OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - September 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced that Tulsa County will receive a total of $2,588,451 to support community development and produce more affordable housing.

Washington, DC - September 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The House of Representatives today passed legislation that would dramatically increase the ability of the Federal Housing Administration to guarantee loan in big cities like New York.

Washington, DC - September 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) today introduced a bill that would allow members of the armed services, Foreign Service, and intelligence community to take full advantage of the 2009 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman John Adler (D-NJ) and Congressman Chris Lee (R-NY) to modernize the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). H.R. 3146, the 21st Century FHA Housing Act of 2009, would provide the FHA with the tools it [...]

Housing Development Grants Approved for Cherryvale, Erie, Iola, Neodesha and Kiowa County. Topeka, KS - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC) has awarded over $2.2 million in grants to five disaster-affected communities to build housing and infrastructure. The grants, made possible by the Housing Development Grant Program (HDGP) created last year by the Kansas Legislature, assist communities recovering from the 2007 Greensburg Tornado and the Southeast Kansas floods

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Kit Bond today announced that he secured more than $30 million to invest in Missouri’s transportation infrastructure and housing needs.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) --U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Carl Levin (D-MI) today announced the inclusion of $18,350,000 for 14 Michigan projects in the FY 2010 Appropriations bill for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies. The funding was approved today by the full Senate

September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Metro Kansas City new-home permits rebounded 7 percent from July’s activity but home builders say they are yet to see any major signs of a housing market recovery. According to statistics compiled by the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City (HBA) a seasonally adjusted total [...]

Washington, D.C. - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) today announced that $4.3 million in federal funding for projects in Maine has been included in the fiscal year (FY) 2010 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development spending bill, which passed the Senate today by a vote of 73 to 25.

AUGUSTA, ME - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Maine homeowners receiving a recorded phone message from someone telling them to call "Maine Housing Authority" to help with foreclosure or to refinance their mortgage may be victims of a scam, state housing officials warned today

Grants up to $40,000 to Help Purchase Foreclosed Properties. Jackson, MS - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) is now taking reservations under its new Home Buyer Advantage grant program. The program will provide grants of up to $40,000 to qualified home buyers who purchase foreclosed properties in any of the 48 eligible communities across Mississippi. Unlike most of MHC’s other programs, the Home Buyer Advantage program does not require applicants to be first-time home buyers. The program limits applicants to those who earn 120% of the Area Median Income or below.

Grants up to $40,000 to Help Purchase Foreclosed Properties. Jackson, MS - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) is now taking reservations under its new Home Buyer Advantage grant program. The program will provide grants of up to $40,000 to qualified home buyers who purchase foreclosed properties in any of the 48 eligible communities across Mississippi. Unlike most of MHC’s other programs, the Home Buyer Advantage program does not require applicants to be first-time home buyers. The program limits applicants to those who earn 120% of the Area Median Income or below.

Washington, D.C. - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter yesterday offered an amendment to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development spending bill that would prohibit federal housing assistance from going to households that include drug dealers and members of violent gangs in New Orleans.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that $380,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was released to Scott County Housing Council through the regular appropriations process

WASHINGTON, DC - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel K. Inouye announced today that the full Senate approved $60,550,000 million in funding for various transportation, housing and urban development initiatives in Hawaii.

September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) announced that Connecticut projects will receive more than $15.7 million as part of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill passed by the Senate today. The bill will support a variety of transportation- and housing-related projects across Connecticut, including $4 million for the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Rail Line

W. Babylon, NY - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, Inc. released the August 2009 housing figures that reported a $385,000 closed median home price for Long Island, the highest reported since October 2008.

W. Babylon, NY - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, Inc. released the August 2009 housing figures that reported a $385,000 closed median home price for Long Island, the highest reported since October 2008.

OLYMPIA, WA - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna fears a rise in scam victims as struggling homeowners trying to tap legitimate payment relief programs are simultaneously solicited by charlatans.

NEW YORK, NY - September 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The boards of the New York State Housing Finance Agency (HFA) and the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) approved $181.6 million in financing today to build and preserve 2,060 units of affordable housing throughout New York State.

HARRISBURG, PA - September 11, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Details of a new, national accreditation program for state mortgage regulators will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on September 12, allowing for its adoption by other states.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 11, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and the Housing Authority of Bergen County announced that they have secured an additional $3,730,211 in funding for Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers for Bergen County.

NEWARK, NJ - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Acting Commissioner Charles A. Richman and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Marge Della Vecchia today joined local officials to break ground on Roseville Commons, a 50-unit affordable housing building located at 533-567 Orange Street in Newark.

ALBANY, NY - September 14, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- A meeting of the New York State Board of Real Estate Appraisal will be held on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at the Department of State, Division of Licensing Services, Alfred E. Smith State Office Bldg., 80 South Swan Street, 10th Floor Conference Room, Albany, NY, and 123 William Street, 19th Floor Conference Room, NYC, NY.

LANSING, MI - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) --Attorney General Mike Cox today announced that Michigan residents victimized by foreclosure fraud schemes can receive refunds as a result of charges filed against SaveMyHome USA, Payment Doctors and the Michigan Economic Reinstatement Program. The companies were held accountable after an undercover investigation by the Attorney General's office discovered that the companies' representatives made misleading statements and charged borrowers upfront fees in violation of the Michigan Credit Services Protection Act

LANSING, MI - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) has revoked the mortgage license of Grand Blanc-based Freedom Financial Mortgage Lending, LLC for violating the state’s Mortgage Brokers, Lenders and Servicers Licensing Act. Freedom Financial failed to comply with OFIR’s license renewal process and failed to cooperate with the agency while OFIR staff attempted to conduct an examination.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO) joined Congressman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R-NC), and 26 other Members of the House of Representatives, in introducing H.R. 3590, the Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009. This deficit-neutral legislation would amend the federal tax code to ensure military personnel can take full advantage of the first-time homebuyer tax credit that was created as part of H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Washington, DC - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), last night, along with Senators John Ensign (R-NV), Harry Reid (D-NV), Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced a six-month extension of the popular $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers. The current provision, passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, expires December 1, 2009. According to the most recent Treasury data, nearly 530,000 Americans have applied for the tax cut to help them purchase their first home. About 40 percent of all home buyers this year will be eligible for the tax credit.

LITTLE ROCK, AR - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Secretary of State Charlie Daniels today announced the opening of the autumn State Capitol exhibit, Natural, National: The National Parks and Arkansas, which salutes the National Park Service and its six Arkansas properties.

Washington, D.C. - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard met this morning with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, other senior Obama Administration officials and 11 other state Attorneys General to coordinate proactive strategies and strengthen efforts to fight consumer fraud in the housing markets