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Schuette Charges Metro-Detroit Attorney with Thirty Felony Counts Including Racketeering in Fake Mortgage Assistance...
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced that his Homeowner Protection Unit has filed thirty felony charges including Racketeering against attorney Steven Barry Ruza, 52, of Orchard Lake and his company, Home Legal Group, Inc., for steal...
WCDA Announces the 2015 Mortgage Lender Award Recipients
The Wyoming Community Development Authority (WCDA) presented awards to 14 mortgage lenders at the Wyoming Mortgage Lenders Association’s Annual Conference in Sheridan May 6 – 8. The awards went to individual loan originators or mortgage consultants...
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Prison Sentence For Attorney Who Ran Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of licensed attorney Theresa Sanders, 56, of Fabius, New York, to 2 1/3 to 7 years in state prison. Sanders pleaded guilty earlier this year for her role in a million-dollar mortgage ...
Wells Fargo grants $500,000 to help revitalize Tucson
Community Food Bank of S. AZ, Pima Council on Aging, Tucson Clean and Beautiful-Trees for Tucson, Tucson Urban League, Old Pueblo Community Services, Our Family Services, Pima Community College Foundation to benefit from NeighborhoodLIFT program funds
GSF Mortgage Expands Footprint to Kansas
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Charles Monroe as branch manager in Overland Park, Kansas. Monroe joins TeamGO with 11 years of industry experience. Before he entered the mortgage industry, Monroe was in the business of purchasing and rehabbing hous...
Alexandria First Half Real Estate Tax Bills Mailed
The City of Alexandria has mailed bills for the first half 2015 real estate tax and refuse fee to all property owners and/or mortgage companies. The 2015 real estate tax rate is $1.043 per $100 of assessed value.
Governor Cuomo Announces Major Mortgage Companies Agree to Measures to Combat Vacant and Abandoned...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that 11 banks, mortgage companies, and credit unions representing nearly 70 percent of the New York market will adopt a set of best practices to help combat the neighborhood blight and economic damage caused by ...
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES MAJOR MORTGAGE COMPANIES AGREE TO MEASURES TO COMBAT VACANT AND ABANDONED...
Industry Best Practices Will Help NYDFS Work with Local Officials to Curb Blight, Reduce Taxpayer Costs, and Shore up Property Values. Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Other Companies Representing Nearly 70 Percent of the NY Market to Adopt...
Hillsborough County Resident Indicted On Bankruptcy Fraud, Mail Fraud, And Aggravated Identity Theft Charges
United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging David W. Griffin (44, Lutz) with one count of mail fraud, nine counts of bankruptcy fraud, two counts of making a false statement under oath during a bankruptcy p...
Beatty Highlights Need for Transparency and Clarity in Mortgage Loan Closing Process
In her opening remarks at today’s Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee hearing on the Truth In Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA-RESPA), U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) detailed the importance of...
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Court Judgment Against Brooklyn & Florida Law Firms For Running Fraudulent...
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today obtained a default judgment in New York County Supreme Court against two law firms and their lead attorney for participating in a fraudulent mortgage rescue scheme. The judgment ordered Litvin Law Firm; Litvi...
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Conviction Of Syracuse Appraiser Involved In Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today the conviction of Steven Essig, a licensed appraiser and the owner of an appraisal company in Syracuse, on a felony charge stemming from making false entries in an appraisal report. The falsified re...
Former West Hartford Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GABRIEL SERRANO, 49, of West Hartford, was sentenced today by Judge Alvin W. Thompson to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed five years of supervised re...
State Division of Financial Institutions Receives Mortgage Supervision Accreditation
The State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ (DCCA) Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) received a certificate of accreditation for mortgage supervision from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the American Association ...
Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions Earns Accreditation in Mortgage Supervision
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators (AARMR) is pleased to announce that the Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions (the Division) has received a certificate of accreditation...
File for money back from SunTrust mortgage settlement by June 4, AG Cooper reminds...
Raleigh: More than 2,200 North Carolinians who lost their homes to foreclosure by SunTrust are eligible for direct cash payments totaling approximately $2 million but must file to claim their money by June 4, Attorney General Roy Cooper reminded consu...
Christie Administration Marks Grand Opening of Sawtelle Emmans Home in Roxbury Township
New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Anthony L. Marchetta recently joined representatives of the New Jersey Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), Our House, Inc. (OHI), and You...
THE SEATTLE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION AND THE WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LENDERS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE MERGER
Two long-standing and highly respected business organizations have announced their merger. The Seattle Mortgage Bankers Association (SMBA) and the Washington Mortgage Lenders Association (WMLA) will merge, effective February 1, becoming the Washington ...
Menendez Commends HUD Actions to Help Struggling Homeowners and Communities
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez commended actions announced today by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to strengthen the Distressed Asset Stabilization Program (DASP) in order to help struggling homeowne...
Guild Mortgage Now Offers THDA Financing
Tennessee Housing Development Agency recently approved Guild Mortgage Company as its newest originating agent for affordable mortgage loans. The new designation will allow Guild Mortgage to begin immediately originating mortgages under the THDA Great C...
PHFA recognizes its top lending partners
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency honored its top lending partners for 2014 during its annual homeownership awards event today at its headquarters. These lending partners play a key role in assisting homebuyers throughout the state in the applica...
VHDA Tax Credit Director Receives EarthCraftVirginia Award
Jim Chandler, Director of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program at the Virginia Housing Development Authority, recently received the Visionary Award from EarthCraft Virginia. The award recognizes the outstanding efforts of organizations and individ...
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York and MAX Exchange Announce Mortgage Exchange Platform...
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) and MAX Exchange (MAX), a multi-seller to multi-buyer exchange and clearing house for residential mortgage loans, announced a pilot program that will enable approved FHLBNY members to sell conforming and ...
Sen. Brown Opening Statement at Banking Committee’s Hearing on Mortgage Credit Availability
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) – ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs – released the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing on mortgage credit availabilit
Rep. Tom Graves Votes to Expand Access to Mortgages, Home Ownership
Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) voted today for the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (H.R. 650) and the Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 685), legislation that will make it easier for low- and middle- income families to qualify for a mortgage and purch...
THDA Promotes Great Choice Mortgage Loans in Dyer County
Tennessee Housing Development Agency brought its Great Choice tour to Dyersburg today in partnership with the Dyersburg Board of REALTORS®. The goal of THDA’s tour is to raise awareness of its mortgage loan programs, and to tell consumers that homeo...
HUD Reports An Increase Of Native Americans Homeowners In The Rocky Mountain Region
In Montana, over 300 families were able to secure mortgage financing on trust land that otherwise was nearly impossible to obtain.
Fattah Announces $1.3 Million in Housing Counseling Grants
Congressman Chaka Fattah (PA-02) announced today that the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) will receive $915,324 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for counseling services.
KEEP YOUR HOME CALIFORNIA EXPANDS CRITERIA OF PROGRAMS TO HELP HOMEOWNERS ATTAIN AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE...
Keep Your Home California announced today changes to help more low and moderate income homeowners, who are struggling with their monthly mortgage payments, remain in their homes as part of the free mortgage-assistance program
Pallone Announces Two Grants to Perth Amboy Organizations for Housing Counseling
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced two grants through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Housing Counseling Program to help provide individuals and families with advice and information on housing issues. The ...
