Yearly Archives: 2013

AG Coakley Reminds Qualified Borrowers of Deadline for Foreclosure Settlement Claims Under National Settlement

BOSTON, MA - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley today reminded qualified borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure that Friday, Jan. 18 is the deadline for filing claims for a one-time payment under the $25 billion national mortgage foreclosure settlement.

iMLSbook LLC real estate market simplified through online IDX Broker enabled search page and...

EUGENE, OR - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Shane Bryan have brought a new IDX solution to the Canton, Massachusetts area real estate market. IDX Broker software now synchronizes directly to the website of Bryan, extracting raw listing data from the Massachusetts MLS Property Info Network (MLSPIN) and displaying it seamlessly on the IDX enabled search page Bryan hosts. Now, Massachusetts home seekers can experience and dynamic, timesaving, online real estate search from the convenience of the website of Bryan, thanks to IDX Broker software. Bryan has forever changed the way potential Massachusetts buyers find the homes of their dreams

GOVERNOR PATRICK ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE OVERSIGHT, EFFICIENCY OF LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES

BOSTON, MA - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thursday, January 10, 2013 - Governor Deval Patrick today filed legislation that will professionalize, modernize and regionalize the operations and financial management of the Commonwealth’s housing authorities. The proposals will change the governance structure of the housing authority system in order to protect the safety net that public housing provides for the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable families, seniors and persons with disabilities and builds on the Administration’s unprecedented commitment to public housing.

More good news for the Massachusetts housing market: MassHousing’s lending for affordable homeownership topped...

BOSTON, MA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On the heels of recent good news about fewer foreclosures, rising home prices and increased home sales comes another encouraging sign for the Massachusetts housing market. MassHousing reported today that it provided more than $1 billion in home mortgage loans last year, exceeding by 52 percent the Agency’s previous record for homeownership lending in a calendar year.

MassHousing Announces Loan Closing of $6.6 Million to Preserve Affordable Housing for Seniors in...

BOSTON, MA - January 04, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced a loan closing today of $6.6 million to preserve affordability for senior citizens at the 95-unit Edison Green Apartments in Dorchester

Mayor Menino Issues No Heat Advisory

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 02, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Inspectional Services Department today issued a reminder to Boston residents to prepare for frigid temperatures by making homes weather tight, and ensuring heating systems are running properly and adequately fueled. In the month of December, Inspectional Services received 129 “no heat” calls.

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AG Healey Secures $2 Million in Restitution for 20,000 Massachusetts Homeowners...

One of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers will pay $2 million in restitution to resolve allegations that it violated state law and committed unfair and deceptive practices by charging Massachusetts homeowners for unnecessary fees and overpriced force-placed insurance policies, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today