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Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Nudge Higher
NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mortgage rates moved up this week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate now 6.34 percent. According...
MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. Announces Public Offering of Common Stock
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. (NYSE: MFA) announced today it plans to make a public offering of 15,000,000 shares...
STAR Rebate Check Application Deadline Extended
November 02, 2007 - Acting New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Barbara G. Billet announced that Gov. Eliot Spitzer recently signed legislation...
Senator Flanagan Successfully Extends Tax Relief Deadline For Homeowners
November 5, 2007 - Senator John Flanagan (2nd Senate District) announced today that the deadline to apply for property tax rebate checks has been...
Governor Spitzer Announces Financing For More Than 1,180 Housing Units Across New York State
New York, November 2, 2007 -- Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced $510 million in financing for the construction and renovation of 1,182 affordable housing...
NYS Housing Finance Agency Approves $15.5 Million in Financing to Renovate West Village Apartments...
NYS Affordable Housing Corporation Approves $300,000 to Help Western New York Seniors Renovate Homes
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2007 -- The board of the New York...
NYS Housing Finance Agency Approves $451 Million in Financing for Affordable Housing in New...
470 New Affordable Units Include 150 Units of Supportive Housing
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2007 -- The board of the New York State Housing Finance...
Senator Flanagan Celebrates First Home Purchased Through Senate Program
New York, November 2, 2007 - Senator John Flanagan (2nd Senate District) joined with his colleagues in the Senate majority, the Long Island Housing...
NY Attorney General Sues First American and its Subsidiary for Conspiring with Washington Mutual...
Washington Mutual (WaMu) Demanded Appraisers Who Inflated Property Values
NEW YORK, NY (November 1, 2007) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he...
Amicos Plead Guilty in Connection With $60 Million Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy Case
ROCHESTER, N.Y., OCTOBER 4, 2007-- Robert J. Amico, age 45, and brother Richard N. Amico, age 36, pled guilty yesterday to charges in connection...
HUD’s Assisted Living Conversion Program Grants For NEW YORK
Bernardine Apartments, Phase VII to receive $3,754,850
WASHINGTON, October 31, 2007 - The Assisted Living Conversion Program grant funds will be used to continue the conversion of elderly...
Mayor Bloomberg Discusses Executive Order for City Agencies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in...
The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg's weekly radio address as prepared for delivery on 1010 WINS News Radio for Sunday, October 28,...
‘It’s Our Armory,’ Declares Bronx Community
Elected Officials, Labor, Community and Religious Leaders Demand Armory Developer Sign Community Benefits Agreement
KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS, N.Y., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Saturday, October 27,...
Assembly Approves Star Application Deadline Extension
October 23, 2007 -- Speaker Sheldon Silver said today that the Assembly approved legislation to extend the application deadline for the Middle Class STAR...
Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Fall Sharply on Housing and Economic Worries
NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mortgage rates dropped notably this week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate now 6.31 percent. According...
Construction Market Will Continue to Weaken in 2008, According to McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook
Expected 2% Decline Will Follow 8% Drop in 2007 as Credit Crunch Fallout Continues
NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The...
Arbor Realty Trust Receives $39 Million in Cash Proceeds from Recapitalization of 1107 Broadway...
UNIONDALE, N.Y., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ABR), a real estate investment trust focused on the business of investing in...
JPMorgan Chase and GE Commercial Finance Offer Global Accounts Receivable Purchasing Program
GE Commercial Finance Capability Positions JPMorgan Chase's Trade and Logistics Offering as Most Comprehensive in Trade Bank Field
New York, October 17, 2007 - JPMorgan...
NYS Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) President, Staff Help Build Habitat for Humanity Homes...
Housing Agency Staff to Work Alongside New Homeowners to Build Agency-Funded “Green” Homes
BROOKLYN, NY, OCT. 19—Top officials from the New York State Affordable Housing...
Commitment by Fortune 400 Company Continues the Revitalization of Lower Manhattan
Governor Spitzer Announces World Trade Center Lease
October 16, 2007 -- Governor Eliot Spitzer and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced that NCR Corporation, a global...
Banking and Financial Restructuring Partner Joins Baker & McKenzie LLP in New York
New York, NY, October 11, 2007 - Baker & McKenzie LLP has added to its Banking & Finance practice in New York with the...
Port Authority Board Hires Real Estate Broker To Lease Remaining Office Space At Freedom...
October 18, 2007 -- The Port Authority Board of Commissioners today approved a three-year agreement with Cushman & Wakefield Inc. to provide exclusive real...
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services Reviews Ratings on Certain U.S. Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Issued...
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced today that it had downgraded 1713 classes of U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities...
Levinson Warns Of New Identity Fraud Scam with STAR Rebate Checks
Mineola, NY, October 18, 2007 -- Board of Assessors Chairman Harvey Levinson today warned homeowners not to respond to e-mails or telephone calls requesting...
Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2008 Sees Correction for Commercial Real Estate Market Next...
Report from the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers Ranks New York and Other '24-Hour Cities' as Top Markets to Watch
NEW YORK, October 17, 2007...