by MBJ Staff Published: January 15,2013
Tags: home, homeowner, house, law enforcement, loan, mortgage, real estate, residence, resident, residential real estate, settlement
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood is reminding Mississippians that all claims applications covered by the National Mortgage Settlement are due Jan. 18. The State of Mississippi joined 49 other states in a $25-billion joint state-federal mortgage servicing settlement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers over unacceptable mortgage servicing practices. Mississippi was awarded $47.1 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 14,2013
Tags: demand, home, homeowner, house, index, market, mortgage, price, property, real estate, residence, resident, residential, supply, value
OXFORD — The latest FNC Residential Price Index (RPI) shows that the recovery of U.S. property values has continued through November — the ninth consecutive month of price gains driven largely by rising homes sales and moderate economic growth. An imbalance between rising demand and limited supply continues to be an important factor for sustained [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 28,2012
Tags: disaster, flood, flooding, home, homeowner, house, insurance, land, premuim, property, rain, rating, real estate, residence, rewsident, Weather
PICAYUNE — An improved flood prone rating means Pearl River County residents will see a 10 percent reduction in monthly insurance premiums. The Picayune Item reports county planner Ed Pinero Jr. says the county has moved from an insurance rating of 10 to 8. The lower the rating, the lower the premiums. Pinero says the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: buyout, federal agency, flood, flooding, government, home, homeowner, house, rain, real estate, residence, resident, residential, severe, storm surge, tropical hurricane, Weather
PICAYUNE — Pearl River County officials say about 25 properties could be eligible for a “buyout” program to help some flood-prone residents. County planner Ed Pinero Jr. tells the Picayune Item about six property owners so far have said they want to participate in the program. The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have to approve [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
Tags: bench, city, court, flood, flood plain, government, home, homeowner, house, insurance, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, municipal, municipality, residence, resident
MOSS POINT — Moss Point officials hope a city judge will set a court date in December to determine if 47 properties must comply with rules to elevate homes in flood plains. Andrew R. Beamon, who became director of the city’s building inspection office in July, tells the Mississippi Press he expects Municipal Judge Maxine [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 15,2012
Tags: agency, error, exemption, home, homeowner, homestead, house, mistake, mortgage, real estate, residence, resident, state government
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Revenue has found mistakes in 36,000 homestead exemption filings. MDR officials tell The Clarion-Ledger it found cases where people were paying too little, too much or — in most instances — enjoying the tax break a deceased elderly or disabled relative formerly received. MDR officials credit the discovery of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: bench, case, construction, construction material, court, decision, defective, drywall, home, homebuilder, homebuilding, homeowner, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawsuit, legal, real estate, residence, ruling, trial
NEW ORLEANS — Attorneys for thousands of Gulf Coast property owners urged a federal judge yesterday to give his final approval to a proposed class-action settlement that calls for a Chinese drywall manufacturer to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to repair homes damaged by its product. U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon in New Orleans [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 6,2012
Tags: construction, cost-share, federal agency, home, homebuilder, homebuilding, homeowner, house, hurricane, natural disaster, protection, residence, resident, retrofit, storm, tropical, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Residents in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties can now save more money to protect their homes from wind damage if they participate in the Coastal Retrofit Mississippi Initiative, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). The Federal Emergency Management Agency lowered the homeowner cost-share for participants from 25 percent to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 31,2012
Tags: contract, employee, expansion, home, homeowner, house, housing, job, land, lend, lending, loan, mortgage, payroll, property, real estate, residence, resident, residential, technology, work, worker
OXFORD — A Mississippi software firm will add at least 100 jobs thanks to a Brazilian contract. FNC, which makes software to streamline mortgage lending, said it would do work for Cetip, a Brazilian firm that holds financial securities for others. FNC’s software will help Brazilian banks manage documents, cut costs and help original lenders [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: animal, application, city, deer, government, homeowner, hunt, hunter, hunting, municipal, municipality, permit, white tail deer, wildlife, wildlife control
OXFORD — Officials are trying to control the local deer population, and they’re urging homeowners to let certified bow hunters harvest deer from their property. Emergency management coordinator Jimmy Allgood tells The Oxford Eagle he has all the hunters he needs. But for the program to be effective, he needs homeowners to sign up. Allgood [...] [...]
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