Hawaii Passes Sweeping Foreclosure Reform
In an effort to help out struggling Hawaii homeowners, the state’s governor, Neil Abercrombie, signed Senate Bill 651 into law last week. The bill is being hailed as “one of the strongest in the...
View ArticleHawaii Bankers Planning for More Commercial Real Estate Lending
Lenders in Hawaii are planning to do more commercial real estate lending this year, thanks to expanding local businesses and real estate investor activity[1]. In fact, many Hawaiian lenders like First...
View ArticleHUD and NeighborWorks America Announce a New Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program
Homeowners in 27 states and Puerto Rico are now eligible for a part of $1 billion set aside as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in order to pay a portion of their...
View ArticleHawaiian Jobs Market Stands to Benefit from Underwater Mortgage Write-Downs
According to The New Bottom Line (NBL), a new national campaign that recently released data indicating that the United States could pump billions into the economy by making mortgage write-downs...
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