HDG Mansur affiliate losing ownership of Market Tower
A Marion Superior Court judge on Tuesday entered a judgment to foreclose on the downtown building after MT Acquisitions LLC failed to pay its nearly $60 million mortgage balance.
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Stonegate Mortgage results tumble in first quarter
Despite bucking an industry downturn in mortgage loan originations during the first quarter, Stonegate Mortgage Corp. on Thursday reported a net loss of $7.9 million.
Mortgage rates sink to 2014 low
Warmer weather has yet to boost home-buying as it normally does. Rising prices and higher rates have made affordability a problem for would-be buyers, while many homeowners are reluctant to list their properties for sale.
Ex-felon fighting denial of mortgage loan license
The state’s authority to license mortgage loan originators is at stake in a case pending at the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Mortgage originators proliferating in Indiana
Numbers surge after elimination of state-specific test; impact on competition, borrowers remains to be seen
First Internet profit slides in first quarter
A big decline in income from mortgage banking, linked to the national slowdown in home refinancing, carved a chunk from earnings.
Removing false homestead exemptions to yield bonanza
Marion County stands to receive tens of millions of dollars from property owners who’ve been claiming false homestead deductions when this spring’s tax bills are collected.
Insurer acquires Indy-based StreetLinks for $60 million
StreetLinks, which sells real estate appraisal management services and software, will retain its brand name and remain headquartered in Indianapolis, according to the statement.
Dora Brothers affiliate loses downtown hotel in bankruptcy
The Fishers-based company lost the Comfort Suites City Centre near Lucas Oil Stadium in a bankruptcy reorganization filed by one of its affiliates, which owed a creditor about $12 million.
Banks see resurgence of home equity loans
Although mortgage-refinancing applications are down, the product reviled and thought extinct after the 2008 housing crash that decimated property values may save the day for lenders: the home equity loan/line of credit.
Bank files to foreclose on Garcia Construction property
Fifth Third Bank claims that the company operated by Charles Garcia, a former Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce chairman, owes it about $2.3 million for loans on Garcia Construction’s building at 6002 N. Michigan Road, and on personal property.
Broadbent in mortgage dispute involving retail center
The owner of Castleton Place, a shopping center in one of the city’s busiest retail areas, is the target of a $5 million foreclosure lawsuit by a lender that seeks to have the property placed in receivership.
Durham’s Geist mansion goes back to the bank at auction
Lender JPMorgan Chase & Co. took possession of convicted Ponzi schemer Tim Durham’s Geist mansion Thursday after the property failed to draw an offer higher than the bank’s base bid of $2.24 million.
Stonegate plans to add 400 workers in expansion
The mortgage company plans to invest $6.2 million in new office space in Carmel, at the North Haven office park, helping it double its work force by 2017.
Average 30-year mortgage rate climbs to 4.48 percent
Rates are sharply higher than they were a year ago when the 30-year fixed rate was 3.35 percent and the 15-year was 2.65 percent.
Bill to target abandoned-home epidemic in Indiana
Sen. Jim Merritt, R-Indianapolis, wants to shorten the amount of time vacant homes sit idle.
Bank tells tardy borrowers to get job—and offers to help
What if a mortgage lender could help the unemployed/underemployed customer find a job and avoid the roughly $50,000 it can cost the institution to foreclose? Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank began trying that very approach in central Indiana a few months ago, in the form of a re-employment assistance program.
Stonegate Mortgage profit slows in third quarter
In its first quarter as a public company, the Indianapolis-based residential mortgage firm reported a big year-over-year dip as rising interest rates made the market more volatile.
Local hotelier files for bankruptcy on 7 properties
Reeling from the recession, Bharat Patel hopes to protect the hotels from foreclosure. Their lender is owed as much as $120 million, according to court filings.
Home loan banks drop objection to $8.5B settlement
Lawyers for the Federal Home Loan Banks of Boston, Chicago and Indianapolis on Wednesday told a New York Supreme Court judge they are withdrawing from the case against Bank of America Corp.