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Report: Mississippi has lowest average home loan

MBJ Staff — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:07:52 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — LendingTree.com has released data highlighting the average loan amount on residential real estate purchases for all 50 states and Washington D.C. for the year. Hawaii, by far, leads the nation with an average home loan amount of $677,299, followed by Washington, D.C., at $393,453, New Jersey at $344,240 and New York at [...]

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Report: State’s foreclosure rate fell in 2011

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:48:09 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The pace of home foreclosures in Mississippi slowed substantially in 2011, following a national trend that may soon be reversed, a national foreclosure tracking firm said yesterday. Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac said that in 2011, 3,172 homes in the state were hit by some sort of foreclosure action. Those range from an initial [...]

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Two sentenced for role in mortgage fraud scheme

Associated Press — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:38:11 +0000

JACKSON — Former mortgage brokers Jason Ellis and Michael Persac will forfeit more than $3 million and pay more than $781,000 in restitution for their part in a mortgage fraud scheme. Ellis and Persac, out on bond since they were charged in 2005 in a mortgage fraud case, also are going to prison after their [...]

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Ex-judge to be sentenced for mortgage scam

Associated Press — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:15:42 +0000

GREENWOOD — Former Greenwood attorney and judge Bobby Fisher will be sentenced tomorrow for his role in a mortgage scam. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Fisher is to appear before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate in Jackson. In January 2006, Fisher and former real estate agent Jim Pruett pleaded guilty to a scheme of falsifying [...]

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FNC joins Asset Valuation and Marketing

MBJ Staff — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:09:57 +0000

OXFORD — Mortgage technology company FNC Inc., creator of the Collateral Management System (CMS) recently joined with Asset Valuation and Marketing (AVM) as a new client. The Grand Junction, Colo.-based AVM produces valuations that reflect up-to-the-minute asset conditions. AVM president Tami Rund, said, “FNC’s stellar industry reputation and outstanding service standards are a perfect match [...]

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