Community Bank sells six houses and two offices
3241 E 81st Ct, Brandenton – Google Lakewood Ranch-based Community Bank has sold five houses in Sarasota and Manatee counties and two office condo units in Bradenton out of foreclosure and transferred eight More...
Flipping fraud defendant wants more specifics about what he did wrong
Jeffrey Berghorn, one of 15 defendants in the Craig Adams-Rich Bobka flipping fraud case, has asked the U.S. government to get more specific about what he is being charged with. In a motion filed by his attorney More...
Manatee’s top 10 mortgage brokerages in October
Manatee’s top 10 mortgage brokers lenders in October: Lender Number of Loans Total Value of Loans QUICKEN LOANS INC 21 4,408,949 REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE NETWORK INC 19 2,716,225 MSC MORTGAGE LLC 12 2,671,530 FAIRWAY More...
Loan volume among Manatee’s biggest lenders drops in October
The top 10 lenders in Manatee County made a few more loans in October than they made in September but the total loan volume was down by 25 percent. That was mainly because Wells Fargo made several large loans in More...
Community Banks originated $5 million in mortgages in Sarasota last month
First America topped the list of community bank lenders in Sarasota County last months. It made two loans totaling $3.2 million, including a $2.98 million loan to Serbin Printing. In September, community banks made More...
Early stage foreclosure filings are way up in Manatee too
Based on the leap in early stage foreclosure filings in Sarasota and Manatee counties last month, it looks like the robo-signing crisis is over. Inside Real Estate reported on Monday that early stage, or Lis Pendens, More...