Municipalities get less from mortgage tax (The Buffalo News)
BATAVIA - The Genesee County Legislature on Wednesday sent checks and bad news to 21 municipalities: Mortgage tax proceeds are at the lowest level in four years.
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Countrywide to work with critic on mortgage modifications (Boston Globe) To help borrowers at risk of defaulting on home loans, Countrywide Financial Corp. is working with an activist group that had been strongly critical of the nation's largest mortgage lender.read
Fitch Upgrades Heller Financial Commercial Mortgage Asset Corp. Series 2000-PH1 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) Fitch Ratings upgrades Heller Financial Commercial Mortgage Asset Corp.'s mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2000-PH1, as follows:read more...
Attorney General Warns Of 'Mortgage Flipping' Oklahoma's attorney general is warning potential new homeowners about a scam called "mortgage flipping". Attorney General Drew Edmondson issued the warning Thursday.via
Mortgages: Mortgage rates edge lower as housing continues to weaken (Market Watch) Mortgage rates moved lower this week, according to Freddie Mac?s weekly survey released on Thursday.
Food Bank takes message to the streets Pay rent or buy groceries? That is a question many Larimer County residents face.read more...
Officials crack down on mortgage fraud (The Olympian) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mortgage fraud is being called the country's fastest-growing white-collar crime.read more...