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22 hrs ago | via United States Department of Justice
Robert Corp, a mortgage underwriter in Syracuse, N.Y., has agreed to pay the United States close to $679,000 to settle allegations that he defrauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development , the Justice Department announced today. Comment?
Region is ranked 17th on a bang for bucka list
Yesterday | via Buffalo News
December 08, 2009, 7:16 AM / The Buffalo Niagara region ranked No. 17 on a Forbes list of the nation's 100 "best bang for the buck" cities. Comment?
Monday Dec 7 | via WGRZ-TV Buffalo
Forbes.com has ranked the Buffalo area number 17th on its list of America's Best Bang-For-The-Buck Cities out of the country's 100 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Comment?
Buffalo is 17th in a oebang for bucka study
Monday Dec 7 | via Business First of Buffalo
The Buffalo area truly delivers bang for the buck. So says the latest issue of Forbes magazine , which ranks 100 major metropolitan areas based on their general affordability and economic potential. Comment?
First Niagara seeks a new charter
Friday Dec 4 | via Buffalo News
December 04, 2009, 7:21 AM / First Niagara Financial Group will ask federal regulators to convert its savings bank into a commercial bank, giving up a thrift charter that it has held for 140 years. Comment?
Inability to refinance pushed 20 Bayard into bankrup...
1 hr ago | via The Real Deal
After months of trying to keep his Williamsburg condominium project afloat on rental income, developer Isaac Hager threw 20 Bayard into bankruptcy after he was unable to refinance the building loan or support the building's monthly debt with outside funds, according to court documents obtained by The Real Deal . Comment?
Population shifts could boost Calif, NY in census
4 hrs ago | via Athens Daily Review
A steady flow of new immigrants is providing a late-decade population boost to major metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Miami, New York and Los Angeles, whose states are seeking to stem declines before the 2010 census. Comment?
Population shifts could boost Calif, N.Y. in census
20 hrs ago | via MSNBC
Population shifts could boost Calif., N.Y., Ill. Congressional seats hang in the balance; flow of immigrants a factor Video: LifeA A Cougar on the prowl Dec. Comment?
Morgans prepared to give up Ariz. hotel to lenders
21 hrs ago | via Herald-Standard
Morgans Hotel Group Co. said Tuesday it has failed to reach a deal with lenders on restructuring terms of its loan on a Scottsdale, Ariz., hotel and is prepared to surrender the Mondrian property to the lenders. Comment?
John Petro: City Council, Don't Throw Away Our Tax D...
Yesterday | via The Huffington Post
Taxpayers concerned about government waste should turn their attention to tomorrow's City Council vote on the proposed Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment. Comment?
Bailout program to run until fall
5 min ago | via Charleston Daily Mail
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced Wednesday that the administration will extend the government's financial bailout program until next fall. Comment?
SL Green Realty buys mortgage of 510 Madison Ave.
13 min ago | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
SL Green Realty Corp. said Wednesday it bought the first mortgage loan secured by property at 510 Madison Ave in New York from Union Labor Life Insurance Co. Comment?
Bridgeton lays groundwork for expansion
16 min ago | via Windsock
Bridgeton leaders increased the town's size by about a third on Tuesday to make room for a proposed a wastewater treatment plant that would serve the half-billion-dollar Bridgeton Harbor project if that project goes through. Comment?
Housing crisis far from over locally
17 min ago | via Middletown Journal
When Shane Lightle realized people were traveling 30 miles to his foreclosure assistance office in Eaton for help, he knew there was a serious problem. Comment?
3 arrested for Newport Beach home invasion
17 min ago | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Three men were under arrest and two other suspects were at large Wednesday after a violent robbery at an Orange County mansion owned by the founder of a collapsed subprime mortgage lender. Comment?