Pinellas County Commissioner Hosts Community Office Hours Program
Crystal Beach, FL - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch is set to host the coming community office hours program on October 19, 2011, Wednesday, from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm at the conference room of St. Petersburg ...
Housing Starts Rise 15 Percent in September
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nationwide housing starts rose 15 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 658,000 units in September, marking the strongest pace of residential construction since April of 2010, accordin...
NAHB Remodelers Awards Remodeler of the Year
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NAHB Remodelers named Mike Nagel, CGR, CAPS, of Men at Work Chicago, the 2011 Remodeler of the Year in recognition of his professional remodeling achievements and support of industry professiona...
Seriously Delinquent Mortgage Loans Decrease at Maine Financial Institutions
GARDINER, ME - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bureau of Financial Institutions’ Superintendent Lloyd P. LaFountain, III has released results from a quarterly survey covering residential mortgage loans held by Maine’s 32 state-chartered bank...
$1.9 Million in Homeowner Rehab Grants Now Available
TOPEKA, KS - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC) has awarded approximately $1.9 million in Homeowner Rehabilitation (HR) grants to eleven communities to facilitate the renovation, accessibility and weather...
Cold Weather Preparations Include Practicing Home Heating Fire Safety
Jackson, MS - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Finding ways to stay warm with the arrival of the first cold weather of the year greatly increases the risk for home heating fires. Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney urges ...
Minnesota Couple Indicted for Orchestrating $5 Million Mortgage Fraud Scam
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier today in federal court, a Minnesota couple was indicted in connection with a $5 million mortgage fraud scheme. James Warren Hoffman, age 51, and his wife, Teresa Gay Hoffman, age 52, both...
New funding helps AHFC to expand HOME Opportunity Program (HOP)
ANCHORAGE, AK - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) awarded $1.7 million in additional funding to two non-profit intermediary agencies to administer the HOME Opportunity Program (HOP). HOP provides principal...
For Rent Media Solutions Reaches Educational Milestone
NORFOLK, VA - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Rent Media Solutions™, a leading resource for apartment searches nationwide and a division of Dominion Enterprises, has reached an educational milestone. Nadeen Green, Senior Counsel at For Ren...
Newsweek Ranks CBRE Group, Inc. Greenest Real Estate Firm For 2011
Los Angeles, CA - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Newsweek, a leading U.S. weekly newsmagazine, has ranked CBRE Group, Inc. the greenest real estate company in its 2011 Green Rankings. The list measures the environmental performance of the 500 l...
PHILADELPHIA BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS AVERT STRIKE AND REACH NEW CONTRACT PROTECTING MORE THAN 2,600...
Philadelphia, PA - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The 32BJ Bargaining Committee tonight announced a tentative agreement on a four-year contract, subject to ratification, covering more than 2,600 of Philadelphia’s building service workers that...
Another Drop for Architecture Billings Index
Washington, D.C. - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following the first positive score in four months, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reversed direction again in September. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI ...
IDX solution integrates Florida property listings with the search page hosted by Realtor Kent...
Marco Island, FL - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida home seekers can now experience an online property search like never before, on the joint venture between IDX, Inc. and real estate broker Kent Hedrick. Now, Hedrick hosts his own custom...
Innovative IDX solution displays Florida properties on professional real estate website of Enrique Inurrieta
EUGENE, OR - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Paz Global Real Estate and realtor Enrique Inurrieta have joined with IDX, Inc. to increase the visibility and efficiency of the Aventura, Florida online real estate search. The IDX solution Inurrieta...
Custom IDX solution provides dynamic Map Search feature on Bethany Wilcox website
EUGENE, OR - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Bethany Wilcox are pleased to announce the addition of an innovative IDX solution to the Focus Real Estate Group, Inc. website. IDX Broker software extracts raw listing data directly fro...
Lee & Associates Completes $2 Million Office Sale Transaction
Torrance, CA - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial brokerage firm, has completed the $1.95 million sale of a 7,068-square-foot, single-story, pre-school facility located at 10 Mar...
New listing notification just one of the many IDX tools advancing online real estate...
EUGENE, OR - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Joe Spake of Revid Realty to the growing network of real estate professionals dedicated to serving their clients and their realty needs by creating a helpful and easy-t...
The Marketing Directors Returns To Hoboken, NJ To Launch New Luxury Rental Building
NEW YORK, NY - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Earlier this year, The Marketing Directors, Inc. successfully leased the 44-home luxury rental building at 1100 Jefferson Street in Hoboken, NJ in just 12 weeks. Now the Manhattan-based marketing an...
FHFA Directs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Adopt Uniform Improvements to Foreclosure Attorney...
Washington, DC - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to transition away from current foreclosure attorney network programs and move to a system where mortgage servicer...
CT REIA Announces Ed Rush As A Guest Speaker At 2011 New England Real...
West Hartford, CT - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, announces Ed Rush as a guest speaker at the 8th Annual New England Real Estate and Entrepreneur Conference and Trade Show. This ev...
HUD CHARGES PHILADELPHIA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
WASHINGTON, DC - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is charging a Philadelphia condominium association with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to revise its “no...
SEC Halts Scheme Involving Investments to Purportedly Help Homeowners Restructure Mortgages
Washington, D.C. - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has obtained an emergency court order to freeze the assets of a Texas resident and his company charged with falsely telling investo...
Another Full Floor of High-End Pre-Builts Completed at the Empire State Building
NEW YORK CITY, NY - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Empire State Building has completed a new set of high-end pre-builts on the 65th floor, following successful introductions and leasing of high-end pre-builts on the 53rd and 75th floors, an...
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Honors RE/MAX Co-Founders
DENVER, CO - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The founders of the most recognized real estate franchise in the world, RE/MAX, LLC, are being honored by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® for their dedication to helping children, a dedicatio...
C.A.R. releases September sales and price report
LOS ANGELES, CA - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Heightened economic uncertainty contributed to a decrease in California home sales in September, according to data from the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.). However, September home...
Jones Lang LaSalle Establishes Prominence in Seattle and Portland with Pacific Real Estate Partners...
SEATTLE, WA - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announces that it has merged operations with Pacific Real Estate Partners, Inc., one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading real estate services firms. The combined firm will have a...
Udall Announces Findings of Fourmile Canyon Fire Study
Clark, CO - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Udall announced that preliminary findings are available from a scientific study on the 2010 Fourmile Canyon fire in Boulder County. The U.S. Forest Service report, which was conducted at Udall's ...
Creating a better view in the HGTV Dream Home 2012
PELLA, IA - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- It’s all about the view, says the architect of the 2012 HGTV Dream Home constructed near Park City, Utah. And what better way for the lucky winner of the stylish home to enjoy that view than through ...
Sandy Weigand of Kentwood Real Estate Garners Top Production Honors from Denver Board of...
DENVER, CO - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sandy Weigand, a leading Broker Associate with The Kentwood Company in the Denver Tech Center and one of the country’s most accomplished real estate professionals, has been recognized by the Denver ...
NJ BUILDING CLEANERS LAUNCH FIGHT TO PROTECT GOOD JOBS AS STATEWIDE CONTRACT TALKS OPEN
Newark, N.J. - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than 150 building cleaners representing 7,000 cleaners from across the state converged upon the Hilton at Newark Penn Station on Tuesday morning as contract talks began between their union, 32B...
