Baltimore and the city’s Horseshoe casino accepted federal housing funds aimed at giving a leg up to minority businesses and low-income individuals but then failed to award contracts for a significant portion of the construction of the $400 million casino ...

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Walker & Dunlop, of Bethesda, a provider of commercial real estate financing services, announced it has a deal to acquire Johnson Capital’s loan origination and servicing business. Johnson Capital, a commercial real estate mortgage company, has originated $1.3 billion in ...

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EASTON — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding $19 million in aid to Maryland communities hit by Superstorm Sandy. Sen. Barbara Mikulski and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown will announce the funding through the Community Development Block Grant ...

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Administrative Law Contested case hearings BOTTOM LINE: Prior to the termination of housing assistance benefits administered pursuant to the Section 8 housing program, the Department of Housing and Community Development must, upon request, provide a “contested case” hearing. CASE: Walker ...

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The shelves will once again be stocked in the grocery at Fairgrounds Plaza in Timonium as a new ShopRite moves in next week. The 57,000-square-foot anchor in the plaza at 37 West Aylesbury Road where the former Super Fresh once ...

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Finally, they might be getting it right. As a part of the sweeping changes to the mortgage industry, the federal government about two years ago stepped in and decided to redesign the good-faith estimate form that all lenders are required ...

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The Strata Group this week formed a foreclosure unit that will specialize in “all aspects of transforming bank-owned properties into assets for homebuyers and investors in Central Maryland.” The group will offer comprehensive services to entities that control foreclosed properties, ...

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Federal officials say mismanagement has cost Baltimore funding for its lead paint abatement programs. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials tell The Baltimore Sun that the city was deemed a “high-risk” grantee ineligible for more funds after the ...

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A former homeowner cannot undo a foreclosure sale based on her government-insured lender’s failure to comply with HUD-required loan mitigation efforts in the absence of fraud, Maryland’s top court held Thursday. The unanimous Court of Appeals said people in foreclosure ...

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