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Harford real estate transactions for January 2012
The following are Harford County real estate transactions from January 2012: Scott Cooper from Kenneth W. Howe, 150 Garnett Road, $280,000, 1/3. Leung S. Tom from Kalman Riegelhaupt, 251 Lewis St., $135,000, 1/3. Alan J. Miller from Equity Trust...Tags: Richard Morris, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Real Estate, Loans, Finance
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No plan to 'divert' mortgage settlement money away from Md. homeowners, officials say
Maryland's attorney general said Friday that the nearly $60 million from the national mortgage settlement that the state controls would be used to help people "victimized by the egregious conduct of the banks," in contrast with some states that intend...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Largo
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Fannie and Freddie, not banks, deserve blame
In its editorials and Dan Rodricks columns, The Sun continues to emphasize and underscore the big lie that banks or "predatory lenders" were the cause of the housing crash ("What took so long?" Jan. 26). "Predatory lending" is a term of relatively...Tags: Freddie Mac, Barney Frank
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Mortgage settlement has shortcomings, critics say
As the federal government and 49 states signed a landmark mortgage relief settlement Thursday, housing advocates and others pointed to shortcomings and raised questions about how the $25 billion plan would be able to provide relief to nearly 2 million...Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Federal Housing Administration, Realty, Annapolis, Douglas F. Gansler
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Harford real estate transactions for November 2011
The following are real estate transactions recorded in Harford County during November 2011: Lisa C. Stone from Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 923 Edmund St., $127,777, 11/1. Jeffrey Lynn Hinte from Jeffrey Lynn Hinte, 521 Windemere Drive,...Tags: Ryland Group Incorporated, Woodbridge, Real Estate, Boeing Co., Real Estate Transactions
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Mortgage settlement: A good deal for Maryland
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is right to sign on to the multi-state settlement with the nation's five largest banks over some aspects of the faulty procedures they used to foreclose on homes during the mortgage crisis. The state stands...Tags: Foreclosures, Bank of America Corp., Finance, Justice System, Douglas F. Gansler
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Obama needs to do more to keep the jobless in their homes
Four years into the financial crisis, foreclosure numbers remain daunting, with nearly 80,000 U.S. households receiving default notices for the first time in August.
But help might be at hand, now that the Obama administration is requiring mortgage...Tags: Foreclosures, Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Finance, Freddie Mac
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Report: Agency failed to stop foreclosure abuses
The federal agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failed to stop abuses by the mortgage giants' network of foreclosure attorneys for years before problems surfaced in news accounts, according to a report released Tuesday. The inspector general for...Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Foreclosures, Legal Service, Television, File Sharing
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Laura Elizabeth McGrath
Baltimore Sun reporterLaura Elizabeth McGrath, a Columbia-based affordable housing advocate, died of colon cancer Sept. 22 at her Hyattsville home. The former Northeast Baltimore resident was 46. Born in Baltimore and raised in Gardenville on LaSalle Avenue, she was a 1982...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Denise Richards, University of Maryland, College Park, Leesburg
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Obama's 'shared sacrifice': another way of saying 'soak the rich'
Your editorial lauding President Obama's call for a balanced approach to spending and taxes rings hollow indeed ("Shared sacrifice," Sept. 20). The president's supporters and apologists have little left to cling to other than abstract phrases and...Tags: Freddie Mac, Barack Obama, U.S. Postal Service, Elections, Republican Party
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Stop the latest backdoor stimulus
In 2009, President Barack Obama lifted the $400 billion cap off the bailout money that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could pass on to the taxpayers. Apparently, $400 billion wasn't enough. Fannie and Freddie are publicly owned. You and I own them and all the...Tags: Freddie Mac, Homes, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Barack Obama
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'Occupy' crowd doesn't have a monopoly on grievances
We all have legitimate grievances. Occupy Wall Street protesters do not deserve special government status that allows them to continuously occupy a public space in order to express them. Here is a list of my grievances: What are yours? 1. A lack of...Tags: Public Schools, Schools, Transportation, Occupy Wall Street, Exxon Mobil Corporation
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