Urban in The News

Urban Settlement Ranked as Top Five Fastest-Growing Company
Urban Settlement Services, LLC., one of the largest minority owned
Settlement Service Company in the nation, was recently honored by The Pittsburgh Business Times as a top 100 fastest-growing company in Western Pennsylvania.

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Urban Settlement Recognized for Unprecedented Growth
Urban Settlement Services, LLC., the largest minority owned
Settlement Service Company in the nation, has been selected by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the top Black Businesses in the nation and is listed on the "2009 B.E.100s List."

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CEO Charles Sanders Re-Acquires Full Ownership
Urban Settlement Services, LLC, a Minority Business Enterprise, and Fiserv Inc., announced today the dissolution of their equity partnership.

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Running Back Turned Entrepreneur
CEO of Urban Settlement Services, Pittsburgh, Charles Sanders says he feels "really blessed to have gathered a really great executive team" around himself before he notes he has worked "really hard" to make his business succeed. "Now my job is more to check on the numbers and make sure things are flowing smoothly."

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Shift in Focus to At-risk Homeowners Pays Off
Mr. Sanders said revenues at his company, located in the Allegheny Center complex on the North Side, have grown from $10 million two years ago to $52 million last year. He has hired 200 people so far and is on track to make $100 million this year thanks to the government funds.

Read more: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Urban Settlement to Leverage Mortgage Cadence
Mortgage Cadence, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Lending Solutions (ELS) for the financial services industry, has been selected by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, based Urban Settlement Services to replace their primary analytic and document solution.

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Mortgage Woes Lead to Loss of Jobs…
But not all mortgage servicers in the Pittsburgh area are retreating…  Another mortgage entrepreneur apparently surviving the U.S. meltdown is Chuck Sanders, founder of Urban Settlement Services, who said he is benefitting from "the layoffs of our competitors."

Read more: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Black Enterprise, BE 100s, The Nation’s Largest Black Businesses
Founded by Charles S. Sanders in 1998, Urban Settlement Service L.L.C. is the second largest black-owned company in Pennsylvania.

Read More: Black Enterprise.com