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WASHINGTON, DC HOPE NOW, the voluntary, private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, mortgage insurers and non-profit counselors, released its February 2012 loan modification data. An estimated 45,000 homeowners received permanent, affordable loan modifications via proprietary programs from mortgage servicers during the month.

Newport Beach, CA - March 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The attraction of United States properties to Chinese buyers has been strongly documented over recent years due to record low interest rates and the drop in real estate prices; drawing investors to the opportunity of purchasing their very own piece of American real estate. As the property inventory levels continue to rise in the United States, foreign buyers are embracing the convenience of auctions conducted completely over the Internet as one of the best ways to invest in U.S real estate.

Las Vegas, NV - March 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Felipe Crook and Mark Minelli of Realty One Group invites homeowners to attend a free Las Vegas short sale seminar to help navigate the complicated myths and realities of the short sale process. Mine...

NEW YORK, NY - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced an agreement with Steven J. Baum P.C. (“Baum Firm”), Pillar Processing, LLC (“Pillar”), Steven J. Baum, and Brian Kumiega requiring them t...

Washington, D.C. - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today hailed a new Bank of America pilot program that will offer a small number of customers facing foreclosure the option to remain in their homes as renters for up to thre...

Coeur d'Alene, ID - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Christina Ethridge is CEO of The Ethridge Group based in Coeur d'Alene and just announced an exclusive new short sale service designed to help homeowners who owe more on their home than it's curr...

SAN JOSE, CA - March 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- First Statewide Realty property managers have released a list of common myths owners often believe about self-managing their rental properties. The list of myths, compiled from years of experience in ...

KEY WEST, FL - March 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tourism will be the key to boosting the 2012 Key West Florida real estate market according to local REALTOR® Sean Farrer.

Atlanta, GA - March 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- GoFightForeclosure.com announced today underhanded foreclosure tactics used to get homeowners to vacate. Exposing that when it comes to foreclosure mortgage lenders will use deceptive business practices so that homeowners will simply just up and leave.

LOS ANGELES, CA - March 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) has joined with the U.S. Department of the Treasury to help distressed homeowners move toward a solution to their mortgage problems at two events t...

DENVER - March 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Attorney General John Suthers and Governor John Hickenlooper announced today that Colorado will use the $51.17 million it has received under the recent multistate settlement with the country’s fi...

Washington, DC - March 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today NeighborWorks America announced that 73,870,078 million has been awarded to 32 state housing finance agencies (HFAs), 18 HUD-approved housing counseling intermediaries, and 86 community-based NeighborWorks organizations to provide counseling to families and individuals facing the threat of foreclosure. Just four months after the sixth round of National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) Program funds were appropriated; communities across our country will be able to put the funds to immediate use

Washington, DC - March 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed more than 2.1 million foreclosure prevention actions since the start of conservatorship including 1.1 million permanent loan modifications. These actions, designed to help borrowers stay in their homes, are detailed in the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s fourth quarter 2011 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report also shows that after nine months, fewer than 20 percent of Enterprise loans modified in the four quarters ended March 31, 2011, had missed two or more payments, an improvement over prior years.

Las Vegas, NV - March 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the Associated Press, the bleakest year in the foreclosure crisis has only just begun. Lenders are poised to take back more homes this year than any other since the U.S. housing meltdown...

DENVER, CO - March 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Attorney General John Suthers and Governor John Hickenlooper announced today that Colorado will use the $51.17 million it has received under the recent multistate settlement with the country’...

March 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Foreclosure-Response.org team— the Center for Housing Policy, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Urban Institute—has released the newest data on seriously delinquent mortgages for all 366 U.S. metro areas as of September 2011

Las Vegas, NV - March 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ballen Group, a top team of Las Vegas Short Sale Specialists under the brokerage Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas has put together a comprehensive Las Vegas Short sale system for sellers. Homeown...

MONTVALE, NJ - March 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- DataBridge Marketing Systems Corporation announced today that it has been contracted by RealtyTrac®, the foreclosure authority™, to manage and act as service bureau for two of the company’s coveted lists: “Foreclosure and Auction Listings” and “New Homeowners of Foreclosures.”

LANSING, MI - March 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced that he has issued a second criminal investigative subpoena against national mortgage servicing support provider DocX as his office continues to ...

ATLANTA, GA - March 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Jesse Stone (R-Waynesboro) presented HB 110 to standardize state-wide vacant property registries in the Senate today. The bill passed with a vote of 33-15.