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Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Call on Obama to Increase Home Energy Assistance Funding in 2013 Budget Request
January 31, 2012 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
Washington, DC – January 31, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Edward J. Markey, Congressman John Tierney, and a bipartisan group of more than 100 lawmakers sent a letter urging President Barack Obama to fund the Low Income Home Energy Assistance …
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Notice of Public Comment Period for 2012 Draft Housing Tax Credit Contribution (HTCC) Procedures
January 31, 2012 Posted by RealEstateRama
January 31, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — At its January 26, 2012 meeting, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority Board of Directors approved the draft 2012 Housing Tax Credit Contribution (HTCC) Procedures for public comment. The 2012 HTCC Procedures…
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Statement by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Governor’s Budget Proposal
January 24, 2012 Posted by RealEstateRama
New York, NY – January 24, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — I am very encouraged that the Governor has again proposed a budget that closes the deficit by reducing spending and without increasing taxes or fees, and includes plans for job creation, property ta…
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Governor Cuomo Announces Mandate Relief Council to Meet on Wednesday
January 24, 2012 Posted by New York RealEstateRama
Albany, NY – January 24, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the Mandate Relief Council will meet on Wednesday, January 25 in the State Capitol in Albany. The Council was created by the Governor and Legislature to a…
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December & 2011 Year-End Market Report
January 24, 2012 Posted by Tennessee RealEstateRama
MEMPHIS, TN – January 24, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Memphis-area home sales for December fell 10 percent from a year ago, with 898 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sales for a…
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ABA Lawyers to Help New Yorkers Facing Bankruptcy, Foreclosure and Issues Related to Distressed Properties
January 4, 2012 Posted by RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC – January 4, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The growing rate of foreclosures and bankruptcies hits particularly hard in minority communities, where individuals who need help often have limited access to resources.
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New Law to Help Renters Learn More About Radon Levels in Their Homes
December 30, 2011 Posted by Illinois RealEstateRama
PRINGFIELD, IL – December 30, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — A new law set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012, will help people who rent apartments, condominiums or houses access information about radon levels in their homes. The Illinois Emergency Managem…
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More tax relief for eligible homeowners
December 23, 2011 Posted by Hawaii RealEstateRama
L?HU‘E, HI – December 23, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — County officials announced that more tax relief is now available for eligible homeowners. Prior changes in the Circuit Breaker and Home Exemption programs also resulted in savings to eligible prop…
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Statement from NAHB Chairman Bob Nielsen on Debate to Extend and Pay for Payroll Tax Deduction
December 22, 2011 Posted by NAHB
WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 22, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Bob Nielsen, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Reno, Nev., today issued the following statement on a congressional plan to pay for extending a…
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Governor Chris Christie’s Sick Pay Reforms Needed to Deliver Real, Long-Term Property Tax Relief to New Jersey Families
December 20, 2011 Posted by New Jersey RealEstateRama
Trenton, NJ – December 20, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Chris Christie has put forward a common sense policy to finally end the wasteful practice of paying out taxpayer dollars to public workers for unused sick days. These local government oblig…
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