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Hires and Promotions (May 19, 2012)
In-Forum
Angela Searls has joined Valley Mortgage, 3301 13th Ave. S., Fargo, as a mortgage banker. Searls graduated from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management with a bachelor's degree in business. She has 16 years of sales experience.

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Nichols Kaster, PLLP Files Class Action Against Citibank and Midland Mortgage ...
Albany Times Union
The Complaint alleges that Citibank and Midland Mortgage routinely force-place excessive amounts of flood insurance on borrowers, and improperly arrange for commissions for themselves or their affiliates on force-placed policies. On May 17, 2012, ...

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Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report Vol. 7, Issue 40 ? 5/18/2012
Politics in Minnesota
As this is written, GOP activists from all over the state are flocking to St. Cloud for the Republican Party of Minnesota's 2012 state convention, and many among them are sorely riled by the performance of the Republican majorities that controlled the ...

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Nichols Kaster, PLLP Files Class Action Against Citibank and Midland Mortgage ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
The Complaint alleges that Citibank and Midland Mortgage routinely force-place excessive amounts of flood insurance on borrowers, and improperly arrange for commissions for themselves or their affiliates on force-placed policies. On May 17, 2012, ...

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Nichols Kaster, PLLP Files Class Action Against Citibank and Midland Mortgage ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
On May 17, 2012, Nichols Kaster, PLLP filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of New York on behalf of Plaintiff Gordon Casey and other borrowers with mortgages serviced by Citibank or Midland Mortgage. The Complaint alleges that Citibank ...

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Nichols Kaster, PLLP Files Class Action Against Citibank and Midland Mortgage ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
On May 17, 2012 , Nichols Kaster , PLLP filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of New York on behalf of Plaintiff Gordon Casey and other borrowers with mortgages serviced by Citibank or Midland Mortgage. The Complaint alleges that ...

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FHA Mortgages For Condos : Guidelines About To Loosen?
The Mortgage Reports
For buyers of condominiums in places like Chicago, Illinois; New York City, New York; or Minneapolis, Minnesota, the FHA's popular 3.5% low-downpayment mortgage program has been elusive. Because of the FHA's strict condo requirements, few buildings are ...

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Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. vs Carrillo
Farmington Independent
THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, ...

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Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc vs Jamieson
Farmington Independent
THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, ...

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April foreclosures a mixed bag
Minneapolis Star Tribune
While Minnesota's foreclosure rate has consistently been below the national average, recent increases in the number of default notices that are being sent to homeowners suggest that the number of homeowners who can't pay their mortgage remains elevated ...

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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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Mortgage debt falls in Alabama
Bizjournals.com
The other states that had decreases in mortgage were Mississippi and Tennessee (both down 7 percent); South Carolina, West Virginia and Wisconsin (all down 6 percent); and Louisiana and Wyoming (down 5 percent).

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
Marketwire (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 ...
MarketWatch (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)
Mississippi ($4232), Louisiana ($4504) and Alabama ($4811) have the least amount of credit card debt while Connecticut ($6876), Hawaii ($7090) and Alaska ($7096) have the most. Montana paid down its credit card debt the most at 11% to $5572.

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Jindal Using Credit Card to Pay off Louisiana's Mortgage? - Bayoubuzz
Bayoubuzz
The big brouhaha over Louisiana's $25 billion budget involves one-time money, basically new cash that cannot be counted on to return in future fiscal years. The budget takes effect July 1 and lawmakers are debating whether to use $268 million in these ...

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Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Reports Results of Operations for the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Company sells most of its fixed rate mortgage loan originations. The increases in non-interest expense for the quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2012 compared to 2011 were primarily due to increases in compensation and benefits expense of ...

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Former Louisiana Bank Executive Pleads Guilty To Fraud Conspiracy
Mortgageorb
The purpose of the loans was to purchase parcels of real estate, develop them into subdivisions, and build houses on them, which were to be eventually bought by prospective home buyers who would obtain permanent mortgages to finance the purchase.

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Former President of First Community Bank of Louisiana Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
Mortgage Daily
The purpose of the loans was to purchase parcels of real estate, develop them into subdivisions, and build houses on them, which were to be eventually bought by prospective home buyers who would obtain permanent mortgages to finance the purchase.

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Senators Introduce Legislation to Bolster Small Business Access to Capital
PoliticalNews.me (press release)
WASHINGTON, DC ? US Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Mary L. Landrieu (D-Louisiana), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) have introduced legislation, S.2364, that would extend for one year a provision allowing small business owners to use Small ...


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Merced City Council eyes repeal of foreclosure ordinance
Merced Sun-Star
Six months ago, his family began receiving foreclosure letters from various banks about the house. Thanks to the Merced City Council's passing of a 2011 ordinance that says foreclosure isn't a valid reason to evict a tenant, Contreras hasn't been ...

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Military members often scam victims
TheReporter.com
One way Harris would like to protect the military is to require banks to notify service members of their rights under the Servicemember Civil Relief Act before filing for foreclosure. Under the act, service members are eligible for various ...

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Judge clears path for Rarity Pointe foreclosure
Knoxville News Sentinel
The judge's action clears the way for the project's mortgage holder to auction more than 180 unsold lots and a golf course at a foreclosure sale. Reading her opinion from the bench, Judge Marcia Phillips Parsons on Friday said Ross, the Maryville ...

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On the record
Muncie Star Press
Michael J. and Amy Etchison, Windermere, Fla., and tenants at 2001 W. Mount Pleasant Blvd.; 4651 Woods Edge Lane and 5020 Hessler Road, foreclosure. Aaron Hassett, 2204 W. Village Drive, vs. Walter Berry, 3820 Kingswood Court, complaint.



Bank of America offering up to $30000 for short sales
OCRegister
In recent months, major banks in the US have become increasingly willing to embrace short sales as a cheaper alternative to foreclosure. Cathy Haney is a real estate broker who grew up in and now lives and works in Irvine.



Citbank /Provident Funding Short Sale Closed by The Ballen Group of Keller ...
PR.com (press release)
With foreclosures on the rise in the US, banks are looking for any way they can to minimize their foreclosure losses. Basically, it is much more cost effective for a bank to agree to a short sale rather foreclose on a home. Banks aren't in the business ...

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Indianapolis area has most-affordable housing
Indianapolis Star
Widespread home foreclosures are a big factor. Indianapolis endured the highest foreclosure rate in the nation in 2006, and the rate has remained high since. Foreclosures have dumped many thousands of homes on the market at reduced prices, driving down ...

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Indianapolis metro area ranked No. 1 in housing affordability
Indianapolis Star
Widespread home foreclosures are a big factor. Indianapolis endured the highest foreclosure rate in the nation in 2006, and the rate has remained high since. Foreclosures have dumped many thousands of homes on the market at reduced prices, driving down ...

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Shafted! Why are Homeowners Still Left to Struggle Against Big Banks Alone?
AlterNet
The funds directed to the states were intended to support counseling, foreclosure mediation, mortgage modification programs, and legal services for those facing the prospect of losing their homes. But states are taking advantage of loose wording in the ...

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Shafted! Why are Homeowners Still Left to Struggle Against Big Banks Alone?
AlterNet
The funds directed to the states were intended to support counseling, foreclosure mediation, mortgage modification programs, and legal services for those facing the prospect of losing their homes. But states are taking advantage of loose wording in the ...

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Bank of America Offers Relocation Assistance to Customers Completing Short Sales
National Mortgage Professional Magazine
Bank of America has launched a nationwide program that offers delinquent mortgage customers increased assistance with relocation expenses?between $2500 and $30000?at the completion of a qualifying short sale. The short sale relocation assistance ...

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Boston.com

Report: Fewer US homes foreclosed upon in April
Boston.com
But state-level data point to potentially more home repossessions ahead in Florida and many of the 25 other states where courts are required to sign off on foreclosures. All told, the number of US homes taken back by lenders in April declined 7 percent ...

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Foreclosure drop seen nationwide
Columbia Daily Tribune
National mortgage-foreclosure activity in April decreased 5 percent from March and was down 14 percent from April 2011, according to a report by RealtyTrac released yesterday. One in every 698 US housing units had a foreclosure filing during the month.

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Sun-Sentinel (blog)

Terrell Owens facing foreclosure on South Florida condo
Sun-Sentinel (blog)
By Paul Owers May 18, 2012 02:19 PM Deutsche Bank is going after the temperamental wide receiver, saying he isn't paying the $1.4 million mortgage on his Trump International Beach Resort condo in Sunny Isles Beach, reports Gossipextra.com.

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MGIC Loosens Restricted Markets Requirements
Mortgage Daily
By MortgageDaily.com staff Credit and debt-to-income ratio requirements have been eased in the country's most struggling real estate markets by Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. The move is a result of market improvement. Current guidelines require a ...



Florida's Realtors advocate for homeownership in nation's capital
Destin Log
Realtors from Florida and across the US ? more than 10000 strong ?gathered at the Washington Monument in the nation's capital today to highlight the importance of housing and homeownership to the nation's economic recovery. The ?Rally to Protect the ...

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TexasLending.com Discusses Lowest Mortgage Rates in History on Radio KLIF in ...
SBWire (press release)
TexasLending.com (NMLS # 137773) provides expert service in the field of residential mortgages. Headquartered in Dallas, TexasLending.com specializes in loans throughout the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri and Colorado.

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AXcess News

Foreclosures down, short sales up. Are banks getting smart?
AXcess News
Homeowners get to shed their mortgage debt faster - and with less damage to their credit rating. Short sales began outpacing foreclosures in some states late last year. Six states saw more preforeclosure sales - typically, short sales - than ...

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New sales associate at Champion Realty
The Star Democrat
Owens has 30 years experience in the real estate industry in Maryland, Florida and North Carolina. She has worked with several national homebuilders and major mortgage bankers. Owens attended Chesapeake College and the University of North Florida, ...



Mortgage foreclosures dropping nationwide; good news for Maine
Bangor Daily News
National mortgage-foreclosure activity in April decreased 5 percent from March and was down 14 percent from April 2011, according to a report by RealtyTrac released Thursday. One in every 698 US housing units had a foreclosure filing during the month.

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