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Clay Cosponsors Consumer Mortgage Choice Act
WASHINGTON, DC - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Domestic & International Monetary Policy and Technolo...
Idaho Department of Finance to Adopt New Uniform State Mortgage Loan Originator Test
Boise, ID - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Idaho Department of Finance announced today that effective April 1, 2013, the national test for mortgage loan originators (MLOs) seeking licensure in Idaho will include a new uniform state test compo...
Homebuyers and Renters Invited to “Come Home to Howard County”
Columbia, MD - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Maryland’s largest housing fair returns! The 7th Annual Come Home to Howard County Housing Fair is Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Long Reach High School, 6101 Old Dobbin Lane, in Colum...
The Ballen Group Las Vegas Closes Another Real Estate Transaction.
Las Vegas, NV - March 27, 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...
SC Housing Salutes “Palmetto Heroes” with 3% Mortgage Rate Offer
Columbia, S.C. - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority (SC Housing) announced it is once again making funds available to help South Carolina’s heroes – law enforcement officer...
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 ...
OCC Reports on Mortgage Performance for Fourth Quarter
WASHINGTON, DC - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The overall quality of first-lien mortgages serviced by large national and federal savings banks improved from the prior quarter and from the same period a year ago according to a report released to...
AG Kilmartin’s MERS Reform Legislation to be Heard in House/Senate Committees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Citing the irregularities with the recording of mortgages and assignments that negatively impact municipalities and consumers, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin filed legislation to require that...
130 Families Pre-Qualified for Affordable Mortgage Products at State of Illinois Homebuyer Expo
CHICAGO, IL - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Approximately 130 families who attended the first-ever State of Illinois Homebuyer Expo over the weekend are now on the path to homeownership. After pre-qualifying for safe and affordable mortgage prod...
Consumer Complaint Resources Available As Required By Lender Processing Services Inc. Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General George Jepsen is advising consumers that two toll-free numbers are available for questions about faulty mortgage-related documents or field services provided by Lender Processing ...
Another Real Estate Transaction Just Closed By The Ballen Group Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, NV - March 25, 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...
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...
February home sales in Illinois up 16.2 percent from a year ago; statewide median...
SPRINGFIELD, IL - March 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Illinois home sales increased 16.2 percent over previous-year levels in February and median prices increased 5.1 percent, according to the Illinois Association of REALTORS®.
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Statement on the Passage of Legislation Relating to National Mortgage...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - March 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi released the following statement on the passage of legislation relating to the remaining $200 million of the National Mortgage Settlement in the House Appropriations Comm...
Banks Ignore Homeowner Complaints; New IG Report Faults FHFA Leadership
Washington, D.C. - March 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a new report issued by the Inspector General of the Federal Housing Financ...
BSA Budget comment
March 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- "The BSA welcomes the Chancellor's focus on home ownership as a core part of an 'aspiration nation'. It is good to see that the measures proposed are focused not only on first time buyers and new properties but on t...
£4.5 billion Budget deal to help homebuyers and boost economy
March 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today (20 March 2013) welcomed a new multi-billion pound housing package that will help aspiring homebuyers move up the housing ladder and build thousands of new homes
Attorney General Kilmartin Mortgage Conciliation Legislation before House Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As witnessed over the last several years, foreclosures lead to vacant homes, which destabilize neighborhoods and further drive down property values as well as having a devastating impact on the fa...
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...
PHFA honors its best – performing lending partners
HARRISBURG - March 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency held its annual homeownership program awards event today at its headquarters to honor its top lenders for the year 2012. These lenders assist homebuyers throughou...
