Tennessee RealEstateRama

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it has issued a waiver to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international border in the state of New Mexico, near the Santa Teresa, New Mexico port of entry.  The waiver was published in the Federal Register today.

Reston, Virginia, - January 14, 2015 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that the Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Jackson ruled that under applicable Tennessee law, MERS is a “party interested” in the foreclosure of a senior mortgage lien, and that the trustee who conducted a nonjudicial foreclosure of the senior lien was liable to MERS for damages resulting from the breach of her “affirmative duty to identify MERS as an interested party in the notice of foreclosure sale.” In reaching its decision, the Court recognized MERS’ interest in the junior lien as owner of legal title to the security interest and beneficiary of a recorded deed of trust

Nashville, TN, - April 30, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Just in time for Spring, Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) has reduced its mortgage loan interest rate to 3.99% (5.71% APR).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 29, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, issued the following statement today after Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced the committee will continue discussions on the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act (S.1217), legislation introduced last year by Corker and Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) and cosponsored by a bipartisan group of 10 senators:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Karen Jackson can't wait to start hosting big Sunday family dinners at the newly remodeled Speedway Circle house where she grew up.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a $907,000 grant to the Catholic Charities of West Tennessee (CCWTN) to help prevent an estimated 160 local veterans and their families from falling ho...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc., has been awarded $422,000 in funding to help prevent an estimated 100 local veterans and their families from ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the Senate Banking Committee, released the following statement on reports of progress in the House Financial Services Committee to reform the system of...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., - July 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for June increased 6.7 percent from a year ago, with 1,459 total...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Mark Warner, D-Va., Mike Johanns, R-Neb., Jon Tester, D-Mont., Dean Heller, R-Nev., Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Kay Hagan, D-N.C., all member...

WASHINGTON, DC - June 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Mark Warner, D-Va., Mike Johanns, R-Neb., Jon Tester, D-Mont., Dean Heller, R-Nev., Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Kay Hagan, D-N.C., all members ...

NASHVILLE, TN - June 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced last Tuesday they will provide $40 million in additional funding to housing counseling agencies across the country. The HUD grants ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - June 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for May increased 1.6 percent from a year ago, with 1,473 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sales in...

NASHVILLE, TN - June 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Saturday marked the beginning of National Homeownership Month- an annual recognition of the important role housing plays in creating jobs, maintaining viable communities, providing stability for famili...

MEMPHIS, TN - June 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that HUD will provide $358,506 in grants to the Memphis VA Medical Center to offer permanent supportive housing to homeless veterans.

MEMPHIS, TN - April 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® Commercial Council honored the top performers in commercial real estate for 2012 at the 12th Annual Pinnacle Awards gala held April 25 at the Memphis Country ...

Washington, D.C. - April 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today U.S. Representative Stephen Fincher (R-Frog Jump) introduced the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act – a bipartisan bill to protect the availability of financing for affordable m...

MEMPHIS, TN - April 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for March dropped 9.8 percent from a year ago, with 1,164 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sales incre...

NASHVILLE, TN - April 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to reports of increased income at mortgage finance agency Fannie Mae, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, reiterated his ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of Community Development Week, City staff are holding an open house from 2-3 p.m. for a formerly blighted home in the Holston Hills neighborhood located at 4508 Plymouth Drive.