Jefferson City, MO - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of his ongoing efforts to protect Missourians from home repair scams, Attorney General Koster today filed a lawsuit against a home-repair business for violating both Missouri’s Merchandising Practices and no-call laws.

Jefferson City, MO - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster has reached an agreement in a lawsuit in Stone County against Great Southern Bank and Clear Cove Landing Homeowners Association II (HOA II). The agreement, which the Attorney General filed in court along with the lawsuit, orders the bank and the homeowners association to stop raw sewage from leaking into Table Rock Lake in violation of Missouri’s Clean Water Law

EUGENE, OR Today, IDX, Inc. welcomes Jason Griffis of Prime Realty Group realtors to the growing network of agents and brokers who have chosen to integrate the dynamic IDX Broker software onto their real estate websites. Griffis, a member of the Heartland MLS (HMLS), now hosts a comprehensive database of listings online, supplying his clients with a complete online real estate resource for their property search.

FORSYTH - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that Taney County has been approved for a $976,329 grant under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today said that Missourians who received mortgage relief, including principal reduction and short sales, for their primary residence may be able to consider the value of the relief received as non-taxable income.

Kansas City, MO - January 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Single family housing experienced significant growth in 2012 over 2011 and reached the highest number since 2007 according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. The year ended up 43 percent over last year with 3,299 compared to 2,301 in 2011. Including multi-family units the total for 2012 was 4,948 compared to 2,901 in 2011 for a 71 percent increase.

Reston, Virginia - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that U.S. District Senior Judge Ortrie D. Smith of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Western Division, ruled yesterday in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) and other defendants, dismissing a recording fee suit filed by Jackson County, Missouri

Jefferson City, MO - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster is reminding Missourians whose homes were foreclosed on between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2011, and who qualify under the National Mortgage Settlement, that the deadline for filing a claim is January 18

December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing production continues to outpace the years since 2008 in cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The trend through November continues up as reflected in the monthly average of single family permits. In 2012 that average was 274 compared to 2011 with 192, 2010 with 207, 2009 with 180, and 2008 with 269. Single family permits in November were higher than the yearly average to date and totaled 283 for the best November since 2007. Multi-family housing production continued to climb with 332 permits of which 302 were in Grain Valley, Missouri and 30 in Paola, Kansas, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report

Kansas City, KS - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged the owner, architect, builder and designers of Valle Creek Condominiums in Pevely, Missouri with violating the Fair Housing Act by failing to design and construct the units so that they are accessible to persons with disabilities.

November 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today announced that the state of Missouri and Lorraine Brown, former President of DocX, LLC, have reached a plea agreement. Under the agreement, Ms. Brown will plead guilty to one felony count of forgery, one felony count of perjury, and one misdemeanor count of making a false declaration.

November 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing production continues to climb in cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The monthly graph is up and down, but the trends show the fourth quarter is off to a strong start as builders make plans for the winter months. Single family permits in October were 331, the best October since 2007. Multi-family housing production continues to climb in 2012 with the total unit number coming in at 277, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report.

October 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, housing production continues to climb in 2012 with the total permit number coming in as the highest since 2008, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. September single family permits increased sharply to 379 over 202 single family permits the same month in 2011. Year to date total permits are the highest in three years with 3,419 permits compared to 2011 with 2,304. In 2008 total number of permits issued year to date was 4,136.

Jefferson City, MO - September 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today filed three separate lawsuits against individuals and their companies for misleading Missouri consumers in connection with mortgage-modification services. The lawsuits were filed against Colleen Kelly, a Missouri resident operating Heartland Loss Mitigation, LLC,; Eric Mader, a Florida attorney operating Mader Law Group, LLC, a Florida company; and Jim Caplan, a Florida attorney operating CAPLAW, P.A., a Florida company

September 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home building in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area continued its slow recovery in August with 260 single-family permits issued, bringing the total this year to 2,026 which is a 34.9 percent improvement from the same period in 2011. Last month’s July single-family permits totaled 288.