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City to join in razing housing
Wilmington News Journal, OH
A total of $288000 is available to Clinton County from the Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Program, according to Wilmington Public Service Director Larry Reinsmith. The funds are from the national mortgage settlement reached earlier this year by the ...



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Ohio needs to restore drug treatment funds: editorial
Plain Dealer
John Kasich recognizes that drugs are a growth industry in a state gutted by job loss, mortgage meltdowns and budget cutbacks. He and Attorney General Mike DeWine have been aggressive in shutting down pill mills and raising awareness of the danger with ...

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Alleged Mortgage Fraud Ring Leader Sentenced
ABC6OnYourSide.com
COLUMBUS -- The accused leader of a central Ohio mortgage fraud ring has been sentenced to prison. Nathan Orms, 41, was sentenced to 4 1/2 years behind bars Friday, for his role in the multimillion dollar scheme. Orms allegedly gained possession of ...

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Settlement grant would level abandoned homes
Marion Star
Lengieza said he has a deadline of June 30 to apply for Moving Ohio Forward monies, which are the result of a multi-state settlement with five mortgage service companies over foreclosure abuses, fraud and unacceptable mortgage practices.

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settlement grant would level abandoned homes
Marion Star
Lengieza said he has a deadline of June 30 to apply for Moving Ohio Forward monies, which are the result of a multi-state settlement with five mortgage service companies over foreclosure abuses, fraud and unacceptable mortgage practices.

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Settlement grant would level abandoned homes
Marion Star
Lengieza said he has a deadline of June 30 to apply for Moving Ohio Forward monies, which are the result of a multi-state settlement with five mortgage service companies over foreclosure abuses, fraud and unacceptable mortgage practices.

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Former Dublin Man Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud Case
LoanSafe
(Source: Kathy Lynn Gray The Columbus Dispatch, Ohi (MCT) ? A former Dublin man who flipped high-end properties in central Ohio and lived the high life with $3.4 million in kickbacks was sentenced today to 4 1/2 years in prison.

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Certification battle in Ohio MERS class action heats up
Lexology (registration)
The plaintiff argues that the case, which the plaintiff is attempting to bring on behalf of all 88 Ohio counties for relief relating to the allegedly unlawful failure of MERS and its member institutions to record millions of mortgages and mortgage ...



Ashland County Receives Grant To Demolish Vacant Properties
WMFD.com
Ashland County will receive $270126 from the Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Grant Program for the demolition of more than 25 vacant properties. The program is through the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Commissioner Kim Edwards said the commissioners ...

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Ashland County Receives Grant To Demolish Vacant Properties
North Central Ohio
Ashland County will receive $270126 from the Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Grant Program for the demolition of more than 25 vacant properties. The program is through the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Commissioner Kim Edwards said the commissioners ...

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East Bridgewater man hits lottery for $4 million
The Patriot Ledger
He plans to pay off his mortgage with the winnings. Joseph Walls of East Bridgewater claimed a top prize Thursday in the Massachusetts State Lottery's $10 instant game $5000 A Week For Life. He is the second lucky player to win a $5000 a week for life ...



Massachusetts House of Representatives advances foreclosure legislation
Lexology (registration)
?By passing this bill, the House has made an important commitment toward helping struggling homeowners in Massachusetts and moving our economy forward,? said Rep. Costello. The House bill builds on ?An Act Relative to Mortgage Foreclosures,? signed ...

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Mortgage foreclosures dropping nationwide; good news for Maine
Bangor Daily News
Maine's foreclosure rate of one of every 6332 units placed it among the lowest in the country, and considerably lower than nearby states New Hampshire (one of every 846) and Massachusetts (one of every 887). RealtyTrac chief executive Brandon Moore ...

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Insurance you don't need
Wink News
"My husband was my best friend and I lived for him," Pam Denham told us about her husband, retired Rochester, Massachusetts police chief, Walter. They bought a house and retired in Southwest Florida. When they were closing on their mortgage, ...



Ex-lawyer pleads guilty in RI to Ponzi scheme
BusinessWeek
A former lawyer from Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to federal charges in Rhode Island that he used the proceeds from mortgages obtained by his clients to run a Ponzi scheme worth nearly $602000. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that 52-year-old ...

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Ex-lawyer pleads guilty in RI to Ponzi scheme
MSN Money
PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) - A former lawyer from Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to federal charges in Rhode Island that he used the proceeds from mortgages obtained by his clients to run a Ponzi scheme worth nearly $602000.

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Ex-lawyer pleads guilty in RI to Ponzi scheme
CNBC.com
PROVIDENCE, RI - A former lawyer from Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to federal charges in Rhode Island that he used the proceeds from mortgages obtained by his clients to run a Ponzi scheme worth nearly $602000. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday ...

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Hammond Partners With Wells Fargo, Forms New Mortgage Co.
Banker & Tradesman
Chestnut Hill-based Hammond Residential Real Estate has launched a joint venture with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage to originate, process and fund mortgage loans for buyers and sellers. The joint venture, Massachusetts Residential Mortgage, LLC, ...

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Massachusetts Delinquency Rate Drops Almost 1 Percent In Q1
Banker & Tradesman
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on residential properties in Massachusetts dropped to 7.32 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2012, a decrease of 87 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers ...

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Ex-lawyer pleads guilty in RI to Ponzi scheme
CBS News
PROVIDENCE, RI ? A former lawyer from Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to federal charges in Rhode Island that he used the proceeds from mortgages obtained by his clients to run a Ponzi scheme worth nearly $602000. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday ...

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Utah Sen. Lee gives up dream home in short sale
Daily Herald
7 hours ago ? AP SALT LAKE CITY ? Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee has experienced the housing bust first-hand after short selling his dream home a few months after taking office. Lee's mortgage bank suffered a loss of up to $400000 in the July 2011 sale ...

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Utah Sen. Lee gives up dream home in short sale
Daily Herald
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee has experienced the housing bust first-hand after short selling his dream home a few months after taking office. Lee's mortgage bank suffered a loss of up to $400000 in the July 2011 sale of the house in Alpine, Utah, ...

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Sen. Lee gives up dream home in short sale
StandardNet
By Contributed AP SALT LAKE CITY ? Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee has experienced the housing bust first-hand after short selling his dream home a few months after taking office. Lee's mortgage bank suffered a loss of up to $400000 in the July 2011 sale ...

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Report: Foreclosure filings slow in Utah, US
Real Estate News Utah
Foreclosure activity in Utah has fallen sharply over the past year, a new report shows. The number of foreclosure-related filings ? ranging from notices that a homeowner is behind on a mortgage to repossession by a bank ? fell by 21 percent from April ...

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Report: Foreclosure filings slow in Utah, US
Salt Lake Tribune
Foreclosure activity in Utah has fallen sharply over the past year, a new report shows. The number of foreclosure-related filings ? ranging from notices that a homeowner is behind on a mortgage to repossession by a bank ? fell by 21 percent from April ...

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Sen. Lee forced to sell 'dream home' in short sale
Salt Lake Tribune
Mike Lee was forced to sell his dream home in Alpine with his mortgage bank taking a significant loss ? up to $400000 ? in a "short sale" as the housing bust in his neighborhood drained his house's value. Lee purchased the home for around $1.1 million ...

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Utah's Retirement Fund in Good Shape Despite Recession
Utah Policy
While, actuarially speaking, Utah's fund is still underfunded, Newman said the good news is that ?we don't have to pay all? of the obligations today. He compared a pension fund to buying a house. You may owe $300000 on your mortgage.



Homeowners In 17 States Getting Shaft In Mortgage Settlements
Lez Get Real
Nine states are using part of the money for mortgage relief, and part of it for other programs. Indiana is using half of it to assist low-income households with energy bills. Idaho, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Maine and West ...

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
Business Review USA (press release)
Consumer credit card and mortgage spending slowed from a year ago, with the average credit card debt per consumer falling 13% to $5650 and the average mortgage debt decreasing 3% to $166631. Consumers in eight states decreased their mortgage by more ...

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Oklahoma (12%), Wyoming (11%) and Idaho (9%) paid down their student loan debt the most while Vermont (8%), Utah (7%) and Delaware (7%) saw the biggest increases. Mississippi ($4232), Louisiana ($4504) and Alabama ($4811) have the least amount of ...

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Home sales stronger, but with caveats
Philadelphia Inquirer
At the National Association of Realtors' midyear meetings in Washington this week, chief economist Lawrence Yun said ?positive underlying economic factors? were helping spur home sales. Among the positives, according to Yun, are high affordability ...

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FHA may ease mortgage rules for condos
The Seattle Times
WASHINGTON ? Thousands of condo-unit owners and buyers could soon be in line for some welcome news on mortgage financing: Though officials are mum on specifics, the Federal Housing Administration is readying changes to its controversial condominium ...

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Associated Press National News Calendar
Washington Post
The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EST): SUNDAY: No events of note. MONDAY: No events of note. TUESDAY: National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for April, 10 am WEDNESDAY: Commerce Department ...

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Washington events for May 21 - 25
MarketWatch
8:30 am: Weekly jobless claims, released by the Commerce Department. 8:30 am: Durable goods orders for April, released by the Commerce Department. 10 am: Hearing on mortgage refinance proposals, at the Senate Banking Committee.

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30-year mortgage rate falls
KPVI News 6
(Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) ? Average US rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The steady decline has made home-buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who ...

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5 Plead Guilty In $1.5M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
W*USA 9
(WUSA) - Five people have pled guilty to conspiring to secure more than $1.5 million in a mortgage fraud scheme involving a home in Gainesville, Va. according to Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Business events scheduled for the coming week
CBS News
THURSDAY, May 24 WASHINGTON ? Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 am; Commerce Department releases durable goods for April, 8:30 am; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 am Tiffany & Co. reports ...

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Mortgage foreclosures are lowest since 2008
Daily Breeze
By Ruth Mantell MarketWatch WASHINGTON - The proportion of mortgages in the foreclosure process or at least one payment past due has fallen to the lowest combined rate since 2008, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday in its delinquency ...

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Washington Attorney General Announces Free Help for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
LoanSafe
(Source: Washington Attorney General) ? Alexa Young always made her mortgage payments ?on time, every time.? Yet, like millions of Americans, recent events conspired to put pressure on the Spokane single mom's budget, making her monthly mortgage ...

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5 Admit Guilty While 1 Still in Trial for $1.5 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
LoanSafe
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, made the announcement. According to the four-count federal indictment returned on ...

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