by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, case, court, decision, environment, flood, flooding, global warming, greenhouse gas, home, homeowner, house, hurricane, landowner, law, lawsuit, legal, rain, residence, resident, ruling, storm, storm surge, trial, tropical, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina, which, in turn, damaged their property. In the lawsuit, the landowners sought compensatory and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 9,2013
Tags: appeal, award, crime, home, homeowner, homeowners insurance, house, insurance, insurer, judge, judicial, judiciary, jury, justice, law, legal, real estate, residence, resident, residential real estate, ruling, whistleblower
GULFPORT — State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has asked a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the government involving a policyholder claim after Hurricane Katrina. Motions filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport also seek a new trial The verdict came in April in a whistleblower lawsuit against the Illinois- [...] [...]
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: 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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2013
Tags: bench, case, Commercial Real Estate, community development, court, developer, development, home, homeowner, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, movie, noise, residence, resident, residential real estate, theater, traffic, trial
OLIVE BRANCH — An Olive Branch community remains in the lurch about whether a controversial movie theater will be constructed near its homes. The Commercial Appeal reports the developer has filed an appeal in DeSoto County Circuit Court about Board of Aldermen decisions he said are preventing a theater from being developed near Wedgewood subdivision. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: city government, Commercial Real Estate, film, movie, movie theater, municipal, municipality, protest, real estate, residence, resident
OLIVE BRANCH — Officials have blocked a movie theater developer’s attempt to put a cinema at the wooded rear of the golf course community of Wedgewood. The Commercial Appeal reports the controversial plans by cinema developer Ambarish A. Keshani drew about 100 area residents to yesterday’s Olive Branch Board of Aldermen meeting to speak in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: bench, court, hearing, home, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, petition, plant, protest, resident, sand, sand-drying
POPLARVILLE — A Pearl River County judge has scheduled a hearing tomorrow on a petition from some residents seeking to block development of five acres near the construction site of a sand drying plant in Picayune. The Alliance Consulting Group is locating the plant on 30 acres between Nicholson and Picayune. The $30-million plant would [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, board of supervisors, bond, county government, default, elected official, finance, financial institution, health care, hispital, home, homeowner, homestead exemption, house, mill, millage, public official, residence, resident, supervisor, tax, taxpayer
NATCHEZ — Natchez Regional Medical Center wants to take Adams County’s taxpayers off the hook as cosigners for its revenue bond. The Natchez Democrat reports the Mississippi Development Bank in 2006 required the hospital to show collateral before it would reissue the revenue bond. Adams County pledged a 5-mill standby tax that would not be [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]