All Posts Tagged With: "Law"
How America got its first Christmas tree
Christmas trees now sparkle in millions of homes, but did you ever wonder how the tradition began? No doubt there are several stories regarding the start of this custom, and here’s one I’d like to pass along. “It’s now been more than 150 years since Professor Charles Minnigerode decorated Williamsburg’s first Christmas tree,” says Robert [...]
23Dec2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Maryland Rejects Foreclosure-Free Appraisals — What About Your State?
The Maryland House of Delegates has rejected proposed legislation that would have required appraisers to value real estate without using data from foreclosures or short sales. If enacted, the legislation would have ended all mortgage lending in the state because the higher valuations shown in appraisal reports would not reflect marketplace realities. Moreover, the legislation [...]
2Jun2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Tenants Get New Rights When Homes Are Foreclosed
There are any number of reasons why foreclosures are awful and one of them concerns tenants: Until new legislation was signed by President Obama last month tenants could be evicted from a foreclosed home, regardless of whether or not they had a lease or paid their rent in full and on time. Now, however, the [...]
10Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Why Aren’t Predatory Loans Illegal?
“Nationally and internationally, we must be on guard against predatory lending. It is nothing more than a scam, a crime, a lie.” Alphonso Jackson It’s doubtful that anyone who has ever looked at the mortgage industry would disagree with the sentiments offered by former HUD Secretary Jackson. Predatory loans are terrible, a scam and certainly [...]
4Oct2008 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
Don’t Get Caught By Changing Foreclosure Rules
If you follow the news these days you can find a growing number of stories concerning “foreclosure rescue specialists.” State attorney generals, legislators and community groups will tell that such folks are hardly candidates for sainthood, that foreclosure rescue specialists are instead engaged in home-stealing scams powered by fraud and deception. But while states are [...]
22Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Toxic Loans: The Coming Storm
(Presented before the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO), April 7, 2006, at Jacksonville, FL.) It’s been a very good century for real estate, at least so far. According to the National Association of Realtors, the typical home that sold for $139,000 in 2000 was worth $208,700 in 2005. Not only have home [...]
25Aug2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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