On Friday, Oct. 22, the Oregon Association of Mortgage Professionals will present "Evolution: OAMP’s 2010 Oregon Mortgage Industry Convention & Trade Show," Presented by USA Direct Funding.
This event will take place at the Multnomah Athletic Club, located at 1849 Southwest Salmon Street in Portland, Ore. and will cost $49 per person.Read more
Williston Financial Group and its wholly owned subsidiary, WFG National Title Insurance Company, have opened their national headquarters in Lake Oswego, Ore. WFG is currently licensed and operating in 33 states nationwide. The company is a full-service provider of title insurance and real estate settlement services for lender, commercial and residential transactions.Read more
Five defendants, including a mortgage broker, building inspector, and escrow officer, appeared before U.S. District Judge Michael R. Hogan and pled guilty to a variety of mortgage and loan fraud charges arising out of the collapse of Desert Sun Development (DSD), a company previously headquartered in Bend, Ore. From 2004-2008, DSD built commercial buildings and residential housing throughout Central Oregon. According to the indictments, DSD principals and other defendants caused financial institutions to lose more than $19 million.Read more
More than a dozen HOPE NOW servicers, including Bank of America, Chase, Citi, GMAC, Suntrust, Wells Fargo and others, assisted more than 1,300 homeowners from across the Pacific Northwest, during three homeownership preservation events held recently in the area. On March 23, 532 at-risk families were in attendance at the Doubletree Hotel in Portland, Oregon to meet with mortgage servicers and U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)-approved housing counselors. A two-day event in Bellevue, Wash. (Seattle area) on March 25-26 saw an additional 796 homeowners.Read more