Increase in Nov. home sales sets record for region
22 hrs ago | via The Baltimore Sun
Homeowners sold 77 percent more homes in the Baltimore metro area last month than they did a year earlier, by far the biggest increase since Metropolitan Regional Information Systems began tracking the region in the late 1990s. Comment?
Ideal Federal Savings Bank in Baltimore going public
Monday Dec 7 | via Baltimore Business Journal
Ideal Federal Savings Bank , under orders from federal regulators to raise capital, plans to go public and issue stock. Comment?
Jul 20, 2009 | via The Baltimore Sun
It started with a request in July and ended today, dozens of nominations and 10 selected places later. Comment?
Mall owner General Growth restructures $9.7B in debt
Wednesday Dec 2 | via The Oregonian
General Growth Properties Inc. said today lenders have agreed to restructure about $9.7 billion in debt under a plan that will allow 92 of its properties to emerge from bankruptcy protection by the end of the year. Comment?
Dixon convicted on 1 gift card charge
Tuesday Dec 1 | via HometownAnnapolis
Baltimore's mayor was convicted Tuesday on a single charge she took gift cards intended for the city's poor. Comment?
Maryland DLLR suspends mortgage broker licences, all...
12 hrs ago | via Mortgage Fraud News
In the following press release The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation's Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation, as part of its ongoing crackdown against mortgage fraud, today issued cease-and-desist orders in three additional cases in which entities and individuals are accused of illegal activities that victimized ... Comment?
Two loan officers indicted in Maryland mortgage frau...
12 hrs ago | via Mortgage Fraud News
After an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Office of Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation - Division of Financial Regulation, a federal indictment was returned on December 8, 2009 against two loan officers employed at a ... Comment?
Maryland Mortgage Fraud Task Force Announces Progres...
14 hrs ago | via Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maryland Mortgage Fraud Task Force members highlighted their progress and plans in a press conference today, including the filing of criminal, civil, and regulatory actions against more than 250 individuals and companies in 2009. Comment?
Colo. woman who won Md. house raffle sells prize
Tuesday Dec 8 | via KRDO
A Colorado woman who won a $1.2 million house in Maryland in a $50-a-ticket raffle last year has sold the property to a church. Comment?
O'Malley to renew fight against false Medicaid claims
Tuesday Dec 8 | via Gazette.Net
Gov. Martin O'Malley's 2010 General Assembly agenda is beginning to take shape, as the economy becomes a major factor in his legislative program. Comment?
Binion becomes managing broker at Coldwell Banker SSK
4 min ago | via Union-Recorder
Robert Binion has been selling real estate since the age of 19. He recently became the managing broker for Coldwell Banker SSK in Milledgeville after a long career as a realtor. Comment?
Agreement allows RISPCA to rescue 'foreclosed' anima...
4 min ago | via Providence Journal
By the end of the day Saturday, the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals expects it will have moved the 55 remaining animals at Bonniedale Farm in Glocester to safe facilities around the state. Comment?
Realtors Group Recognizes 4 At Ceremony
4 min ago | via Tyler Morning Telegraph
The Greater Tyler Association of Realtors recently bestowed its annual honors, with Judy Pirtle emerging with the Glover Tunnell Award for Excellence. Comment?
Americans' net worth up for 2nd straight quarter
1 hr ago | via Asbury Park Press
Inch by inch, Americans are recovering some of their vast loss of wealth from the recession, thanks to gains in stock investments and home values. Comment?
MPs' expenses gravy train rolls on again
5 hrs ago | via Wellingborough Today
"I wouldn't say that MPs provide value for money a ' some are only in it for all they can get" Kettering resident Steve Purcell By Monique Cleaver Cleaning bills, Sky television accounts and a A 34 carving knife are just some of the things taxpayers have paid for according to the latest details on MPs' claims. Comment?