Levin, Stabenow Announce Michigan Housing Agencies to Receive $1.3 Million in Grants for Housing...
WASHINGTON, DC- March 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Seven Michigan housing agencies will receive more than $1.3 million in grants to help provide housing for homeless veterans, Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow announced Tuesday.
Schuette Issues Second Subpoena in Criminal Probe of Mortgage Processors
LANSING, MI - March 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced that he has issued a second criminal investigative subpoena against national mortgage servicing support provider DocX as his office continues to ...
Community Art Contest Announced by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority
LANSING, MI - March 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) Executive Director Gary Heidel announced today that MSHDA will be sponsoring a student art contest focusing on the vision of a modern community as se...
MSU Extension offers “Home Ownership” Workshop and Online Home Ownership Education
February 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Invest in your homeownership success. Research has shown that people who attend pre-purchase housing counseling or education are more likely to make on-time payments on their mortgage and are less likely to defau...
The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of an Advance Auto Parts Property in Walker, Michigan...
Northbrook, IL - February 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Advance Auto Parts property located at 4250 Lake Michigan Drive in Walker, MI for $...
Schuette Joins 40 AGs In Foreclosure Settlement To Help Housing Crisis; Banks To Pay...
LANSING, MI - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced Michigan will join at least 40 other states in a multi-billion dollar nationwide settlement with five of the nation's largest banks/mortgage se...
Walk for Warmth raises funds to heat homes
February 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Baby it’s c-c-c-o-l-d outside!! That’s why Macomb County Community Services Agency is seeking walkers and donations for the 22nd annual Walk for Warmth on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Funds raised will help el...
DHS and State Housing Authority Team Up to Provide Additional Rent or Mortgage Assistance
Lansing, MI - February 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Beginning today, families affected by cash benefit lifetime limits could qualify for a total of six months housing assistance through a Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) and Michig...
MPSC: Home Heating Credits Now Being Processed
January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today noted that the Michigan Department of Treasury is now processing Michigan Home Heating Credits (HHC) for the 2011 tax year. The credit assists low-income custom...
MSU Extension offers free “Home Ownership” series
January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- MSU Extension is offering the 3-part workshop Home Ownership on three Tuesday evenings in January and February 2012.
Holland Real Estate Worker Sentenced for Bank Fraud
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Attorney Donald A. Davis announced today that Janice Kay Branderhorst of Holland, Michigan was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell to 13 months in prison for bank fraud. The...
Snyder signs bill package to help homeowners avoid foreclosure
LANSING, MI - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Rick Snyder today signed a series of bills that clarify and improve the pre-foreclosure and foreclosure process and will help keep Michigan residents in their homes. This bipartisan legislative...
Former Executive Director of Luna Pier Housing Commission Pleads Guilty to Theft of Commission...
December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kay Jean Axel, 56, of Erie, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $32,000 from the Luna Pier Housing Commission (LPHC) while she was employed as its Executive Director, announced United State Attor...
9.6 Million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits Will Create Jobs, Help Michigan Residents...
LANSING, MI - December 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) today announced that nearly 700 units of affordable rental housing will be built or renovated for low to moderate-income Michigan families, th...
Dan Stewart, CCIM, Forms New company and affiliates with Sperry Van Ness International...
ANN ARBOR, MI - December 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dan Stewart, CCIM, formally partner and co-owner of Michigan Commercial Realty, LLC, and Sperry Van Ness International, a large and fast-growing franchisor providing training, systems management an...
Statement of Sen. Carl Levin to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
December 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today’s hearing is intended to examine several bills that are now being characterized as small business “jobs” or “capital access” bills. Each of these bills is designed to address a perceived challen...
State Housing Authority Announces MSHDA and Federal Grants to Help House Homeless in Barry...
LANSING, MI - November 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executive Director Gary Heidel of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) today announced funding for Barry County United Way in the amount of $38,913 through its Emergency Solution...
Levin announces grants for sustainable, affordable housing and development policies
WASHINGTON, DC - November 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal grants will help four regions across Michigan develop sustainable and affordable housing and development policies, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., announced this week.
Rep. Gary Peters announces funding to help low income seniors in Pontiac
Washington, D.C. - November 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Rep. Gary Peters announced a loan of over $10 million from Section 202 development funds to provide affordable housing for low income seniors in Pontiac. This loan will be made to CSI Sup...
OFIR Shuts Down Fake Detroit Mortgage Company
November 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) has shut down an operation claiming to be a Detroit mortgage company called “United Commercial Credit” by ordering it to cease and desist from doing busi...