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OHFA Celebrates 47th Annual Fair Housing Month
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) joins the nation in observing April as Fair Housing Month. "Every American deserves a fair chance to secure safe and stable housing," Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro said in a news rel...
DSHA ANNOUNCES 2014 TOP LENDER OF THE YEAR
Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) announces the recipient of the 2014 Top Producing Lender Award - Trident Mortgage. Last year, Trident Mortgage successfully secured more than $28.5 million in mortgage loans for 176 families through DSHA’s home...
TMC Financing Provides SBA 504 Loan to San Francisco Design Firm
TMC Financing today announced the owner of humangear, inc. and Pawgear, Inc. DBA Paww financed the purchase of a 6,725-square-foot iconic creative space at 636 Shrader Street in the Upper Haight area of San Francisco, with a 20-year, fixed-rate SBA 504...
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. Blumenthal, New Haven Mayor Harp Announce Emergency Mortgage Assistance Funds Available
Standing amidst a sea of signs featuring the word “home” in various languages, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and Connecticut’s U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal announced today that the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) is accepting applica...
Louisiana Housing Corporation Launches New LHC Preferred Conventional Mortgage Program
In an effort to further expand homeownership opportunities across the state, the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) will now offer a 30-year LHC Preferred Conventional mortgage program with 3 percent down payment assistance and reduced mortgage insurance
Liberty SBF Closes On $1.1MM SBA 504 Loan For a Hotel Acquisition in Palm...
Liberty SBF, a full-service commercial real estate finance company, recently provided a $1.1MM first lien SBA 504 Loan from its own balance sheet for the acquisition of a 24-room, 33,330 square-foot, non-flagged hotel in Palm Springs, CA. Liberty SBF a...
Bucks County Real Estate Investor Arrested On Fraud Charges
Dean Rossi, 49, of Warrington, PA, was arrested today in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
Benefits of a Home Inspection
The road to buying a home in New Jersey is filled with memorable landmarks. There’s the initial real estate listings search, finally finding “the one,” and, perhaps the most exciting part, move-in day. Some of the biggest factors in ensuring th...
Rounds Introduces Amendment to Budget Resolution to Open More Mortgage Options in Rural Areas
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today introduced an amendment to the budget resolution to facilitate help for those in rural areas seeking a mortgage to purchase a home. The Dodd-Frank financial reform law of 2...
California Federal Court Holds in MERS’ Favor
MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced the Central District of California federal court held that as the named beneficiary under a recorded deed of trust, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) has a statutory right to notice
Delaney, Carney & Himes File Housing Finance Reform Legislation to Protect 30-Year Mortgage &...
Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6), Congressman John Carney (DE-At Large) and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) have introduced legislation designed to protect the fixed-rate 30-year mortgage – a key instrument to ensure home affordability for the middle ...
Warner, Corker, Colleagues Urge FHFA Director Mel Watt to Move Beyond Duopolistic Tendencies of...
In a letter today to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director Mel Watt, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and a bipartisan group of Senate Banking Committee members raised concerns about the development of the Common Secur...
HMFA Launches Upgraded New Jersey Housing Resource Center (NJHRC) Website
The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) today announced the launch of its new and improved housing locator service, the New Jersey Housing Resource Center (NJHRC), located at www.njhrc.gov. Upgrades include a brand new look and a stre...
Texans Sentenced in East Texas Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy
According to information presented in court, from July 2006 to March 2008, in the Eastern District of Texas and elsewhere, Santens conspired with Irons, Limbrick, Preston, Patterson, and Allen to engage in monetary transactions in criminally-derived pr...
Continuing education classes being offered during PHFA’s 2015 Housing Forum
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency is offering continuing education classes for real estate agents and mortgage bankers in conjunction with the 2015 Commonwealth Housing Forum, to be held May 7, at Temple University’s satellite campus at Strawbe...
Sen. Blumenthal and Rep. Ellison Introduce the Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) introduced the Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2015 (H.R. 1354) today. The bill ensures expired federal protections for renters living in foreclosed properties are renewed.
Christie Administration Secures Federal Funding to Help Provide Permanent Supportive Rental Housing
The Christie Administration today announced that the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA), an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS), has...
Advocates: Grandma May Get Run Over By HUD’s New Reverse Mortgage Policy
Earlier this week, a group of consumer advocates and attorneys sent a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) about a new HUD policy that was supposed to help widowed homeowners and surviving heirs after a reverse mortgage borro...
Groundbreaking Mortgage Initiative for Homebuyers in Prince George’s County Fully Utilized in less than...
DHCD announced today that the funds set aside to provide down payment assistance under the Maryland Mortgage Program Triple Play Initiative in Prince George’s County have been utilized.
Michigan REALTORS® Endorse Senator Stabenow’s Bill to Help Struggling Homeowners
Print this Page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ShareThis The Michigan Association of REALTORS® today endorsed U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow's Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act, which will ensure that homeowners working with their banks to reduce ...
Success Stories: Byram Laboratories
Byram Labs was also interested in improving cash flow by refinancing the mortgage on its facility.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces 24 Year Prison Sentence For Leader of Mortgage...
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California Benjamin B. Wagner today announced that Alan Tikal, the principal operator of a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced to 24 years in prison
Hultgren Supports Bill to Expand Homeownership Options for Americans
U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) has cosponsored H.R. 1210, the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act, which relieves mortgage lenders like community banks and credit unions from senseless regulations which increase costs and reduce the a...
1st Half 2015 Property Tax Statements mailed
Doug Lasher, Clark County Treasurer, announced that first-installment 2015 property tax statements have been mailed. Property tax statements include property tax levy amounts, special assessments, and certain fees. There were 94,852 statements mailed, ...
Massachusetts Court of Appeals Affirms Lower Court Judgment in MERS’ Favor
MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that the Court of Appeals of Massachusetts ruled in Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.’s (MERS) favor, finding that an assignment by MERS was vali
MetLife Home Loans LLC, Successor to MetLife Bank N.A., to Pay $123.5 Million to...
Washington, DC – February 25, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — MetLife Home Loans LLC has agreed to pay the United States $123.5 million to resolve allegations that MetLife Bank N.A. (MetLife Bank) violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originatin...
Warner, Kaine, 12 Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect DHS Employees from a Targeted Republican...
Today U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined a dozen colleagues in introducing legislation, the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act of 2015, that would guarantee full pay for federal workers at the Department of Homeland Secu...
CIRB Reveals 2014 Solar Permit Statistics
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 24, 2015 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the past year, CIRB has been tracking month-by-month photovoltaic (PV) installations and valuations across the state of California. 2014 numbers show the volume of solar permit issuance an...
California Housing Finance Agency Comments on Moody’s Upgrade
SACRAMENTO, - February 13, 2015 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Housing Finance Agency commented today on a decision by Moody's Investor Service to upgrade its rating on the agency's Home Mortgage Revenue Bonds from Baa2 to A3.
