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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 12,2012
Tags: banking and finance, Banks, bubble, economy, financial institutions, foreclosures, home loans, homeownership, homes, houses, loans, mortages, real estate, recession, residences, residential real estate, residents
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 10,2011
Tags: banking and finance, Banks, brokers, courts, financial institutions, home loans, homes, houses, loans, mortgage fraud, mortgages, real erstate, residences, sentencing, trial
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 31,2011
Tags: attorneys, banking and finance, Banks, courts, financial institutions, home loans, homeowners, homes, houses, judges, lawyers, loan fraud, mortgage, real estate, Realtors, residences, scam, scheme, sentencing
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 [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]