/feeds/search.php Fospher RSS by ForeSite Technologies, Inc. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:53:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148566.html Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will sign on to a national settlement with the five major national banks over abusive foreclosure practices, under which Massachusetts will receive an estimated $318 million. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148566.html Colleen M. Sullivan Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:47:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148564.html The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $1 million in grants to two local Indian tribes. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148564.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:47:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148565.html An overwhelming majority of homebuyers and sellers in the Bay State worked through a real estate professional in 2011, according to a recent Massachusetts housing study. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148565.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:46:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148563.html Worcester's The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has reported $37.1 million in net income in 2011, slipping from $154.8 million reported a year earlier. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148563.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:45:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148562.html An affiliate of Newton-based Intrum Corp., a boutique commercial real estate management and development firm, has purchased 300 First Ave. in Needham for $9.4 million. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148562.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:43:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148561.html Belmont Savings Bank has formed a partnership with Shaw's Supermarket to open an in-store branch in its Waltham location. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148561.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:40:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148560.html Lawrence Siskind has been elected chairman of the board at HarborOne Credit Union. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148560.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148557.html Personal bankruptcy filings in Massachusetts decreased 16 percent in 2011 from a year earlier, according to a new report from The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148557.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:54:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148559.html New York and California have agreed to sign the proposed settlement between U.S. states and the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses, according to a source close to the negotiations, and Massachusetts is expected to follow soon. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148559.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:21:00 EST http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148547.html The Massachusetts Association of Buyer Agents (MABA) is warning homebuyers away from short sales. http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news148547.html Colleen M. Sullivan