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Gov. Chris Christie has a tough week with facts
newjerseynewsroom.com
9.1 - Yesterday, the state Labor Department released April numbers showing that New Jersey's unemployment rose to 9.1% - a full percentage point higher than the national rate of 8.1%. ? 8.4 - Yesterday, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported that ...

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Jumping Into the Future: New Jersey's New Recording Law
JD Supra (press release)
by Robert Marsico on 5/16/2012 by Bob Marsico on May 16, 2012 Early in 2012, the State of New Jersey took a significant step into the future by adopting a thorough update of the state's decades old document recording statute. The new law, which was ...



The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

PolitiFact NJ: Pro-Christie ad touts balanced budgets as part of 'reform movement'
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Then add your comments at NJ.com. You also can follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Patti Sapone/The Star Ledger A TV ad promoting Gov. Chris Christie's "reform movement" touts balancing state budgets as an accomplishment. Interesting, how can a budget ...

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

NJ bill to loosen state's strict surrogate parenting laws moves forward
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
TRENTON ? A state Senate panel Thursday advanced a bill that would loosen New Jersey's strict surrogate parenting laws, enacted a quarter century ago after the state Supreme Court's "Baby M" decision spurred a national debate over who has rights to the ...



Mortgage foreclosures dropping nationwide; good news for Maine
Bangor Daily News
Still, he said the overall decrease is ?masking? the fact that foreclosures actually are up in places such as Florida, New Jersey and Indiana, among other states. Despite the overall decrease in foreclosure starts, 26 states posted monthly increases in ...

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Fewer US homes foreclosed on in April
HeraldNet
In contrast, the slower foreclosure process in states like Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania helped build a logjam of pending foreclosure cases that now has lenders playing catch-up. As a result, foreclosure activity in all the judicial foreclosure ...

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Fewer homeowners foreclosed upon in April
Albany Times Union
In contrast, the slower foreclosure process in states like Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania helped build a logjam of pending foreclosure cases that now has lenders playing catch-up. As a result, foreclosure activity in all the judicial foreclosure ...

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US foreclosures decline, but road ahead still rocky
The News Journal
In contrast, the slower foreclosure process in states like Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania helped build a logjam of pending foreclosure cases that now has lenders playing catch-up. As a result, foreclosure activity in all the judicial foreclosure ...

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10 States with the Most Seriously Delinquent Mortgages
Investing Answers
And while many of the most hard-hit states have seen improvement in mortgage delinquencies in the past year, Illinois has seen little. At the end of 2010, the rate was 7.91, only marginally above the current rate. 4. New Jersey -- 9.46% of outstanding ...



Report: Fewer US homes foreclosed upon in April
KRNV My News 4
In contrast, the slower foreclosure process in states like Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania helped build a logjam of pending foreclosure cases that now has lenders playing catch-up. As a result, foreclosure activity in all the judicial foreclosure ...

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OSFI Official Defends its Mortgage Guidelines
Canadian Mortgage Trends
HELOC growth has ?contributed significantly to growing overall household debt?If (or when) housing prices drop, households would be vulnerable.? (Two fair questions would be: how many households and how vulnerable? We have anecdotal evidence, ...



My Refi's a HELOC. Anything Wrong With That?
Fox Business
Home equity lines of credit, or HELOCs, and home equity loans are secured by the property. To the extent allowed by the tax code, based on the size and use of the loan proceeds, the interest expense is tax deductible. Home equity lines and loans used ...



Banks Not Immune to Housing-Related Failures: Corporate Canada
Bloomberg
HELOC Rules OSFI's guidelines suggest lenders limit home-equity lines of credit to 65 percent of the property's value. The regulator also recommends that HELOCs be paid off over a specific amortization period, like conventional mortgages.

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Dollars & Sense: What is HELOC?
KHON2
"A home equity line of credit - or HELOC - is basically a line of credit that's secured with a person's equity in their home," explains Lance Oribio of Central Pacific Bank. There are several different versions of a HELOC.



A lien can hit your home-equity line
MarketWatch
In other words, the first lien holder may not know of the HELOC, and the HELOC lender won't know of a third or even a fourth lien. What's more, they usually don't care because if the first mortgage goes into foreclosure, lien holders are paid in the ...



Investors' remorse
Winnipeg Free Press
Five years ago, at the peak of the stock market, their financial adviser persuaded them to use a home equity line of credit (HELOC) to borrow $140000 to invest in mostly equity mutual funds. "I should have retired last June, but because of this problem ...



Borrow From My Home Equity -- Just in Case?
Fox Business
A home equity loan is different from a home equity line of credit, or HELOC. I think you're actually asking about a HELOC. A line of credit can be a better financial backstop because with a line of credit, you don't have to borrow the full amount ...



Spring Mortgage Market Update (2012)
Move Smartly
The consensus view is that this change unfairly punishes the many borrowers who use their HELOCs responsibly in order to protect our financial system from the minority of HELOC borrowers who do not. We simply cannot ignore the fact that HELOCs were the ...

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Members of Bank Fraud Ring Sentenced in $3.7 Million Scam
Mortgage Daily
ATLANTA?After three days of hearings, United States District Judge William S. Duffey, Jr. today concluded the sentencings of six co-conspirators involved in a $3.7 million dollar bank fraud ring involving home equity lines of credit (HELOCs).

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Canadian Regulators Taking Closer Look At HELOCs
Wall Street Journal
Home equity lines of credit, or HELOCs, have soared in recent years, even after similar lending helped fuel the ill-fated US housing market bubble. Canada's largest banks--which have generally won praise for conservative lending that protected them ...


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IRS spells out how long you should hold onto paperwork after tax filing season
NewsNet5.com
Records relating to real estate, stock transactions, retirement accounts and business or rental property can help establish cost basis and gain or loss, which is needed to determine gross income potentially years down the road.



Moody's downgrades 16 Spanish banks
The Republic
Spain's banks, awash in bad loans after a real estate boom went bust, are at the heart of the euro zone debt crisis because markets fear a state bailout would put a severe strain on the country's already stretched public finances.

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Retail rent on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue soars
Reuters
The asking rent for street-level stores on Fifth Avenue between 50th and 59th streets rose to $2750 per square foot this spring, the Real Estate Board of New York said in a report released Friday. The stretch is home to world-famous stores including ...

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PROVIDENT COMMUNITY BANCSHARES INC. : Provident Community Bancshares Reports ...
4-traders
Nonperforming loans, which are primarily commercial real estate properties, were $15.9 million as of March 31, 2012, or 10.9% of total loans, as compared to $16.8 million at December 31, 2011, a decrease of $878000. Real estate acquired through ...



AMER REAL ESTATE DEP UNITS NPV : Avenue Income Credit Strategies Fund ...
4-traders
NEW YORK, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Avenue Income Credit Strategies Fund (NYSE: ACP), a closed-end management investment company, today announced that portfolio data as of April 30, 2012, including performance, top ten largest holdings, ...



Business Insider

Real Estate Broker Is Willing To Accept Facebook Shares For A New Home (House ...
Business Insider
The agent, Pam Allison, is real?we called her and emailed her, but we haven't heard back. So we can't vouch for the offer's authenticity. The listing seems real, though?the sign says "Lots Available," and sure enough, Allison's firm, Forbes Group ...



DC Homes With Pools: Swimmy Real Estate
Huffington Post
This two-bedroom, three-bath property near Catholic University is 1260 square feet. It doesn't look like a beautiful 1260 square feet -- but it's got some private outdoor space, is walking distance to many of the area's attractions and comes with ...



Fitch Rates New York City's $813.2MM GOs 'AA'; Outlook Stable
MarketWatch (press release)
The bonds are general obligations of the city secured by a pledge of the city's full faith and credit and the levy by the city of ad valorem taxes, without limit as to rate or amount, on all real property within the city subject to taxation.

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Provident Community Bancshares Reports First Quarter Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Nonperforming loans, which are primarily commercial real estate properties, were $15.9 million as of March 31, 2012, or 10.9% of total loans, as compared to $16.8 million at December 31, 2011, a decrease of $878000. Real estate acquired through ...



Lawmakers Seek To Block FHFA Foreclosure Selloff In Calif.
Law360 (subscription)
Gary Miller, R-Calif., introduced bipartisan-backed bill HR 5823, which would block the FHFA's pilot Real Estate-Owned Initiative, a plan allowing investors to buy pools of foreclosed properties and rent them out in urban areas that are facing massive ...



Thousands of Georgia Homeowners May be Eligible for Bank of America Loan ...
Public Broadcasting Atlanta
By Jonathan Shapiro Thousands of Georgia homeowners who are currently underwater on their mortgages could be eligible for a new principle reduction program. It's part of massive settlement agreement between Bank of America and federal and state ...



Misused funds
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Struggling homeowners in several states may see limited help from a highly touted national mortgage settlement as state lawmakers instead divert the money to other purposes. In February, the Obama administration and 49 states made national headlines ...

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MRG Document Technologies Partners with The Stonehill Group to Offer Cost ...
Business Review USA (press release)
Atlanta, GA, May 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The StoneHill Group, a nationwide provider of quality control audits, fulfillment, due diligence and FHA insuring solutions for mortgage originators, announced a strategic alliance with MRG Document Technologies ...

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John J. Stahl III Joins The Coastal Bank as Mortgage Director and Senior Vice ...
PR Urgent (press release)
In his new position, Stahl oversees mortgage lending activity at The Coastal Bank, manages a team of mortgage experts and ensures that customers enjoy access to a full range of state-of-the-art products and services. An accomplished mortgage industry ...



MRG Document Technologies Partners with The Stonehill Group to Offer Cost ...
Exec Digital (press release)
Source: The StoneHill Group Atlanta, GA, May 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The StoneHill Group, a nationwide provider of quality control audits, fulfillment, due diligence and FHA insuring solutions for mortgage originators, announced a strategic alliance with ...

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Business news
The Augusta Chronicle
WASHINGTON ? Average US rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The steady decline has made home-buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who can qualify. Mortgage buyer Freddie ...

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Harper: Isakson right on mortgage reform
Savannah Morning News
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and the VA have been essential to the mortgage market for the past four years. Private money has vacated, except for when the government is willing to backstop risk in these uncertain times. Georgia Sen.

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SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

MRG Document Technologies Partners with The Stonehill Group to Offer Cost ...
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By PR.com Newswire Atlanta, GA, May 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The StoneHill Group, a nationwide provider of quality control audits, fulfillment, due diligence and FHA insuring solutions for mortgage originators, announced a strategic alliance with MRG ...

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Business briefs
The Augusta Chronicle
WASHINGTON ? Average US rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The steady decline has made home-buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who can qualify. Mortgage buyer Freddie ...

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Isakson On New Mortgage Requirements
Peach Pundit
Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson weighed in via a guest editorial published by the Atlanta Journal Constitution this week. He has sponsored legislation calling for the phase out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac within 10 years to re-establish private risk ...

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