Gov. Crist appoints Pensacola man to Florida Real Estate Commission (Pensacola News Journal)
January 19, 2008
Gov. Charlie Crist appointed a Pensacola man to the Florida Real Estate Commission this week.
Foreclosure sales can be risky (Akron Beacon Journal)
January 19, 2008
Q: I am looking at some property that has gone into foreclosure and will be auctioned at the courthouse in a few weeks. Is it better to try and bid on the property at the auction, something I have never done, or try to contact the attorneys handling the case and make an offer before the auction? Is there a percentage a person should bid at auction or offer the bank? There is about $580,000 owed …
E.C. council supports action on foreclosure crisis (Northwest Indiana Times)
January 19, 2008
BY STEVE ZABROSKI Times Correspondent | Saturday, January 19, 2008 | No comments posted. EAST CHICAGO | City Council members are calling on the U.S. Congress to protect homeowners threatened with foreclosure by ballooning mortgage interest rates.
Attention focused on foreclosure crisis (The Times-Reporter)
January 19, 2008
CANTON – Mediation has proven to be one of the best hopes for those facing home foreclosure, and Stark County Common Pleas Court will begin its program next month.
WINCHESTER REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS (Winchester Star)
January 19, 2008
* Phyllis L. Ball to Jean H. Rimback, lot with house, Willow Lawn Cottages, $260,000. * Barron Homes Inc. to Barron Real Estate LLC, lot with house, 2316 Tower Ave., $274,000.
Glass half full, real estate industry telling Atlantans (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
January 18, 2008
Local real estate industry leaders made another stab this week at counteracting the growing tide of gloomy news about mortgages, foreclosure and home sales. At a panel discussion assembled by the Mortgage Bankers Association of Georgia and the Georgia Association of Mortgage Brokers, representatives of bankers, brokers, real estate agents and builders encouraged consumers to “think of the glass …
Homeowners urged to call hotline to avoid foreclosure (Los Angeles Daily News)
January 18, 2008
Angelenos in jeopardy of losing their homes because they cannot make their monthly mortgage payments were urged today to contact a foreclosure hotline for financial counseling.
National Housing Groups Announce the Endorsement of National Industry Foreclosure Counseling Standards to Help Save … (wallstreet:online AG)
January 18, 2008
The National Industry Foreclosure Counseling Standards, created by a group of leaders from lending
Monmouth Real Estate Sets Dividend (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
January 18, 2008
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. said its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share. The industrial real estate investment trust said the dividend is payable March 17 to shareholders of record Feb. 15.
Foreclosure (CBS News)
January 18, 2008
FORECLOSURE….Fromer Republican HUD secretary Jack Kemp takes to the pages of the LA Times today to tell us that federal bankruptcy law treats businesses better than people:Bankruptcy law is wildly off-kilter in how it treats homeownership. Under current law, courts…
