Carbon County Court news
A total of 399 cases were started in March in the office of Carbon County Prothonotary Joann M. Behrens, according to a monthly statistical report released by the officeholder.
A total of 399 cases were started in March in the office of Carbon County Prothonotary Joann M. Behrens, according to a monthly statistical report released by the officeholder.
Prepayments, apparently spurred by the recent retreat in interest rates, soared in May. Black Knight Financial Services, in its “first look” at the month's mortgage performance data, said there was a 23 percent increase in prepayments, historically a good indicator of refinancing activity , from April to May, bringing the incidence to the highest so…
The group promising massive redevelopment in Opelousas returned to the city this week, claiming before the City Council they had secured a $ 4 billion loan for a new airport, manufacturing plant and a “smart city,” among other projects. That means the project can move forward “without the city or its citizens having to pay…
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether thousands of borrowers can invoke a federal debt-collection law when they are facing foreclosure. The justices said they will hear an appeal from a Colorado man who defaulted on a $ 330,000 home loan in 2009 and is now battling a law firm that sought foreclosure on…
A weird “rotten egg” smell has been filling our home for several months. Inspectors from our local gas company have come out twice and said they smell it too, but both determined that we have no gas leak. Foreclosure News
Refinancing old debt on a property is a routine measure. But shareholders of an Astoria complex fear another loan would be a means of covering up years of corruption at the long-troubled property. Foreclosure News
Foreclosures have continued to drop this year, keeping the area at what experts consider a normal level of troubled homeowners. At midyear, fewer than 1% of the homes in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties were stuck in the foreclosure mill, well below the peak of the recession when the area posted one of the highest…