by Brian Huddleston | Jun 16, 2009 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
HUD No. 09-072 Lemar Wooley (202) 708-0685 www.hud.gov/news/index.cfm For Release FHA plan will stimulate new home sales and help stabilize housing market WASHINGTON – Speaking to the National Association of Home Builders Spring Board of Directors Meeting, U.S....
by Brian Huddleston | Jun 16, 2009 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
By: DIANA GOLOBAY A new bill introduced in the House Thursday, HR? 2801 or Home Ownership Moves the Economy (HOME) Act of 2009, aims to make the current $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit available to literally anyone that purchases a primary residence through...
by Brian Huddleston | Jun 16, 2009 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 15, 2009) ? David G. Kittle, CMB, Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association issued the following statement today in support of S. 1230, The Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2009. ?Stimulating the housing market is one of the best ways Congress can...
by Brian Huddleston | Jun 13, 2009 | Legislation & Case Notes
By MATTHEW BARAKAT ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – Look carefully at the lid to your coffee cup or the handle of your disposable razor. A recent ruling on an obscure, century-old statute has opened the door for people familiar with the finer points of patent law to sue...
by Brian Huddleston | Jun 1, 2009 | Legislation & Case Notes
Last week Tulsa County?District Judge Jefferson Sellers upheld the constitutionality of a state law dealing with immigration, except for one aspect. That exception involved a provision in the law that Judge Sellers determined was not germane to immigration issues....
by Brian Huddleston | May 21, 2009 | Legislation & Case Notes
Oklahoma Ranks 17th, Most Knowledgeable Drivers in Idaho and Wisconsin, Least Knowledgeable in New York. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C – Results from the 2009 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test released today found that 20.1 percent of licensed Americans –...
