March 2011

(Source: Mint, New Delhi By Madhurima Nandy) – Real estate funds trying to raise a couple of billion dollars overseas are struggling to tie up commitments, with potential investors put off both by integrity worries over India’s realty sector and [...]

(Source: Money Marketing) – The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries is calling for mortgage advice to be mandatory for most consumers, particularly first-time buyers, credit-impaired borrowers and those borrowing into retirement.

(Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution By Michelle E. Shaw) – There are two opportunities for homeowners to get mortgage help starting Thursday.

(Source: The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa. By Terrie Morgan-Besecker) – Attorney James Hayward says he believes he was subjected to unduly harsh punishment by the state’s disciplinary board because he publicly criticized Luzerne County Children and Youth Services and the [...]

NEW YORK (Source: Associated Press/AP Online By TOM HAYS) – A federal appeals panel reviewing a compensation plan for former clients of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff cast doubt on claims by the embattled owners of the New York Mets and [...]

(Source: CBS Atlanta Reporter by Rebekka Schramm) – Alvin White and his wife Naomi spent the night bundled up outside the Americas Mart. They said they wanted to be among the first in line Thursday morning to meet with someone [...]

(Source: Washington Post By Dina ElBoghdady and Brady Dennis) – As part of a settlement with banks that engaged in shoddy foreclosure practices, the Obama administration is weighing whether to impose quotas that would force the firms to modify a [...]

(Source: KING 5 News/ by Jesse Jones) – There are lots of homeowners searching for modifications of their mortgages. Many are looking out of state for help and some are ending up with unlicensed agents who may do nothing more [...]

(Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution / By Michelle E. Shaw) – There are two opportunities for homeowners to get mortgage help starting Thursday.

CHICAGO (Source: Chicago Tribune) – Condo buyers who sat out last year’s real estate market, waiting for prices to bottom or their own financial footing to improve, find themselves in an enviable situation.

(Source: Chicago Tribune / By Mary Ellen Podmolik) – The Obama administration on Wednesday vigorously defended its Home Affordable Modification Program, which faces sharp criticism by Republican lawmakers who want it axed.

(Source:The Philadelphia Inquirer/By Jeff Shields and Jennifer Lin) – City Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell has become the first Philadelphia Housing Authority board member to quit in response to demands from federal housing administrators intent on overhauling an agency that has [...]