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Aaron Gordon: Condo associations gain victory over banking lobby
For the second year in a row, Florida's condominium associations dodged a financial bullet when legislators opted to favor voters rather than the powerful banking lobby. It was an important victory for the state's struggling community associations,...Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Finance, Lobbying, Politics
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OptimumBank leaders determined to ride out storm
The numbers would make anyone blink: Bad loans account for nearly a fifth of Fort Lauderdale-based OptimumBank's $88.6 million loan portfolio. But this isn't a tale of woe from the Great Recession. It's happening this year. There may be more bad times...
Tags: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Real Estate, Fort Lauderdale, Loans, Services and Shopping
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3 big banks nearly halt foreclosure sales after U.S. tweaks orders
Sales of homes in foreclosure by Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. ground nearly to a halt after regulators revised their orders on treatment of troubled borrowers during the 60 days before they lose their homes. The banks...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Mortgages, U.S. Department of the Treasury, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Financial and Business Services
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Deal bolsters prospects for stalled marina project
A stalled residential marina development in Blue Island has been purchased by a south suburban company that built its name rehabbing foreclosed homes. Tinley Park-based Mack Cos. acquired 27 acres at Fay's Point, on a peninsula between the Cal-Sag...
Tags: Real Estate, Federal Housing Administration, Finance, Realty, Broadway Theater
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Short sales routinely show up in credit reports as foreclosures
WASHINGTON — Are large numbers of homeowners who have negotiated short sales with lenders at risk because of a startling omission in the American credit system? Do their credit reports and scores indicate that they were foreclosed upon, rather...
Tags: The Washington Post, Federal Housing Administration, Real Estate, Finance, Mortgages
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Ask a real estate pro: Son's ex-wife won't go along with a short sale
Sentinel CorrespondentBoard-certified real estate lawyer Gary M. Singer writes about the housing market at SunSentinel.com/housekeys each Friday. To ask him a question, click here. Q: My husband and I cosigned a loan for our son and his now ex-wife. Our son stayed in the...Tags: Legal Services, Justice System, Real Estate, Services and Shopping, Lawyers
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Highland Park, Deerfield differ on approaches to affordable housing
Six months ago, Jose Rodriguez's cramped one-bedroom apartment had three beds in it. He and his wife shared one, and their two daughters bunked in the others. Today, thanks to Highland Park's affordable housing program, the family has room to grow...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Homes, Chicago Housing Authority
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Flippers playing role in South Florida's housing recovery
Home flippers got a bad name during the housing boom. They sold properties for big profits in days or weeks, and the rapid price appreciation created a frenzy that led to the eventual bust. But today's flippers are getting credit for helping the...
Tags: Real Estate, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Realty, Services and Shopping, Boca Raton
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George Packer chronicles American boom and bust in 'The Unwinding'
George Packer's new nonfiction book, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," has many of the qualities of an epic novel. Packer's subject is the last 35 years of U.S. history, the decades that gave us the conservative "Contract With...Tags: Real Estate, Biofuels, Authors, Values, Oprah Winfrey
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$1.3 billion in consumer relief so far for Marylanders from mortgage settlement
The Baltimore SunMarylanders received more than $1.3 billion in relief from the National Mortgage Settlement during a 12-month period, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced Tuesday. That assistance went to nearly 17,000 mortgage borrowers between March 1, 2012...Tags: Real Estate, Bank of America Corp., Finance, Citigroup Incorporated, Mortgages
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Kickbacks as 'a natural part of business' at Fannie Mae alleged
Before dawn one hazy March day in L.A., Armando Granillo pulled his SUV into a Starbucks near MacArthur Park, where he planned to pick up an envelope full of cash from an Arizona real estate broker, federal investigators say. Granillo, a foreclosure...
Tags: Real Estate, Finance, Autism, Loans, Mortgages
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City to pay $325,000 to settle case against former top DUI cop
The City Council Finance Committee on Monday recommended paying out $525,000 to settle two cases of alleged police misconduct, one involving a cop stripped of his police powers who still works for the department. If approved by the full council on...
Tags: Justice System, Legal Services, Services and Shopping, Trials, Property
May 22, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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May 19, 2013
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|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 17, 2013
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|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 14, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 11, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 22, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 27, 2013
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May 6, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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