mortgage
-
With A Sept. 30th Deadline Looming, Brown Alerts Ohioans Who May Have Wrongfully Lost Their Homes To Foreclosure To Review Process
Brown Joins HomeOwnership Center Director to Outline Independent Foreclosure Review Process and Highlight Benefits for Ohio Homeowners Only 6,000 of the 140,000 eligible Ohioans have initiated a foreclosure review process which could put as much as $125,000 in their pockets. During ...…Read More
Posted on 7/25/2012 | -
With Nearly 25% Of Ohio Homeowners Underwater On Their Mortgages, Brown Unveils New Plan To Improve The Housing Market By Addressing “Short Sale” Home Sales
COLUMBUS, OH-With nearly 25 percent of Ohio homeowners underwater on their mortgages, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today unveiled a new plan to improve the housing market by addressing “short sale” home sales. Short sales are real estate transactions that must be approved by the bank because the...…Read More
Posted on 4/4/2012 | -
Brown: Foreclosure Agreement to Provide an Estimated $335 Million to Help Ohio Homeowners
Following today’s settlement agreement with the nation’s largest banks after last year’s robo-signing crisis, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) welcomed the news but called for strong congressional oversight and action and urged the swift passage of legislation to prevent fut...…Read More
Posted on 2/9/2012 | -
Brown to Feds: Don't Let Wall Street Banks Use the Assets of Middle Class Ohioans to Pay the Penalty for Breaking the Law
As officials near a settlement agreement with the nation’s largest banks following last year’s robo-signing crisis, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urged Administration officials and state attorneys general to hold banks financially accountable for illegal practices and to protec...…Read More
Posted on 1/19/2012 | -
Brown Calls for End to Free Pass for Banks that Abandon Foreclosed Homes
At Brown’s Urging, a Federal Investigation Revealed That “Bank Walkaways” Undermine Neighborhoods and Property Values, Leave Communities on the Hook for Maintenance CLEVELAND, OH-After a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department released new guidelines that amount to a free pass for ba...…Read More
Posted on 1/3/2012 | -
In the Wake of Enforcement Actions Against Mortgage Servicers, Brown Introduces Bill to Keep Ohioans in Their Homes; Stem Foreclosure Crisis
In the wake of a settlement between 14 U.S. mortgage servicers and foreclosed homeowners, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced landmark legislation to prevent future servicer fraud and errors, improve foreclosure counseling and prevention, and reform oversight of mortgage-based investi...…Read More
Posted on 4/14/2011 |