Yearly Archives: 2007
Insurance Commissioner Approves Rate Increase for Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
Part of Long Term Plan to Build Up Catastrophe Fund
AUSTIN, TX - November 16, 2007 - The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) granted a portion of rate...
The Regus Group Completes Lease Agreement to Locate a Business Center in the New...
The 25,000 square foot business center will be Regus’ sixth in the Houston market
DALLAS – November 15, 2007 – The Regus Group (LSE: RGU),...
City Of Houston Joins Gulf Coast Green For First Regional Sustainable Energy And Green...
Houston, TX., Nov. 14, 2007 -- Gulf Coast Green and the City of Houston are proud to inaugurate the first Sustainable Energy and Green...
Texas Border Town Soars to 88th Largest U.S. Market
Booming Population, Explosive Commercial and Real Estate Markets in Mission, Texas!
MISSION, Texas, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2007-2008 Demographic Market Area (DMA) estimates released...
40 Year Sentence Handed Down for Harris County Mortgage Fraud
AUSTIN, TX - November 9, 2007 – A district court in Houston has sentenced Stevie L. Johnson, a former licensed Escrow Officer, to 40 years...
Buyers Add ‘Commercial Retail Shopping Center’ to Their Christmas Shopping List
DALLAS, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- How many times have you left a store you frequented and said, "I shop there so much, I should...
U.S. Labor Department recovers nearly $2 million in back pay for Houston home mortgage...
HOUSTON — Allied Home Mortgage Corp. in Houston has paid $1,855,518 in back wages after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage...
Winstead PC is First in Best Lawyers in America 2008
DALLAS, Nov. 8, 2007 – The Best Lawyers in America 2008® (Copyright 2005 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) will be published this December...
Construction Scheduled for Affordable Senior Housing Complex
Houston, October 29, 2007 -- Mayor Bill White joined City of Houston Housing's Director Richard Celli, Community Development Department, Assistant Director Donald Sampley, City...
City and GTRI Agree to Develop Recommendations for Improving Energy Efficiency in Houston Buildings
Houston, October 19, 2007 -- Increasing its efforts to make Houston green, the City of Houston has entered into a multi-year contract with the...
$40 Million Housing Grant Announced For City Of Houston
October 17, 2007 -- Mayor Bill White joined Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Executive Director Michael Gerber, City Housing Director Richard Celli...
State housing agency calls on Texans to check home energy efficiency, conservation
Governor, TDHCA encourage state’s citizens to apply weatherization measures to keep homes affordable
AUSTIN, October 30, 2007 — The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs...
Mortgage Assistance Center Corporation Obtains $50 Million Investment Facility
DALLAS, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mortgage Assistance Center Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MTGC) (the "Company"), headquartered in Dallas, announced today the signing of a...
Senator Shapleigh Requests Special Session On Subprime Lending And Texas Foreclosures
"We believe certain counties in Texas are headed for record foreclosures and decreased property values unless strong actions is taken."
EL PASO, Oct. 16, Senator...
Attorney General Abbott Takes Legal Action Against Foreclosure Rescue Firm’s Unlawful Texas Operations
Clients of Southern Residential urged to call their lenders immediately
HOUSTON, October 24, 2007 – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today obtained a temporary restraining order...
Dallas Real Estate Investor Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Federal Prison, Without...
DALLAS, October 19, 2007 — Vernon Cooks, Jr., a/k/a Jibreel Rashad, was sentenced today to 135 months in federal prison for operating a mortgage fraud...
Biggest Mortgage Lenders
DALLAS, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A preliminary analysis of third quarter earnings data indicates residential mortgage originations fell 19.19 percent from the second quarter,...
Clients of Foreclosure Assistance Solutions urged to call their lenders immediately
SAN ANTONIO, October 19, 2007 – The 408th District Court has issued a temporary injunction against a Florida-based “foreclosure rescue” scheme. Under the court order...
USAA Real Estate Co. Affiliate Begins Construction on 428,400 SF Dual-Rail Served Distribution Warehouse...
San Antonio, TX, October 16, 2007 - Texas-based USAA Real Estate Co. through its affiliate, Zephyr Rail Industrial, L.P., has announced that they are...
HUD announces $8.1 million in new funding to protect children in Houston and Harris...
HOUSTON, October 18, 2007 - At least 550 homes in Houston and Harris County will become healthier places to raise children due to $8.1 million...
