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Rep. Cummings, Sen. Warren to OCC and Federal Reserve: Illegal Foreclosures are Not ‘Corporate...
Washington, DC - April 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, as the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Gove...
Letter Challenges Decision to Withhold Documents from Congress on
Washington, DC - April 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government ...
Maloney urges faster checks to homeowners, monthly updates on mortgage settlements in letter to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services committee and Ranking Member of its Capital Markets Subcommittee, today wrote the Comptroller of the Currency and the Chai...
New Housing Report finds NYC’s Home Prices Rose Modestly in Final Quarter of 2012;...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New report from NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy finds New York City home prices rose two percent in the final quarter of 2012, while foreclosure activity increased 53 percent o...
AG Kilmartin Announces $1 .5 Million Grant to Rhode Island Housing to Ai d...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following up on last week’s announcement of a $150,000 grant to Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced a $1.5 million dollar grant to Rhode ...
Help for Homeowners Facing Threat of Foreclosure
Conn. - April 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Casa, Dom, La Maison, Home...Connecticut’s Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (EMAP) may be the key to help you keep it. Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) is accepting applications for the Eme...
Waters Introduces Legislation to Rehab Foreclosed, Vacant, and Abandoned Properties
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, introduced the Project Rebuild Act of 2013 on Thursday afternoon. This legislation would provide funding f...
Senator calls for more scrutiny of Florida’s program to help homeowners avert foreclosure
TALLAHASSEE - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida’s senior U.S. senator has called on President Obama’s special inspector general to investigate mismanagement and inaction by Florida officials administering the state’s $1 billion share o...
The Mississippi Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Consortium created by Attorney General Jim Hood begi
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- “I created this consortium so our residents dealing with foreclosure issues could get free counseling and legal assistance, including re-financing and loan modification assistance,” said Attor...
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Statement on the Senate Subcommittee’s Plan for National Mortgage Settlement...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi released the following statement on the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development’s draft legislation regarding more than $200 million in ...
The Ballen Group, Las Vegas Short Sale Specialists, obtains Short Sale Approval Waiving Deficiency
Las Vegas, NV - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ballen Group just closed a Short Sale with a property on the street: Los Lobos. There was one Lien Holder. The property was listed for $55,000 and sold for $70,000, where the Seller received an a...
Warren and Cummings to Meet with Fed and OCC on Foreclosure Abuses
Washington, D.C. - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) sent a letterto Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry accepting their proposa...
Sen. Kirk’s Vote on Cordray Disappoints
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Senate Banking Committee voted earlier today 12-10 along party lines in favor of the confirmation of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Cordray’s...
AG Kilmartin Announces $150,000 Grant to Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island to Support...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of the National Mortgage Settlement funding for local efforts to help homeowners facing foreclosure, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced a $150,000 grant to the Housing Act...
Another Short Sale In Nevada Closed By The Ballen Group Of Keller Williams Las...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 19, 2013 - (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. Home...
Annuity and home refinance scam cause homeowners’ foreclosure
LOS ANGELES, CA - March 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced today that Harold John Shields of Hawthorne, CA, 57, was extradited from Houston, Texas on March 7, 2013 and booked in the Century Sheriff Sta...
Streamlining the PRE filing process for lenders on foreclosures
March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the passage of the Principal Residence Exemption (PRE) Enhancement legislation last year, lenders were able to retain the PRE on a foreclosed property, but they must still pay the 18 non-homestead mills in loca...
The Ballen Group Has Just Closed Another Las Vegas Real Estate Transaction.
Las Vegas, NV - March 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ballen Group, A Las Vegas real estate team who specializes in Summerlin, Las Vegas and surrounding areas has closed another Las Vegas Real Estate Transaction. This time, The Ballen Group resented...
Who Are Nevada’s Top Short Sale Realtors?
Las Vegas, NV - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- How do you choose the right person to short sell your home? Should you hire the company with the most billboards around town, or the person with the most commercials on the radio or TV? Wouldn't it m...
The Ballen Group Has Just Closed Another Las Vegas Real Estate Transaction.
Las Vegas, NV - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ballen Group, A Las Vegas real estate team who specializes in Summerlin, Las Vegas and surrounding areas has closed another Las Vegas Real Estate Transaction. This time, The Ballen Group resented...
