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With One-Third Of Montgomery County Homeowners Underwater On Their Mortgages, Brown Unveils Plan To...
DAYTON, OH - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With one-third of Montgomery County homeowners underwater on their mortgages, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) unveiled a plan that would improve the housing market by addressing “short sale” home sal...
Costa Announces Almost $390,000 to Fight Homelessness in Merced County
Washington, DC - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Jim Costa announced that$388,144has been awarded to Merced County organizations from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funds were made available through the Contin...
Pennsylvania Awarded $5.7 Million for Rental Assistance to Help Low-Income People with Disabilities
Harrisburg - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency will use $5.7 million in federal rental assistance to make some accessible housing more affordable for 200 low-income individ...
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Arrest Of Bronx Affordable Housing Contractor For Cheating Workers Out Of...
NEW YORK - March 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest and arraignment of Mohammad T. Riaz, the owner of Applied Construction Inc., and two of his employees for failing to pay hundreds of thousan...
Governor Cuomo Announces Review of Banks’ Post Sandy Mortgage Practices
Albany, NY - March 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the Department of Financial Services is initiating a review of practices by banks and mortgage servicers to determine whether homeowners hit hard by Supersto...
California pending home sales hit near-four-year high in January
LOS ANGELES, CA - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- California pending home sales posted the strongest gain in nearly four years during January, rising from both the previous month and year, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) repor...
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...
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...
East Downtown Development to Include Housing, Retail and Grocery Store
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the Hoppe Brothers have been chosen to redevelop 6.5 acres of property in the area of 21st and "N" streets. The "Exchange at Antelope Valley" will includ...
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Breaks Ground on New Affordable Housing and Integrated Healthcare...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has broken ground on the new Stout Street Health Center and Renaissance Stout Street Lofts at 22nd and Stout Streets in Downtown Denver. This landmark pro...
Pryor: USDA Program Will Save Arkansas Homeowners Hundreds
WASHINGTON D.C. - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Mark Pryor today announced Arkansas homeowners may now be eligible to participate in a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) pilot program that would allow them to refinance their mo...
Statewide Effort Helps More than 10,000 Avoid Foreclosure;
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A state-designed foreclosure prevention program made its 10,000th foreclosure prevention loan last month, providing workers who have lost jobs during the downturn a way to save their homes.
Recertification process underway for property tax deferral programs
SALEM - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Oregon Department of Revenue has started its annual review of participant eligibility for the state’s Senior and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Deferral Program.
Collins, King Announce $1.3 Million in Land Conservation Grants
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) today announced that two projects in Maine will receive $1.3 million in national coastal wetland conservation grants from the U.S...
OFIR Shuts Down Bogus Lansing Mortgage Company – Warns Consumers
LANSING WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) has issued an order for Finlock Financial Group, LLC to immediately cease and desist from conducting unlicensed activities as a mo...
Governor Cuomo Announces Ground-Breaking of First Project to Implement Medicaid Redesign Team Savings for...
Albany, NY - January 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Volunteers of America-Greater NY and the Housing Collaborative have broken ground on Creston Avenue Residence, located at 2382-2388 Creston Avenue in the ...
NAI Capital Attends NAI Global’s Asia Pacific Regional Meeting in Seoul, Korea
NATIONWIDE - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Daniel Hu, Director of NAI Capital’s new Asia Pacific Group (APG), joined NAI Apollo (Germany) in Seoul, Korea Nov 29th—Dec 1st for NAI Global’s Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2012.
Closing Attorney Charged with Wire Fraud in Mortgage Loan Scheme
BIRMINGHAM, AL - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal prosecutors have charged a Birmingham real estate lawyer with wire fraud in connection with a nearly $1 million mortgage fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
Urgent Fixes Needed in the Federal Section 8 Housing Program to Avoid Loss of...
WASHINGTON, DC - Tens of thousands of affordable housing residents are at risk of losing their housing unless Congress acts to force changes at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Recognizing Inspection Red Flags
Practitioners can protect themselves against potential liability by learning how to pick out visible defects in new and older homes.
