Monthly Archives: May 2010

May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- This Friday, May 7, 2010 Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) will host a Combat Fraud Forum at the Cypress Community Center located at 5700 Orange Avenue from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Attendees will obtain information on identity theft, mortgage loans and lending, investment scams, charity fraud, Medicare fraud and more

Tampa, FL - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed a proposal with the North Carolina Department of Insurance to provide homeowners insurance credits for implementing certain property protection measures, including several based on the Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) FORTIFIED building programs.

May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth (DELEG) Director Stanley "Skip” Pruss today announced the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) has cited GRL Properties, LLC, of Grand Rapids, with $115,000 in proposed penalties for allegedly failing to adequately protect employees and the general public from serious asbestos hazards at the John Bean Building in Lansing

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 30, 2010. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 4.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 5.1 percent compared with the previous week.

McLean, VA - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) announced today that it will not issue a Reference Notes® security on May 5, 2010. The company's 2010 Reference Notes calendar designates dates that it may use to announce the issuance of Reference Notes securities.

Events Hosted by Obama Administration’s Making Home Affordable Program, HOPE NOW and NeighborWorks® America at Nassau Coliseum. Washington, DC - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives from sixteen mortgage servicers, plus more than a dozen local HUD-approved housing counselors, were on hand last week in Uniondale, New York to assist struggling homeowners with their mortgages

WASHINGTON, DC - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Community Bank Mortgage LLC, a subsidiary of the American Bankers Association, has selected SunTrust Mortgage Inc. as one of three preferred secondary market investors. With this selection, Community Bank Mortgage LLC owner banks can sell loans on a servicing-released basis to SunTrust Mortgage and access their full line of products, including jumbo loans.

WASHINGTON D.C. - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Delaware builder and developer Kevin Kelly, president of Leon N. Wiener and Associates, was named the 2010 recipient of the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Daniel M. Grady Memorial Award, in recognition of decades of dedication to the cause of affordable housing.

Salem, OR - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) recently received $284,988 to support local foreclosure prevention counseling efforts across Oregon.

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce that Orlando Realtor Marilyn Welbergen, has joined the growing number of real estate professionals revolutionizing the way people buy homes online. Her website offers clients the unique ability to search for their dream home from their own personal computer.s Thanks to Welbergen's real estate website, potential home buyers have the ability to search through all of the properties listed on the Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS), in an effort to find their perfect property. RE/MAX's partnership with the MFRMLS helps Welbergen to display thousands of homes directly onto her website, granting home seekers license to look at specific details of homes surrounding the Orlando area

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. excitedly announces today the addition of RE/ MAX Properties SW, Inc.'s Hans Welbergen of Orlando, Florida, to its extensive and growing database of real estate agents and broker using the innovative IDX Broker software. By adding this custom IDX solution to his website, Welbergen now has the power to directly connect potential home buyers with an endless amount of the most up-to-date properties with the Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS), a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) that was previously solely accessible to the real estate professional. By incorporating these unique and helpful IDX Broker search tools into his website, Welbergen will save valuable time, all the while enhancing the online real estate search experience for his consumers.

Las Vegas, NV - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coldwell Banker Wardley Real Estate, located in Summerlin, NV and Green Valley, NV - launches official Coldwell Banker Wardley Las Vegas Real Estate FACEBOOK page

BETHEL, CT - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Countdown To Buy, a next generation online real estate marketplace that offers fair and effective solutions to buy and sell properties, announced today that it has entered the Georgia marketplace and will be featuring recently foreclosed properties in 17 communities to potential home buyers.

Kennesaw, GA - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dr. Aileen Szabo recentlyjoined Prudential Georgia Realty. Sheis based out of Prudential Georgia Realty’s Northwest office, located on2414 Dallas Highway in Marietta

WASHINGTON, DC - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing is collecting entries for a competition to recognize leadership and creativity in the provision of housing for America’s working families

Will advise Fannie Mae on best practices to create affordable housing. BOSTON, MA - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing Executive Director Thomas R. Gleason has been selected to serve on Fannie Mae’s inaugural Affordable Housing Advisory Council, which will advise Fannie Mae on how it can best support the creation of affordable housing.

Washington, DC - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pending home sales increased again in March, affirming that a surge of home sales is unfolding for the spring home buying season, according to the National Association of Realtors

Atlanta, GA - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prudential Georgia Realty’s newBuckhead office, located at 3221 Peachtree Road, just south of the Peachtreeand Piedmont Road intersection, continues to add experienced agents to its team.Catherine Humann is the latest to join, coming to the company from HarryNorman, Realtors.

West Hartford, CT, - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) CT REIA and Than Merrill presents: A Free Webinar with Than Merrill – Turn Key Marketing Systems for Real Estate Investors May 11th. 8:00 – 9:00 pm EST

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The IDX, Inc. team happily welcomes today, James “Jim” McCormack with Exit Realty in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the latest real estate professional to provide prospective home buyers with the ability to utilize the innovative and unique features of the web-based Multiple Listing Service (MLS) search tool application, the highly customizable IDX Broker software. With this new Internet Data Exchange (IDX) addition to his website, McCormack will have the ability to automatically and directly connect his clients and potential leads to an infinite amount of property listings within the RealTracs MLS (RTMLS), by displaying the IDX/MLS data feed on their own personal computers. Home seekers will be able to sift through a plethora of search features, aiding in narrowing their results, to help them ultimately find their ideal property.

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has the pleasure of welcoming Heather Williams with Roost Realty in Portland, Oregon, to the rapidly expanding network of real estate agents and brokers using their primary application, the highly customizable IDX Broker software. With the addition and integration of this custom IDX solution, Williams will be able to display Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) data, directly onto her own personal website, providing potential home buyers with immediate and direct access to the most up-to-date listing information on the market, and all from the convenience of one specific website. Home seekers will be able to browse a plethora of listings, in an easy-to-navigate and user-friendly format, creating the most hassle-free and effortless real estate search on the web. This greatly simplifies Williams' job, allotting her more time to spend personalizing the online property search process for each individual consumer.

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. happily welcomes today, Rod Aragon with Keller Williams Realty in Pacific Palisades, California, to the growing list of elite rank real estate professionals choosing to incorporate a custom IDX solution into the search functionality of their websites. With this new addition, Aragon can now provide his clients with the ability to sift through a multitude of property listings within his local Multiple Listing Service (MLS), the California Real Estate Technology Services MLS (CARETS). Home seekers will be accessing the most up-to-date and current real estate listing information on the Southern California market, by displaying the IDX/MLS data feed on their own personal computers

Learn about fair housing practices and laws at a free workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 11, at Phoenix City Hall, 200 W. Washington St., assembly room D. This workshop will offer ADRE-authorized fair housing REALTOR® re-licensing credit and is presented in partnership with the Southwest Fair Housing Council.

CHICAGO, IL - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced today that it has been named the highest ranked commercial real estate services firm on the 2010 Global Outsourcing 100®, the annual ranking of high-quality service providers across all industries as determined by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®)

WALTHAM, MA - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that the number of single-family homes put under agreement in April was up 25 percent over the same time last year, while condominiums were up 22 percent. April is the tenth straight month that the number of both single-family homes and condominiums put under agreement had increased over the year before.

Washington, D.C. - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the 18 recipients of the 2010 Housing Awards. The AIA’s Housing Awards Program, now in its tenth year, was established to recognize the best in housing design and promote the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for the human spirit and a valuable national resource

WASHINGTON, DC - April 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman reported today that Santo Domingo Tribal Housing Authority has been awarded a $1.02 million grant to help meet the pueblos housing needs.

WASHINGTON, DC - April 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman reported today that Santo Domingo Tribal Housing Authority has been awarded a $1.02 million grant to help meet the pueblos housing needs.

BECKLEY, W.Va. - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) announced today that Ronceverte Development Corporation is being awarded $145,000 to purchase and renovate the former American Legion Building and attract new businesses...

Morgantown, WV - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- West Virginia has a high demand for direct housing funds and USDA Rural Development is prepared to utilize funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to ensure that this deman...