Government Property Tax Foreclosures News
- Phillipsburg property was mess; Washington Township, N.J., firefighters bring water, joy to kids - July 19 letters to ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:28AMA Phillipsburg nightmare has finally ended, but no thanks to Phillipsburg Mayor Harry Wyant, town council or whoever is responsible for property cleanliness in this town.
- A taxing conundrum Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:22AMSTOCKTON - The total assessed value of property in San Joaquin County has fallen to $51.1 billion, a drop of more than $2 billion from the year before and the fourth consecutive year of declining value.
- Tom Elias: State's recovery hinges on housing Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:00AMhere's one big reason why foreclosure reforms that strongly encourage banks to redo loans for "underwater" homeowners are a must for California, and soon: This state's overall economy and employment levels simply cannot recover to pre-recession status until the foreclosure crisis ends.
- Georgiou competes for Senate seat against Berkley Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:16AMBy Mark Waite An interview with Byron Georgiou, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2012 election didn’t turn out to be another run-of-the-mill chat with an underdog politician. Georgiou imparted his thought-provoking views about being one of two Nevadans who served on the 10-member Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee. The committee held 19[...]
- Georgiou competes for Senate seat against Berkley Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:16AMBy Mark Waite An interview with Byron Georgiou, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2012 election didn’t turn out to be another run-of-the-mill chat with an underdog politician. Georgiou imparted his thought-provoking views about being one of two Nevadans who served on the 10-member Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee. The committee held 19[...]
- County passes property tax increase Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:23AMDeKalb residents will be paying more in county taxes. A 4.35-mill increase became official after several months of wrangling by the county’s Board of Commissioners and CEO Burrell Ellis’ administration.
- County passes property tax increase Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:23AMDeKalb residents will be paying more in county taxes. A 4.35-mill increase became official after several months of wrangling by the county’s Board of Commissioners and CEO Burrell Ellis’ administration.
- U.S. investors must consider the economy’s long-term needs Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:22PMThe American nation is still struggling with the effects of the most serious financial crisis and economic downturn since the Great Depression. But Wall Street seems all too ready to return to the same untenable business practices that brought it to its knees less than three years ago. And some in government who claim to be representing Main Street seem all too ready to help.
- U.S. investors must consider the economy’s long-term needs Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:22PMThe American nation is still struggling with the effects of the most serious financial crisis and economic downturn since the Great Depression. But Wall Street seems all too ready to return to the same untenable business practices that brought it to its knees less than three years ago. And some in government who claim to be representing Main Street seem all too ready to help.
- The man behind ‘titanic’ reform Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:59PMMiami-Dade voters closed Tuesday an almost epic cycle launched by a citizen in his Coral Gables home’s studio with only a telephone line and an Internet connection.
- Budget breakdown: Coping with property tax pain Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 12:13AMIn 2002, the city valued Corinne Becker’s duplex in Northeast Minneapolis at $234,000. She paid $1,926 in property taxes.
- Town of Westport revenues booming Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 2:11PMTown Clerk Patricia Strauss is seen here pulling up information on revenue collection by the Town Clerk's Office for this fiscal year in comparison to last year.
- Ballard Spahr Appoints Amy McClain and Robert Scott as Partners Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 1:45PMBALTIMORE - A real estate attorney and a litigator in Ballard Spahr's Baltimore office have been ele...
- How Lauderdale Lakes landed in a fiscal abyss — and what’s next Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 9:38PMLavish spending and allegedly misleading information contributed to the financial crisis now faced by the city of 32,500.
- Neighborhood Revitalization Board: Same problems, with different slant, confront neighborhoods Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 4:20AMNadine Hogate has had a front-row seat for the revitalization of Des Moines' neighborhoods over the past two decades.
- More Ohioans renting homes; half of Zanesville units now are rentals Sunday, June 12, 2011 @ 9:29AMMore Ohioans are renting their homes than a decade ago, with some communities seeing more lessors than homeowners, according to data from Census 2010.
- Orange Mayor Jacobs: Government will stay lean, accountable Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 12:05PMOrange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs pledged in her first State of the County speech Friday to freeze fees and property taxes and to provide residents an engaged government that they can trust.
- Mesa poised to back another lean budget, maintain pay cuts Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 12:04PMPlunging sales taxes, cuts in state-shared revenue, other economic factors take hit on general fund.
- A Siren Song on Illinois Casinos, With Emanuel in Tune Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 9:14PMThe Illinois legislature has approved an extension of casino gambling, with the blessing of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but lawmakers should not believe that all will necessarily be well.
- Foreclosures Prompt Four U.S. Cities to Sue Banks for Mowing, Home Repairs Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 11:35PMFour major U.S. cities that pay for the upkeep of foreclosed properties are trying to recoup the costs of services including lawn mowing, repairs and security by suing banks they claim contributed to their “urban blight.”
- Tarrant County property values, mailbox thefts, guns on campus Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 7:02PMProperty values
- Banks high on list of delinquent property owners Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 6:32AMTwo of the city’s top delinquent landlords are not landlords at all. They’re banks. City officials said Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America owe more than $80,000 in fines for allowing many vacant properties in foreclosure to fall into disrepair and blight neighborhoods.
- NW Indiana's Lake Co. averts financial crisis Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 9:06AMCROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A $3 million property tax shortfall that threatened government operations in Indiana's second most populous county just seven weeks ago has disappeared.
- As You See It: Use Rispin cash for flood repairs Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 3:45AMUse Rispin cash for flood repairs Why are we spending $1.5 million to try to preserve what's left of the Rispin ruin when we need that money to repair damage from the floods?
- Smiley, Stanley launch home protection plan Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 11:21PMBY AMANDA DURISH 810-452-2645 ADURISH@MIHOMEPAPER.COM BURTON — Together the former mayors of Flint and Burton announced last week they will introduce a plan to help keep area residents in their homes. read more
- Fitch Affirms Modesto City High School District, CA's GOs at 'AA-'; Outlook Revised to Negative Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 2:30PMSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the process of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following Modesto City High School District, CA (the district) bonds: --$59.7 million general obligation (GO) bonds at 'AA-'. The Rating Outlook has been revised to Negative from Stable. RATING RATIONALE: --The Negative Outlook reflects concerns that the district's financial position may ...
- Fitch Affirms Modesto City High School District, CA's GOs at 'AA-'; Outlook Revised to Negative Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 2:26PMIn the process of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following Modesto City High School District, CA bonds:
- Fitch Affirms Modesto City School District, CA's GOs at 'AA-'; Outlook Revised to Negative Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 2:15PMSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the process of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following Modesto City School District, CA (the district) bonds: --$16 million general obligation (GO) bonds at 'AA-'. The Rating Outlook has been revised to Negative from Stable. RATING RATIONALE: --The Negative Outlook reflects concerns that the district's financial position may decline ...
- Fitch Affirms Modesto City School District, CA's GOs at 'AA-'; Outlook Revised to Negative Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 2:06PMIn the process of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following Modesto City School District, CA bonds:
- Fitch Affirms Beachwood, Ohio, GOs at 'AAA'; Outlook Stable Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 3:48PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings takes the following rating action on Beachwood, OH's (the city) general obligation (GO) bonds as part of its ongoing surveillance efforts: --$8.1 million outstanding limited tax general obligation (LTGO) municipal complex improvement bonds series 2004, affirmed at 'AAA'; --$540,000 outstanding LTGO various purpose bonds series 2002, affirmed at 'AAA ...
- Fitch Affirms Beachwood, Ohio, GOs at 'AAA'; Outlook Stable Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 3:43PMFitch Ratings takes the following rating action on Beachwood, OH's general obligation bonds as part of its ongoing surveillance efforts:
- ICSC Supports Legislation to Jumpstart Commercial Real Estate Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 12:15PMWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The International Council of Shopping Centers Supports (H.R. 1147) the Community Recovery and Enhancement Act of 2011.
- ICSC Supports Legislation to Jumpstart Commercial Real Estate Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 12:05PMU.S. Representatives Devin Nunes and Shelley Berkley have introduced the Community Recovery and Enhancement Act of 2011, which provides short term tax incentives to jumpstart reinvestment in commercial real estate, thereby stabilizing community banks as well as preventing additional foreclosures and job losses.
- Memphis real estate developer Rusty Hyneman $62.9M in debt Monday, March 14, 2011 @ 12:00AMRusty Hyneman, the flamboyant developer known for his personal jets, show horses and financial entanglements with Memphis politicians, is threatening to file bankruptcy.
- New CoreLogic® Data Shows 23 Percent of Borrowers Underwater with $750 Billion Dollars of Negative Equity Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 8:30AMCoreLogic , a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today released negative equity data showing that 11.1 million, or 23.1 percent, of all residential properties with a mortgage were in negative equity at the end of the fourth quarter of 2010, up from 10.8 million, or 22.5 percent, in the third quarter.
- Deadline to question property appraisals April 1 Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 1:53AMYou can challenge your assessment if you act soon. The deadline for all Georgians to challenge their local property tax appraisal is April 1. By filling out a Georgia property tax return (Form PT50-R), you can have local county appraisers reevaluate your property value.
- Fitch Downgrades Claymont City School District, OH's ULTGOs to 'A+'; Outlook to Negative Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 9:34AMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings takes the following rating action on Claymont City School District, OH's (the district) unlimited tax general obligation (ULTGO) bonds as part of its continuous surveillance effort: --$3.3 million ULTGO bonds, series 2006 downgraded to 'A+' from 'AA-'. The Rating Outlook is revised to Negative from Stable. RATING RATIONALE: --The downgrade to 'A+' from ...
- Fitch Downgrades Claymont City School District, OH's ULTGOs to 'A+'; Outlook to Negative Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 9:21AMFitch Ratings takes the following rating action on Claymont City School District, OH's unlimited tax general obligation bonds as part of its continuous surveillance effort:
- Robert Kuttner: The Left Edge of the Possible Sunday, February 27, 2011 @ 8:09PMThe American political center has shifted further to the right, while the twin assault on the good society by the private financial system and the organized right has become more intense. It is the politics that pass for mainstream conventional wisdom that are extreme -- in the sense of extremely unhelpful. We need to take back our politics, so that what is sensible is also possible. Maybe, just ...
- New tax in health care bill won’t apply to all Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 12:32AM"Ask the Realtor" is a weekly column from the 3,000+member RealSource Association of Realtors, serving northern New Jersey. Those in need of advice from a professional Realtor may e-mail realestatepr@northjersey.com, keying "Ask the Realtor" in the subject line. Every effort will be made to answer the question in a subsequent edition.
- Investors fuel home sales surge across South Florida Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 3:21PMHome sales rose sharply in January across Palm Beach and Broward counties, the Florida Realtors said Wednesday.
- Investors fuel surge in home sales across the nation and South Florida Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 2:52PMHome sales rose sharply in January across Palm Beach and Broward counties, the Florida Realtors said Wednesday.
- Fitch Affirms Jurupa Unified School District, CA, GOs at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 2:47PMSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has affirmed its 'AA-' rating on the following Jurupa Unified School District, CA (Jurupa USD, or the district) debt: --$54 million of general obligation (GO) bonds. The Rating Outlook is Stable. RATING RATIONALE: --Financial management is strong, as shown by the maintenance of adequate fund balances and spending discipline in a period of fiscal and ...
- Fitch Affirms Jurupa Unified School District, CA, GOs at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 2:32PMFitch Ratings has affirmed its 'AA-' rating on the following Jurupa Unified School District, CA debt:
- Fitch Affirms Dixie Elementary SD, CA's GOs at 'AAA' & Lease Revs 'AA+; Outlook Revised to Stable Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 1:03PMSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its routine surveillance process, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following bonds issued by the Dixie Elementary School District, California (the district): --$8.2 million general obligation (GO) bonds at 'AAA';--$2.3 million lease revenue bonds, series 2009 at 'AA+'. The Rating Outlook is revised to Stable from Negative. RATING RATIONALE:--The Outlook ...
- Fitch Affirms Dixie Elementary SD, CA's GOs at 'AAA' & Lease Revs 'AA+; Outlook Revised to Stable Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 12:54PMAs part of its routine surveillance process, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following bonds issued by the Dixie Elementary School District, California :
- KB Home Declares First Quarter 2011 Dividend Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 2:17PMLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The board of directors of KB Home (NYSE: KBH) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.0625 per share on the Company’s common stock, payable on February 17, 2011 to stockholders of record on February 3, 2011. About KB Home KB Home, one of the nation’s premier homebuilders, has delivered over half a million quality homes for families since its founding in 1957 ...
- KB Home Declares First Quarter 2011 Dividend Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 2:15PMThe board of directors of KB Home (NYSE: KBH) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.0625 per share on the Companys common stock, payable on ...
- KB Home Declares First Quarter 2011 Dividend Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 2:03PMThe board of directors of KB Home has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.0625 per share on the Company’s common stock, payable on February 17, 2011 to stockholders of record on February 3, 2011.
- Louisville Metro Mayor Greg Fischer's State of the City Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 1:16PMThis is the full text of the speech delivered Thursday at Louisville Rotary Club.