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Minneapolis-based law firm Shapiro & Zielke, LLP, and its affiliated company, First Financial Title Agency of Minnesota, recently completed their Ninth Annual White Christmas Fundraiser, which raised $10,000 for local Minneapolis charity 360 Communities.

Republican lawmakers are requesting more information from the U.S. Department of Justice on settlements in the past year with Bank of America and Citigroup over the sales and packaging of mortgage-backed securities, according to a press release from the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.

The figures for both sales and median price for existing homes in October were higher than the "10-year October average," or the average of that data from the previous 10 Octobers, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Hutchens Law Firm attorney Michael B. Stein has received the highest rating for the legal profession, an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and Hutchens associate attorney Lanee Borsman has been named the 2014 Chief Justice Service Award winner by the North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) .

Virginia Beach-based LenderSecure has increased its total of best-in-class solutions providers to nine with the recent addition of four new partners.

Low mortgage interest rates helped elevate refinance volumes throughout the third quarter as demand for the government's relief refinance program continued to diminish.

The U.S. Department of Treasury announced that Annie Donovan has joined the department as the new director of the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.

A Delaware man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a fraud and money laundering scheme involving a bank that was a recipient of funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), according to an announcement by the Special Inspector General for the TARP (SIGTARP) and U.S. Attorney General for Delaware Charles M. Oberly III.

Income growth and rising home inventory levels helped push house sales up in October compared to last year, marking the first major increase year-to-date, according to a report.

One of the oldest and largest marketplaces for self-directed homebuyers and sellers, Owners.com joins real estate auction marketplace Hubzu.com as a platform for Altisource to continue to grow its online presence.