Mortgage holders who took out home loans at the height of the housing market are quietly walking away from homes in growing numbers in Massachusetts as the foreclosure crisis shifts into high gear. The crippling impact of foreclosures has affected few neighborhoods as severely in Boston like others in the U.S., but is projected to… Continue reading 2012 Massachusetts Housing Market
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Feds Launch Mortgage Task Force Investigation
By Mike Colpitts More than three years after announcing he would launch a federal task force to investigate the mortgage crisis, President Barack Obama has finally launched a federal probe into the U.S. largest financial institutions. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who pulled his state out of the 50 state robo-signing investigation, sent subpoenas… Continue reading Feds Launch Mortgage Task Force Investigation
Banks Mortgage Settlement Hangs in Jeopardy
By Kevin Chiu A proposed settlement between big money mortgage giants and U.S. states hangs in jeopardy after Delaware rejected the settlement as an unfair deal for homeowners. State Attorney General Beau Biden broke with fellow AGs rejecting the settlement. The proposed settlement between the attorney generals would dedicate $17-billion from lenders to go towards… Continue reading Banks Mortgage Settlement Hangs in Jeopardy
Foreclosures Show Positive Fall
By Kevin Chiu Foreclosure filings dropped 14% in November experiencing a positive fall as default notices, scheduled bank auctions and bank repossessions hit their lowest level in a year, according to RealtyTrac. However, some of the hardest hit states, including California, Arizona and Massachusetts posted year-over-year increases in November. Foreclosure auctions, the final step in… Continue reading Foreclosures Show Positive Fall
Likely Failure in Robo-Signing Talks
By Mike Colpitts Talks between State Attorney Generals in Washington, D.C. and representatives of the Obama administration have yet to provide a settlement for the robo-signing scandal, and many of President Barack Obama’s critics expect that any agreement with bankers will be a sellout of mammoth proportions. Negotiations between the U.S. Justice Department and the… Continue reading Likely Failure in Robo-Signing Talks
MERS Orders Foreclosure Halt
By Mike Colpitts The electronic mortgage registration company at the center of the robo signing scandal has ordered a halt to foreclosures in an effort to protect itself from legal problems in the growing foreclosure crisis. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) has issued a new policy on its website advising members not to foreclose or… Continue reading MERS Orders Foreclosure Halt
States Balk at Banks Foreclosure Deal
By Kevin Chiu A move by five of the U.S. largest banks to reportedly limit their liability over illegal foreclosures is being rejected by at least three states now investigating lenders for their roll in the robo signing scandal. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley added the state’s name to the growing list of states refusing… Continue reading States Balk at Banks Foreclosure Deal
Actor Nicolas Cage Sells Estate at $9.5 Million Loss
By Kevin Chiu Movie actor Nicolas Cage sold his Middletown, Rhode Island estate at a loss of $9.5-million as the Oscar winning star of more than a dozen major box office hits suffers massive losses in the real estate collapse. Cage purchased the 27-acre estate for $15.7-million at the height of the real estate bubble… Continue reading Actor Nicolas Cage Sells Estate at $9.5 Million Loss
2011 Massachusetts Housing Market
Despite the lowest mortgage rates in decades, the Massachusetts housing market is slumping as it works its way through the most devastating real estate crash in U.S. history. Home sales declined to the lowest level since 1990 after the federal home buyer tax credit expired. The drop-off is also attributable to high unemployment and weak… Continue reading 2011 Massachusetts Housing Market