GREENWOOD — Officials have asked Gov. Phil Bryant to allow lawmakers consider during tomorrow’s special session a local bill to allow the city of Greenwood to donate small homes to a nonprofit organization for low-income housing. Similar legislation died during the 2013 regular session. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports the city has 26 Katrina cottages, small [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: discrimination, federal government, home, house, housing, land, lawsuit, property, real estate, residence, settlement
MAGEE — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Mississippi company will pay a $27,000 settlement in a housing discrimination lawsuit. M.M. and S. Inc. agreed, according to a press release, to pay $20,000 to a family for refusing to rent a home to them, and a civil penalty of $7,000 to the United States. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: city government, cleanup, construction, culture, history, home, house, real estate, renovation, residence, residential real estate
VICKSBURG — Beck House owner Robert Rosenthal has two more months to complete exterior renovations to the house and clean the property. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen granted the extension this week. The house is on the city’s list of dilapidated and overgrown lots. Rosenthal asked to have his building permit reinstated and wanted [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: alderman, blighted property, board of aldermen, city government, home, house, property, real estate, residence, residentai real estate
HORN LAKE — Horn Lake aldermen have given the city authority to clean up more than 60 properties if the landowners fail to take action. Overgrown property becomes a chronic problem for municipalities with the coming of spring as grass begins to grow. Under the resolution approved by the board, the city has the authority [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 16,2013
Tags: home, house, land, mortgage, mortgage technology, property, real estate, residence, residential real estate, value
OXFORD — The latest FNC Residential Price Index (RPI) indicates that U.S. property values rose again in February, continuing a trend that began in the spring of 2012, which has become widely recognized as the beginning of the housing market’s recovery. In February, the FNC RPI recorded a 28-month high after rising for 12 straight [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: Business, city government, cleanup, Commercial Real Estate, county government, damage, debris, destruction, disaster recovery, home, house, residence, residential real estate, tornado, Weather, wind
PINE BELT — Officials are nearing the end of the debris cleanup from the Feb. 10 tornado that struck northeastern Lamar County, Hattiesburg and Petal. The Hattiesburg American reports Petal wrapped up its debris cleanup efforts March 22. Mayor Hal Marx says the cleanup tab was approximately $100,000. In Hattiesburg, John Brown, assistant to the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: flooding, home, homeowner, house, hurricane, insurance, justice, law, legal, natural disaster, property, rain, real estate, residential real estate, storm, storm surge, tropical, wind
GULFPORT — A federal jury has found State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. committed fraud against the federal government and submitted a false record to support fraud after Hurricane Katrina. The Sun Herald reports the verdict came after the eight-member jury deliberated for three hours Monday in a whistleblower lawsuit. The decision potentially opens for [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 5,2013
Tags: campaign, credit union, financial institution, home, homeowner, homeownership, house, marketing, public relations, real estate, residence, resident, residential real estate
JACKSON — HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union) has helped launch Home Matters, a national movement to build public support for the concept of homeownership. Home Matters is spearheaded by the National NeighborWorks Association (NNA), a coast-to-coast coalition of housing and community development organizations, other nonprofits, companies and the public at large. The launch took [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 3,2013
Tags: automobile, damage, destruction, disaster recovery, hail, hailstorm, home, house, insurance, naturak disaster, property, reidence, storm, vehicle, Weather
METRO JACKSON — Mississippi’s major insurance carriers have reported to the Mississippi Insurance Department that as of late March they have received over 40,000 homeowner and automobile damage claims as a result of the March 18 hailstorm that hit Jackson and the surrounding area. They have paid out over $25 million in claims, according to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: expand, expansion, foreign market, global, home, house, housing, international, land, mortgage, property, real estate, residence, resident, technology
OXFORD — FNC Inc., a mortgage technology company, took its operations global this week, officially opening an office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Last fall, Sao Paulo-based Cetip — Latin America’s largest depository of fixed income securities — selected FNC to deliver a comprehensive collateral management solution for the Brazilian mortgage industry. “We at Cetip are [...] [...]
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