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Bohr, Cathay Bank reach confidential settlement
Huntington Beach City Councilman Keith Bohr, who for months was tangled up with financial difficulties, including a bankruptcy, a lawsuit by a lender and an attempted foreclosure on his house, seems to be getting his finances in order, according to...Tags: File Sharing, Finance, Wells Fargo & Co., Bankruptcy, Trials
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Bohr grapples with bankruptcy, home foreclosure
Huntington Beach City Councilman Keith Bohr appears to be mired in financial difficulties that include an attempted foreclosure on his house, a bankruptcy filed for a downtown-based company he co-owns, and a lawsuit by a lender asking him to pay millions....Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Mortgages, Lawyers
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Community Commentary: Bank bailouts needs to stop
As thousands of homes are forfeited to banks each year, I continue to receive calls from constituents who cannot understand why financial institutions seem to prefer foreclosures and short sales on homes rather than to work with homeowners on loan...Tags: Career and Workplace, Real Estate Buyers, Finance, Politics, Unemployment
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Councilman, bank ordered to mediation
A federal court has ordered Councilman Keith Bohr and his wife, Elizabeth Propp, to settlement proceedings after their home loan lendor, Wells Fargo, filed a motion to dismiss the couple's lawsuit against it. Bohr and Propp filed their lawsuit Feb. 16...Tags: Loans, Mortgages, Wells Fargo & Co., Orange County Register, Real Estate
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Company hires and promotions in the Lehigh Valley
Scott E. Yescavage has been hired as an SBA program officer, corporate banking for Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania. He brings 19 years of experience in the financial services industry to Univest. He joins Univest from National Penn Bank where he was vice...Tags: County Bank Corporation, Whitehall, Health and Medical Professionals, Science, DeSales University
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Costco members can now shop for mortgages online
Members of Costco Wholesale Corp. can fill their carts with a shopping list of goodies like big-screen televisions, bathroom tissue and rotisserie chickens.
Mortgages? Well, not exactly.
The company is receiving a fair amount of publicity for the...Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Services and Shopping, Finance, Groceries, Mortgages
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44% of Cook County homes with a mortgage are underwater
Tribune staff reporterAlmost 667,000 homes with a mortgage in the seven-county Chicago area were underwater on their mortgages in March -- and 13 percent of those homeowners were also delinquent on their mortgage payments by three months or more. The paper losses total almost...Tags: Services and Shopping, Chicago Mortgages, Foreclosures, Mortgages, Real Estate
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Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate down a tick at 3.78%
Record low interest rates for 30-year mortgages edged down another tick, Freddie Mac said in its latest survey, which showed lenders across the nation offering the benchmark loan at 3.78% compared to 3.79% last week. The typical rate on a 15-year fixed...
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Zillow: Underwater mortgages still plague Broward, PB counties
Sun SentinelDespite the recent rise in home prices, nearly half of Broward County mortgage holders owe more than the properties are worth, real estate website Zillow.com says. The figure, 46 percent, is down slightly from a year ago. In Palm Beach County, four in 10...Tags: Services and Shopping, Mortgages, Real Estate
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Underwater mortgages still plague Palm Beach County
Despite the recent rise in home prices, four in 10 Palm Beach County mortgage holders owe more than the properties are worth, real estate website Zillow.com says. The figure, 43 percent, is up slightly from a year ago, and the lost value totals $11.1...Tags: Services and Shopping, Mortgages, Real Estate
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Underwater mortgages still plague Broward County
Despite the recent rise in home prices, nearly half of Broward County mortgage holders owe more than the properties are worth, real estate website Zillow.com says. The figure, 46 percent, is down slightly from a year ago. Still, the lost value totals $14...Tags: Services and Shopping, Mortgages, Real Estate
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Facebook, Wall Street banks under fire from lawmakers and lawyers
WASHINGTON — Already grappling with regulatory reviews of its troubled initial public offering, Facebook Inc. and the Wall Street banks that shepherded the deal are now under fire from lawmakers and lawyers. Two congressional committees said...Tags: Stock Market, Companies and Corporations, Lawyers, Financing and Stock Offerings, Manhattan (New York City)
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