...moratorium on the new appraisal standards. Last Thursday, House lawmakers put the weight of a bill behind a proposed suspension of HVCC. Representatives Travis Childers (D-Mississippi) and George Miller (R-California)...

Walnut Creek, California-based ""PMI Mortgage Insurance Co."":http://www.pmi-us.com announced on Thursday that it has expanded the company's Refinance-to-Modification (RTM) program. The program can now be used with all PMI-insured loans, not...

Pleasanton, California's SmartZip, Inc. has announced the public beta launch of its Web site, ""SmartZip.com"":http://www.smartzip.com, and the introduction of SmartZip Score, analytics-based investment ratings for residential properties, including foreclosures. Historically,...

...by the housing crisis. _*California*_: In addition to the boost seen in Southern California, the company pointed out that existing single-family home sales soared 49.2 percent statewide in April, compared...

...to defend ourselves vigorously."" According to REDC, NHA made similar allegations in a complaint filed with the state of California last year (Orange County Superior Court case No. 30-2008-00105269-CV-BT-CJC), which...

...a new goal for the future, of purchasing and selling 100-plus homes per month and controlling a large percentage of the Arizona residential wholesale market. Irvine, California-based ""Real Estate Disposition...

Despite the fact that lenders in California are voluntarily postponing the majority of foreclosure sales - 73 percent, to be exact - ""ForeclosureRadar"":http://www.foreclosureradar.com says its market data reveals a steady...

Irvine, California-based ""LoanMarket.NET"":http://www.LoanMarket.NET has partnered with ""First American Title Insurance Company"":http://www.firstam.com to offer nationwide third-party title, signing, and settlement services to its online buyers and sellers of mortgage note investments....

The California Foreclosure Prevention Act officially went into effect on Monday. The measure was signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last February, and institutes a statewide 90-day foreclosure moratorium....

...managers for lending institutions are becoming more and more hard-pressed to find enough agents qualified to handle their REO portfolios. Southern California-based ""REOTrans"":https://www.reotrans.com says it has come up with a...