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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 throughout Wyoming who originated high quality WCDA loans over the last year
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...
Recent Mortgage Developments Validate Homeowner and Housing Counselor Concerns
San Francisco, CA - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) --Three important developments this week confirmed concerns about mortgage servicing expressed by housing counselors throughout California in a state-wide survey earlier this year. A federal judge ...
AG Kilmartin and Mayor Taveras Host Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention and Loan Modification Workshop
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, in partnership with the Loan Modification Scam Alert campaign, will host a free mortgage foreclosure prevention and loan mo...
AG Jepsen: Banks Face Four New Performance Tests under National Mortgage Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The five mortgage servicers included in the National Mortgage Settlement must better address loan modifications, single points of contact with borrowers and billing statement accuracy under four ...
Attorney General Pam Bondi Announces New Procedures Banks Must Follow to Help Distressed Homeowners...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi, along with her colleagues on the National Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Committee, today announced that Bank of America and Wells Fargo have agreed to implement new pr...
PHFA announces foreclosure help for homeowners in Westmoreland County
HARRISBURG - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, in collaboration with the American Society of Certified Housing Executives (ASCHE) and the National Real Estate Training Institute (NREI), today announces a ...
MassHousing Partners with Buy Cities Program to Promote Homeownership in New Bedford and Fall...
BOSTON - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing is partnering with the Buy Cities program and six MassHousing-approved lenders to promote affordable homeownership opportunities in New Bedford and Fall River.
Attorney General Conway & Lexington Mayor Jim Gray Announce Funding for Affordable Housing
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Conway and Lexington Mayor Jim Gray today announced that more than $750,000 will be provided to Lexington initiatives that help displaced families, prevent foreclosures and cr...
Huizenga Talks PATH Act, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act In Financial Services Sunday Video Message
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday, Monetary Policy & Trade Subcommittee Vice Chairman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) delivered the Sunday Video Message and discussed the positive solutions Republicans on the House Financ...
Attorney General Tom Horne Sues Mortgage Services Company Targeting Spanish Speaking Victims
Phoenix, AZ - September 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Tom Horne has filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Phoenix-based Making All Homes Affordable, LLC (MAHA), its owner and manager, Albert Figueroa, and one of its salespersons, Ste...
Mortgage Fraud Continues to Decline in Georgia
Atlanta, GA - September 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the latest figures released by the LexisNexis® Mortgage Asset Research Institute (MARI) in their August 2013 report, mortgage fraud in Georgia continues to decline. Georgia remains o...
COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES VICTIMS OF PARAMOUNT MORTGAGE WILL RECEIVE NEARLY $1M IN RESTITUTION
DENVER - September 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Attorney General John Suthers today announced a successful outcome for victims of Paramount Mortgage of Colorado Ltd and owner Jill M. Evans (D.O.B. 09/15/65). In early 2012, the Attorney Genera...
TOTAL LOAN RELIEF OFFERED UNDER NATIONAL MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT TOPS $51 BILLION
DENVER - August 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Joseph A. Smith, Jr., Monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement, issued his final report today regarding the total amount of consumer relief granted by the five banks that are parties to the settlement. ...
Relief for Kentucky Homeowners Tops $63 Million under National Mortgage Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway today announced that the nation's five largest mortgage servicers continue to provide direct relief to homeowners in Kentucky and across the country as part ...
AG Kilmartin Reports on National Mortgage Settlement Progress
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The fifth and final progress report made by the five mortgage service providers and attorneys general nationwide under the National Mortgage Settlement ("the Settlement") was released today by At...
U.S. Senate Passes Congressman Denny Heck’s First Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Senate approved Congressman Denny Heck’s first bill last night by a unanimous, bipartisan voice vote. The bill, cosponsored by Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), gives the Federal Hou...
Finance Department Announces Enhanced Participation in Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System
Boise, ID - August 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gavin Gee, director of the Idaho Department of Finance, today announced that starting September 1, the Department will begin using the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) to manage consumer finan...
INFOMERCIAL CELEBRITY RUSS DALBEY MUST SURRENDER ASSETS IN $330 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH COLORADO ATTORNEY...
DENVER - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers today announced that his office and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have reached a settlement with Russell and Catherine Dalbey of Boulder for allegedly defraudin...
Kirk Amendment Confronts Reverse Mortgages
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today applauded the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s approval of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) solvency legislation that includes his a...
