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ROCKEFELLER, MANCHIN ANNOUNCE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TWO ORGANIZATIONS IN WV TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin today announced $173,125 in federal funding for two nonprofit organizations in West Virginia to support their efforts to provide affordable housing and hom...
SCHUMER: WITH INITIAL FEMA AND INSURANCE PAYMENTS TO HOMEOWNERS RUNNING OUT, THOUSANDS OF SANDY...
New York, NY - March 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called on banks to extend the mortgage payment delay period, also known as a forbearance period, for homeowners who are still feeling the effects of Sandy. After S...
Dallas Woman Who Represented Herself as a Real Estate Investor Sentenced to 63 Months...
DALLAS - March 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Patience Lavon Jackson, 50, of Arlington, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 63 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $2,801,661.95 in restitution, following he...
Governor Cuomo Announces DFS Program for Banks to Meet One-on-One With Homeowners Seeking Sandy...
Albany, NY - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that five of New York’s largest banks and mortgage servicers will have representatives available to offer one-on-one help to homeowners seeking the release ...
Attorney General DeWine Announces Mortgage Fraud Convictions
AKRON, OH - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced the convictions of four people who took part in a mortgage fraud scheme in Summit and Stark counties.
BANKS’ GROSS RELIEF TOPS $45 BILLION IN ONGOING NATIONAL MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT
DENVER - February 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General John Suthers today localized the latest report by Joseph A. Smith, Jr., Monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement outlining the consumer relief activities the five banks that are parti...
Florida Court Ruling Affirms MERS’ Role as Mortgagee
Reston, Virginia - February 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that Judge John C. Cooper of the State of Florida Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit held “[n]umerous courts have examined, and approved, the...
Bank Executive Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Mortgage Fraud Scheme in California
SACRAMENTO, CA - February 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb sentenced Joel Blanford, 44, of San Ramon, California, to 30 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for a mortgage fraud schem...
CONGRESSWOMAN FREDERICA WILSON URGES HOMEOWNERS TO ATTEND FREE “Help For Homeowners” event TO STOP...
Miami, FL - February 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24) and the U.S. Department of Treasury are hosting a “Help For Homeowners” event on Wednesday, February 27 and Thursday, February 28 to enable struggling homeow...
Congressman Andrews Announces $1.34 Billion Dollars to New Jersey in Foreclosure Relief So Far
HADDON HEIGHTS, NJ - February 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week Congressman Rob Andrews announced that New Jersey residents have received $1.34 billion dollars in foreclosure relief so far from the largest mortgage abuse settlement in American h...
AG Kilmartin Reports on National Mortgage Settlement Progress
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today reported on the progress made by the five mortgage service providers (Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorganChase, and Wells Fargo) at the center o...
100,000 Floridians Received Approximately $8.3 Billion in Relief Under National Mortgage Settlement
TALLAHASSEE, FL - February 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that Floridians have received more than $8.3 billion in relief under the national mortgage settlement, as reported by the five largest mortgage servicing ban...
Former Connecticut Resident Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Mortgage Fraud Offenses
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ERIC S. SCHERZ, 44, of Stuart, Florida, formerly of Barkhamsted, Connecticut, was sentenced yesterday...
AG Ferguson: National, state mortgage settlement results exceed expectations
OLYMPIA - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In the year since state Attorneys General and the federal government reached a historic consumer protection settlement with the nation’s five largest banks, the banks report they have provided nearly ...
A.G. Schneiderman Announces $1.8 Billion In Relief For NYS Homeowners From National Mortgage Settlement
NEW YORK, NY - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following the release of the second official report on the implementation of the National Mortgage Settlement today, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman noted encouraging progress on behalf of Ne...
Georgians Have Received Over $942 Million in Relief from National Mortgage Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Sam Olens announced that approximately 18,255 Georgia borrowers received mortgage relief totaling $942,103,278 as a result of the National Mortgage Settlement with the nation??...
HUD AWARDS $7.3 MILLION TO PROVIDE TRAINING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSULTING FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, ALASKANS...
WASHINGTON, DC - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The nation’s largest mortgage servicers have distributed $45.83 billion in direct relief to over 550,000 homeowners, or roughly $82,000 per homeowner as part of the National Mortgage Settlement...
AG Gansler: Mortgage Settlement Relief Exceeds $1.1 Billion, Surpassing Original Estimates
Baltimore, MD - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that distressed Maryland homeowners have received more than $1.1 billion in relief from the National Mortgage Settlement as of December 31, exce...
Attorney General Says Help to State Homeowners Running Ahead of Earlier Mortgage Relief...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General George Jepsen said Connecticut’s distressed homeowners are on track to receive significantly more mortgage relief from the $25 billion national mortgage foreclosure settlemen...
Attorney General DeWine Says Monitor’s Report Shows Ohioans Have Received $280 Million in Relief...
COLUMBUS, OH - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that today's release of a monitor's report shows that more than 7,000 Ohioans have received more than $280 million in consumer relief from the National M...
