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Baltimore-area housing market sees bidding wars return as buyers' choices shrink
David D. Igla lost out on three Ellicott City homes in the past few months before he finally beat the competition and had an offer accepted.
What kind of so-called buyer's market is this, he wondered?
Some houses zip off the market —...Tags: Real Estate, Homes, Condos and Houses, Prices, Realty
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Baltimore homeowner almost ends up in tax sale after city loses check
Kristina Suson's home wasn't part of the city's tax sale Monday, but it was a close call. Baltimore places liens on properties for unpaid property taxes, water bills and other municipal debts, then puts the liens up for auction every spring —...Tags: Foreclosures, Finance, Credit and Debt, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Local Government
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Maryland's new mortgage delinquencies improve
The share of Maryland homeowners newly behind on mortgage payments fell to the lowest level for March in four years — an important milestone because the state's new-delinquency figure is now better than its pre-crisis average. Just under 3...Tags: Foreclosures, Auction Service, Banking, Norton (Norton, Virginia), Finance
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Baltimore area home prices jump in April thanks to fewer foreclosures
The Baltimore region saw a double-digit jump in average home sale prices in April, the most in six years — but the gain was driven by a shrinking supply of cheap foreclosures rather than a resurgence in value.
Just one in 10 homes sold in the...Tags: Foreclosures, Homes, Real Estate, Judges, Real Estate Sellers
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Annapolis retiree awarded $342,000 in bad-mortgage case
A 78-year-old Annapolis man who said he was duped into getting unsuitable mortgages — sending the home he had owned for decades into foreclosure — was awarded $342,000 by an Anne Arundel County jury this week. The jury found that Dennis...Tags: Foreclosures, Homes, Retirement, Retirement Planning Services, Finance
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Prepaid card market heats up — and the fees are plentiful
Prepaid debit cards are everywhere these days — and so are their fees.
The cards allow you to load cash onto them and are accepted by businesses just like other types of plastic.
But you might have to pay a fee to activate the card, make ATM...Tags: Banking, Sales, Business, Bankrate Incorporated, Consumers
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New Md. law aims to halt financial abuse of the elderly
Maryland banks and credit unions are likely to be among the first to notice that an elderly customer is being financially exploited by a con artist or an unscrupulous relative. So it makes sense that these institutions take part in an effort to protect...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), MetLife Incorporated, Business Institutions
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Consumer agency to review mandatory arbitration in financial services
Finally, a spotlight will be shone on a widespread business practice that forces unhappy customers to settle disputes through binding arbitration — rather than by telling their story in court. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now is seeking...Tags: Judges, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Business, Trials
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Severna Park resident sentenced in mortgage fraud case
A Severna Park woman was sentenced Tuesday to just over three years in prison after pleading guilty to a mortgage scam involving $4.7 million in fraudulent loans, the Maryland U.S. attorney's office said. Mary Anne Dean, 60, brokered loans in a scheme...Tags: Foreclosures, Punishment, Prisons, Condos and Houses, Court Preliminary
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Efforts under way to improve short sale process as alternative to foreclosure
Housing experts say homeowners can wait as long as nine months to get approval to sell their home as a short sale, and efforts are underway to push lenders to give a prompt answer. HouseLogic says homebuyers may find themselves in the position of... -
Wells Fargo mails mortgage-rate reduction offers to borrowers
Wells Fargo borrowers potentially eligible for mortgage rate reductions under the national settlement with big banks are being notified this month, Maryland's attorney general said Friday. The lender is mailing out rate-reduction offers in waves, meaning...Tags: Lawyers, Bank of America Corp., Douglas F. Gansler, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Incorporated
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Don't cut legal aid to the poor
An elderly mother faced foreclosure, an all too common problem for many. What was uncommon about this particular case was that the state of this mother's financial affairs was not her own doing. The woman's daughter refinanced her mortgage several times,...Tags: Legal Service, Finance, Mortgages
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