Index: Local real estate on 'road to recovery'
Saturday Jan 14 | via North Port Sun
The Punta Gorda metropolitan area, which includes all of Charlotte County, was added this month to a list of 76 cities with real estate markets that are "on the road to recovery," according to an index compiled by a national builders group. Comment?
After the May 22 Tornado in Joplin
Jan 1, 2012 | via Springfield News Leader
Thelma and Don Epperson look at their new bedroom in their new home for the first time in Joplin Dec. Comment?
Half of Joplin owners file for permits
Dec 27, 2011 | via The Joplin Independent
As 2011 comes to a close and many begin to look forward to the New Year, Joplin has a reason to be hopeful. Comment?
Dec 21, 2011 | via Watersblogged
Via Zero Hedge: Just the headlines for now: EXISTING U.S. HOME SALES REVISED DOWN BY 14% FROM 2007-2010 EXISTING HOME SALES REVISED DOWN BY 15% IN 2010 TO 4.19 MLN Thank you NAR for proving what everyone knew: that the US housing market is one big lie. Comment?
Months after flood, many miserable in Minot, N.D. - ...
Dec 18, 2011 | via The Spokesman-Review
In the middle of winter, when the temperature slips toward zero and bone-numbing winds blow in off the prairie, living in a Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer may not be hell - it's way too cold for that - but as the saying goes, you can see it from here. Comment?
$196 Million to Missouri from National Mortgage Sett...
Friday | via Kansas City InfoZine
Missouri's participation in a landmark national mortgage settlement that will bring more than $196 million to Missouri taxpayers and the state Jefferson City, MO - infoZine - The joint federal-state agreement addresses allegations of foreclosure abuses, unfair mortgage servicing practices, and fraud by the nation's five largest mortgage servicers: ... (more) Comment?
The Star's editorial | Sinquefield's loose lips and ...
Friday | via The Kansas City Star
Gifts that keep givingIts been a good week for Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon. First, he gets $41 million dropped into his general fund as part of a settlement with big banks over unscrupulous mortgage-lending practices. Comment?
Koster announces Missouri will receive $196 million ...
Friday | via Springfield News Leader
The Attorney General's Office launched a special hotline for consumers to get more information about the settlement. Comment?
Mortgage companies sign settlement
Thursday Feb 9 | via KSDK-TV Saint Louis
St. Louis - Five mortgage companies just signed on for a $26 billion settlement and you could be entitled to some of it. Comment?
Missouri to get $195 million from national mortgage ...
Thursday | via Missourian
Missourians will receive $195 million from a national settlement over home foreclosure abuses among most states, the federal government and mortgage lenders. Comment?
Residential construction industry about to take off
Friday | via Scoop
"The period from 2012 to 2017 will see the construction industry flourish as it did between 2002 and 2007, but for different reasons," he says. Comment?
Marty Robins: Mortgage Settlement: Really? For Whose...
8 min ago | via The Huffington Post
If the 'settlement' involving mortgage foreclosure practices is supposed to be good news for the country, I must have missed something. Comment?
Commentary: Prejudice against single people exists, ...
52 min ago | via PennLive.com
For most of us, Valentine's Day represents either a sweet time of romance or a hokey holiday drummed up by retailers to make a buck. Comment?
Developer Angelo Tsakopoulos blames loan agent for d...
1 hr ago | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Sacramento developer Angelo K. Tsakopoulos on Thursday blamed a lenders agent for the loan default on an office complex Tsakopoulos controls, saying the agent was unwilling to negotiate an extension on the debt. Comment?
At War Blog: Mortgage Relief for Service Members
1 hr ago | via FiveThirtyEight
Members of the military services who lost their homes in unfair foreclosures have won a big victory - and will receive big payouts - in the comprehensive settlement of mortgage litigation that was reached last week. Comment?