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OHFA Commemorates Two-Year Anniversary of the State of Ohio’s Foreclosure Prevention Program
COLUMBUS, OH - October 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) is proud to mark the two-year anniversary of Ohio's statewide foreclosure prevention program, Restoring Stability: A Save the Dream Ohio Initiative which has di...
Lautenberg, Menendez Call State Failure to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure Unconscionable
WASHINGTON, DC - October 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg, who fought for the more than $300 million in federal funding awarded to help New Jersey homeowners who lost their jobs avoid foreclosure, toda...
Schuette Announces First National Mortgage Settlement Notifications Mailed to Michigan Foreclosure Victims
LANSING - September 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced that claim forms are being mailed to approximately 148,000 Michigan borrowers who lost their home to foreclosure between January 1, 2008 and December 31, ...
Qualified Borrowers Who Lost Homes To Foreclosure to Receive Mailing, May Be Eligible for...
CHARLESTON - September 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced today that claim forms are going out to approximately 5,222 West Virginia borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure between January 1, 2008, and Decembe...
Menendez, Lautenberg Call State Failure To Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure Unconscionable
WASHINGTON, DC - September 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg, who fought for the more than $300 million in federal funding awarded to help New Jersey homeowners who lost their jobs avoid foreclosure, t...
Attorney General Bondi Announces that Qualified Borrowers Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure May Be...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced today that claim forms are going out to approximately 167,398 Florida borrowers who lost their home to foreclosure between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2011 an...
Congressman McNerney Announces Foreclosure Assistance And First-Time Homebuyers Workshop
Stockton, CA - September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Next Sat., Sept. 29, 2012, Congressman Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton) will attend a foreclosure assistance and first-time homebuyers workshop in Stockton. The Congressman will speak at the event at ...
Qualified PA borrowers who lost homes to foreclosure to receive notice; may be eligible...
HARRISBURG - September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Linda Kelly today announced that official notifications are being sent to approximately 29,000 Pennsylvania borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure between January 1, 2008 and...
Cooper takes aim at foreclosure fraudsters in Charlotte and Wilmington
AG seeks to shut down loan modification scams, win consumer refunds September 25, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Raleigh: Three North Carolina companies that claim to help people win lower mortgage payments and save their homes from foreclosure...
Attorney General DeWine: Borrowers Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure May Be Eligible for Benefit
COLUMBUS, OH - September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said today that claim forms are going out to 64,428 Ohio borrowers who lost their home to foreclosure between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011 and who may be...
AG Kilmartin Grants Rhode Island Legal Services $1.57 Million to Support Two-Year Foreclosure Prevention...
September 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To assist low and middle income families facing foreclosure, Attorney General Peter Kilmartin today announced a two-year, $1.57 million grant to Rhode Island Legal Services (RILS) to fund the Foreclosure Prevent...
Help For Homeowners Affected by Foreclosure Errors
Washington, DC - September 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Large mortgage servicers have been ordered by federal bank regulators to identify borrowers who may have been harmed by errors and improper practices in foreclosure or threatened foreclosure and...
AG Gansler Urges Md. Foreclosure Victims to Look for Cash Payments Info
Baltimore, MD - September 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is advising families who may be eligible for cash payments under Maryland's nearly $1 billion Mortgage Servicing Settlement to check the mail in the c...
Schuette Announces 10 to 20 Year Sentence For Michigan Foreclosure-Rescue Fraud Scam
LANSING - September 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced his Corporate Oversight Division has secured a prison sentence for a Holly woman who ran a fraudulent foreclosure-rescue operation that scammed at least 6...
Foreclosure Prevention seminar available
September 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Macomb County MSU Extension will be holding a free, informational seminar on foreclosure prevention. All homeowners are welcome to attend. These seminars are presented by MSHDA-certified housing counselors. ...
Grand Jury Indicts 11 Linked to an Inland Empire Loan Modification Scam That Targeted...
LOS ANGELES, CA - September 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal agents this morning arrested 10 defendants who worked at a Rancho Cucamonga-based business that allegedly offered bogus loan modification programs to financially distressed homeowners. ...
Brown Announces That Housing Advocate And Miami Valley Leader Was Named To Consumer Financial...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that a housing advocate and Miami Valley leader has been named to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board. Br...
Homeownership Preservation Foundation’s Colleen Hernandez Named One of Housing Sector’s “Women of Influence”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), an independent national nonprofit dedicated to helping distressed homeowners navigate financial challenges and avoid mortgage foreclosure through its Homeowner’s HOPE™ Hotline at 888-995-HOPE™, announced today that President and CEO Colleen Hernandez was named one of the most influential women within the housing sector by HousingWire, an industry news source.
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass Addresses Housing Crisis in Town Hall, One-on-One Counseling, Workshop for...
LOS ANGELES, CA - September 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With thousands of California homeowners facing foreclosure, U.S. Rep. Karen Bass held a community town hall and consumer rights workshop to provide residents with one-on-one foreclosure counseli...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR MISSISSIPPI STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Mississippi and provide support to homeowners and low-income re...
