Dairy Producers Turn To GoFundMe Campaigns To Save Their Farms

DAIRY PRODUCERS TURN TO GOFUNDME CAMPAIGNS TO SAVE THEIR FARMS Sep. 25, 2018 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: Hurting but proud, Theresa Depies never imagined starting a GoFundMe campaign to help save her dairy farm. Yet hundreds of donations later, and blended with other help, she had raised $165,510 to keep Springbrook Organic Dairy from closing less than a week before a foreclosure auction.

Fannie Mae advocacy ban doesn’t stop lawyer from pushing views

For nearly a decade, a top housing regulator has restricted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from trying to influence the raging debate over whether they should live or die. But despite those limits, a top Fannie Mae executive has done just that over the past few months, quietly meeting with people inside and outside President Donald Trump's administration, according to people familiar with the matter.

Black Knight’s First Look at September 2017 Mortgage Data: Hurricanes …

Black Knight's First Look at September 2017 Mortgage Data: Hurricanes Irma and Harvey Drive Surge in Past-Due Mortgages Nationally, the number of non-current mortgages jumped by 214,000 , driven primarily by fallout from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma FEMA-declared hurricane disaster areas accounted for the bulk of the increases; non-current inventory rose by 84,000 in Irma disaster areas and 52,000 in those related to Harvey Prior to the hurricanes, Texas and Florida ranked 20th and 22nd among states by non-current mortgage rates; after the storms, they now rank 3rd and 5th respectively Primarily as a result of hurricane impact, September saw the first annual rise in mortgage delinquencies since July 2010 Monthly foreclosure starts were at their lowest in more than 17 years, with starts down as much as 90 percent in areas covered by post-hurricane foreclosure action moratoria JACKSONVILLE, ... (more)

Steven Mnuchin Confirmed as Treasury Secretary

"The Lego Batman Movie" executive producer was confirmed in the United States Senate 53-47, with Democrat Joe Manchin crossing party lines to vote with Republicans In a mostly party line vote, former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin has been confirmed in the United States Senate as the Trump administration's new Treasury Secretary. Mnuchin was confirmed by a vote of 53-47, with nearly every Democrat voting against him.

The Latest: Senate confirms Shulkin as VA secretary

Supporters of Puzder are launching a campaign ... . FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.

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Mnuchin’s denials don’t match record

Sen. Orrin Hatch says no, that the man nominated by President Donald Trump to be treasury secretary told the truth when he asserted that his former company, OneWest, had not engaged in the practice of “robo-signing” mortgage documents. That's despite dozens of court cases uncovered by The Dispatch that showed OneWest officials' robo-signatures, along with sworn testimony from one of his vice presidents describing how she did it.

Dems delay vote on Mnuchin to protest Trump order

The vote will now take place on Tuesday morning, when the committee already was scheduled to convene for a vote on the nomination of Tom Price to be the next secretary of Health and Human Services.  Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the vote was postponed so members could attend a candelight vigil planned for tonight to protest President Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees and foreign nationals from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. The delay comes one day after The Dispatch published a story reporting that despite his denials, OneWest, the company he once served as chief executive officer, repeatedly used "robo-signing."

Steven Mnuchin Says Tax Laws Have to Be a Simpler and More Effectivea

Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, faced tough questioning at his confirmation hearing Thursday, as members of the Senate Finance Committee grilled him on his role in IndyMac, the failed bank that was seized by the U.S. government, and his stance on sanctions. "In the press, it has been said that I ran a foreclosure machine," Mnuchin said at the start of his hearing.

Trump’s Treasury pick facing criticism over foreclosures

Donald Trump 's pick to lead the Treasury Department, Stephen Mnuchin , built his reputation and his fortune as a savvy Wall Street investor. But one of those investments has put him in the crosshairs of Democrats as he heads into his confirmation hearing Thursday: sub-prime mortgage lender IndyMac bank.