Blumenthal Bill Targets Foreclosure-Rescue Schemes - Hartford Courant

With foreclosures at record levels in Connecticut, the attorney general on Tuesday proposed legislation aimed at protecting consumers from foreclosure-rescue and other personal finance schemes that promise help for a fee, but don't deliver. Attorney ...

Tennessee General Warns Of Foreclosure Scam-Cindy Carter - WZTV.com

Tennessee's Attorney General is warning homeowners about certain people and companies offering to help their clients avoid foreclosure but don't deliver on their promises. Attorney General, Bob Cooper says his office is prosecuting two alleged scam ...

MAHONING COUNTY - Vindicator

Joshua E. Berg, 23, of 4106 New Road, Austintown, and Erica L. Check, 22, of same. Saleh S. Darwish, 32, of 7975 Raglan Drive, Warren, and Nijma S. Awadallah, 23, of 3769 Robert Frost Drive, Austintown. Christopher M. Edwards, 45, of 684 W. Wood St ...

Court's clout will help save mortgages - Pittsburgh Tribune Review

A judge's authority to delay foreclosures will put teeth in an initiative to help hundreds of Allegheny County homeowners remain in their homes, experts say. The Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Program due to take effect Monday by order of Common ...

Three local hotels auctioned off - Wichita Falls Times Record News

The Ramada Inn on Maplewood and the Quality Inn & Suites and Comfort Inn & Suites on Maurine were auctioned off Tuesday on the Wichita County Courthouse steps. DFW Hotel Funding of Dallas, which purchased the liens from original lender BT&T, bought ...

Prince William faces major budget challenge, Stewart says - Washington Examiner

Prince William County is facing its greatest budget challenge in its history as the nation suffers through a recession, Prince William County Chairman Corey Stewart said Tuesday. “[The year] 2009 will present the toughest fiscal challenge that this ...

Conyers introduces mortgage legislation - Detroit Free Press

Under current rules, bankruptcy judges can’t rewrite mortgage terms on primary residences – a fact that many Democrats have criticized as the foreclosure crisis has swept the nation. Michigan has been among the hardest hit. Some Republican ...