JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 17, 2011 (SOURCE Lender Processing Services, Inc.) – Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider of integrated technology, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, reports the following “first look” at April [...]
May 17 (Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer By Alan J. Heavens) – As the Federal Housing Administration’s share of the U.S. mortgage market has increased during the housing downturn, concern has grown among officials and lawmakers in Washington that the number [...]
May 17 (Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer By Mark Fazlollah and Jennifer Lin) – In a blistering review of the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s use of 2009 stimulus funds, federal auditors Tuesday questioned $27.4 million in spending on repairs for homes and [...]
CHICAGO, May 17, 2011 (Source: PRNewswire) – Nail Your Mortgage (NYM), a web-based start-up mortgage company, is helping Realtors reduce the overall cost of a home sale for their clients with free mortgages for home buyers in Illinois. NYM’s “100 [...]
May 17 (Source: San Jose Mercury News By Pete Carey) – South Bay homebuyers returned to the sidelines in April after a brief sales boomlet in March, but there were some encouraging signs that the housing market was stabilizing, according [...]
ALBANY, N.Y. (Source: Washington Post) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is seeking records from three major Wall Street banks as part of a broad investigation into the mortgage crisis that fueled the recession, an official familiar with the [...]
NEWARK (Source: newarkadvocate) – A Newark man convicted of a mortgage scam in 2008 was released from prison Monday after serving more than half of his 4 1/2-year sentence.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.(Source: District Chronicles) – Oakland resident Sara Kershnar has been trying to get Wells Fargo bank to modify her home loan for two years.
NEWARK, N.J. -(Source: Forbes by The Associated Press) – A New Jersey man who owned and operated several mortgage foreclosure rescue companies has pleaded guilty in a scheme that defrauded mortgage lenders of more than $10 million.
(Source: By Thomas Olson PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW) – Allegheny County Judge Michael McCarthy stands over debtors desperate to save their homes from foreclosure.
(Source: ACC) – On May 2, 2011, South Carolina’s Chief Justice issued an Administrative Order requiring every mortgagee in a foreclosure action to initiate efforts to resolve the action through loan modification or other loss mitigation efforts.
CALEXICO (Source: Imperial Valley Press By CHELCEY ADAMI) — A San Diego-based law firm helped prevent the illegal foreclosure on a northeast Calexico resident’s home.
(Source: wsoctv) – Authorities are warning of a growing scam targeting distressed homeowners who are trying to get loan modifications.
May 16 (Source: Houston Chronicle By Yang Wang) – Just weeks before 19-year-old Jamesha Floyd was pulled from her burning home, her aunt and uncle complained to their landlord about faulty electrical wiring in the four-room house they shared with [...]
May 16 (Source: Chicago Tribune By Mary Ellen Podmolik) – Far more homeowners in the Chicago area were behind on their mortgage payments at the end of March than in Illinois or the nation as a whole, a troubling sign [...]
May 15 (Source: Boston Herald) – A Democrat and a Republican, according to The Wall Street Journal, are pushing a bill to replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, sources of gasoline for the flaming bubble in housing, with five new [...]
May 16 (Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer By Alan J. Heavens) – As the Federal Housing Administration’s share of the U.S. mortgage market has increased during the housing downturn, concern has grown among officials and lawmakers in Washington that the number [...]
May 15–TAMPA (Source: Tampa Tribune By Michael Sasso) – If anything can tell the story of Florida’s housing boom and bust it’s this: In early 2007, Floridians were drawing nearly 20 percent of their total incomes from home-equity loans and [...]
May 13–TOPEKA (Source: The Hutchinson News, Kan.) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on Thursday announced a settlement to resolve allegations of unfair debt collection practices of Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery by customers nationwide.
May 12–ROME (Source: Adnkronos International) – An Italian court ruled on Thursday turned down a request for house arrest made by Italian dairy giant Parmalat’s jailed former founder and ex-CEO Calisto Tanzi. The 72-year-old last week began an eight year [...]
(BY CAROLYN SAID, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) – Stories of homeowners who feel mistreated by their banks are commonplace these days. Hundreds of thousands of people are underwater and behind on their mortgages. As they seek loan modifications or other solutions, [...]
KIHEI (Source: The Maui News) – In December 2009, Marcy Koltun-Crilley could see trouble on the horizon.
WAILUKU (Source: The Maui News By Brian Perry) – With the ailing economy, many people have lost income and have been unable to make monthly mortgage payments.
(Source: All Head Line News) – American consumers have improved their credit standing by paying off more than $100 billion in debt leftover from the economic boom. However, they placed a higher priority on credit card payments over mortgage dues.
(Source: Wall Street Journal BY David Reilly) – A subsidized market is a subsidized market, no matter how you dress it up.
(CBS News: By Lucy Madison) – House Speaker John Boehner is “skeptical” there is “anything the government can do” to alleviate America’s housing crisis – arguing that, ultimately, “you’re not gonna have more buyers until the economy improves.”
(Source: Bloomberg By Jody Shenn) – A lawyer representing mortgage- securities investors said they will send letters to a servicer and four bond trustees asking them to seek repurchases of loans made by H&R Block Inc. (HRB)’s Option One Mortgage [...]
(Source: By Mary Shanklin, Orlando Sentinel) – The attorney general of Florida — a state where almost half of all mortgaged homes are underwater — opposes efforts that would force the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers to reduce the principal [...]
May 13 (Source: The Arizona Daily Star By Dale Quinn) – Bank of America plans to open a customer service center in Tucson in coming weeks to help homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments.
(Source: Money Marketing) – The European Mortgage Federation says the European Commission should leave individual member states to formulate their own mortgage regulation.
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