo...
Two Defendants Charged with Mortgage Fraud Scheme Targeting Senior Citizens
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Friday, January 10, 2014, a Fulton County Grand Jury indicted Edmund Chatham, of Roswell, Ga., and Steven Connelly, of Alpharetta, Ga., on one count of Racketeering (O.C.G.A. §16-14-4(a)) fo...
Title Company Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Stealing $5.3 Million Entrusted...
TRENTON - January 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a title company owner was sentenced to prison today for stealing a total of $5.3 million entrusted to him as a settlement agent to pay off multiple ...
With More Than 33 Percent Of Lucas County Mortgages Underwater, Brown Urges Reinstatement Of...
TOLEDO, OH - January 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, with more than 33 percent of Lucas County mortgages underwater, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called for immediate Congressional action to reverse a tax increase imposed on struggling homeowne...
Idaho Supreme Court Affirms MERS is a Lawful Beneficiary
Reston, Virginia - January 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District judgment that MERS is a valid beneficiary
With More than One-Quarter of Cuyahoga County Mortgages Underwater, Brown Urges Reinstatement of Provision...
CLEVELAND, OH - January 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, with more than one-quarter of Cuyahoga County mortgages underwater, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called for immediate Congressional action to reverse a tax increase imposed on struggling ho...
