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Consumer protection week scam of the day alert: foreclosure rescue
March 8, 2010 Posted by Missouri RealEstateRama
Jefferson City, MO - March 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Chris Koster said today the nation’s financial crisis has led to rampant growth of foreclosure-rescue scams. Since he took office in January 2009, the Attorney General’s Office has had 321 complaints of foreclosure fraud, compared with just 25 complaints in 2007 and 2008 combined, a more than one-thousand percent increase.
Attorney General Koster sues foreclosure consultant
November 25, 2009 Posted by Missouri RealEstateRama
Jefferson City, MO - November 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Chris Koster said today he is suing a Florida company that took money from distressed Missouri homeowners without providing any meaningful mortgage-modification service. Koster joined the Federal Trade Commission and the state of Iowa in taking legal action against the company
House Passes Rural Homeowners Protection Act Clay’s Legislation Will Help Rural Families Refinance Mortgages Through USDA Guaranteed Loan Program
July 30, 2009 Posted by Missouri RealEstateRama
Washington, DC - July 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. House has passed legislation authored by Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri, which will make refinancing easier for rural homeowners who hold mortgages issued by private lenders. H.R. 2043, the Rural Homeowners Protection Act of 2009, will allow rural families to refinance mortgages obtained from private lenders through a provision of a USDA guaranteed loan program.
first-time Gov. Nixon signs bill to protect Missouri families from sudden foreclosures
July 13, 2009 Posted by Missouri RealEstateRama
KANSAS CITY, MO - July 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Gov. Jay Nixon today signed House Bill 836 & 753 into law to protect Missouri families from sudden foreclosures during these difficult economic times
HUD Secretary announces disater assistance for Missouri storm victims
June 22, 2009 Posted by HUD
Foreclosure protection offered to displaced families in 46 counties. WASHINGTON, DC - June 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to 46 storm-ravaged counties in Missouri and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following last month’s severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes.
HUD ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR MISSOURI STORM VICTIMS
July 3, 2008 Posted by Missouri RealEstateRama
Foreclosure protection offered to displaced families in seven counties in the ‘Show Me State’WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to seven storm-ravaged counties in Missouri and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms and flooding.
