Monthly Archives: November 2011

Hire a contractor Now for construction and home improvement

November 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- When comes to home improvement or remodeling houses it is always to recommend hiring a professional only. To improve or remodel a home there are so many contractors are available in the market to fulfill home pro...

Gainesville Homes For Sale Reports About One-time Bonus For Full-time Gainesville Government Employees

Gainesville, FL - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gainesville Homes For Sale reports news of a one-time bonus worth $1,000 to be given to full-time employees of Gainesville local government. On November 15, 2011, Tuesday, the City Council membe...

Present Value Properties Negotiates Six Menchie’s Leases

TUSTIN, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Present Value Properties, Inc., a full service retail real estate brokerage, and consulting firm headquartered in Tustin, Calif., announced today that it has represented Menchie's in six lease transa...

RAB CONTRACT PROPOSALS AN AGGRESSIVE ATTEMPT TO ROLLBACK WAGE AND BENEFIT STANDARDS FOR...

November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- “The contract proposals made today by the city’s major building owners on a new contract for 22,000 of the city’s commercial office cleaners are an aggressive attempt to rollback wage and benefit standards ...

October Pending Home Sales Index

LOS ANGELES, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pending home sales in California rose in October and were up from the previous year for the sixth consecutive month. Additionally, distressed home sales rose in October from both the previous m...

California Housing Production Increases for Third Consecutive Month in October, CBIA Announces

SACRAMENTO, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California housing production increased for the third consecutive month in October as builders pulled permits for 17 percent more housing units when compared to October 2010, the California Build...

MassHousing Awards $300,000 for Affordable Sober Housing

BOSTON, MA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has awarded $300,000 in financing to help create or preserve affordable sober housing in Brockton, Lowell, Springfield and Worcester.

MassHousing Honors 100 Property Management Companies for Their Commitment to Minority and Women-Owned Businesses

BOSTON, MA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing recently recognized the efforts of 100 property management companies that make a concerted effort to do business with Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs).

Andrea Bell of Kentwood Real Estate to Host Fundraising Event to Benefit Clothes to...

DENVER, CO - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Andrea Bell, a leading real estate professional with the Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek, is co-hosting a fundraising event with a personal friend to benefit the Clothes to Kids Denver (CTKD) charit...

County Department of Housing and Community Affairs Seeks Input on Housing Policy

November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Montgomery County’s Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA) is sponsoring two public meetings to hear from residents and organizations interested in contributing to the update of the 2001 Housing Pol...

NAR Awards Realtor® Associations Grants to Promote and Expand Affordable Housing

Washington, DC - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing Opportunity Program Grants, a National Association of Realtors® grant program, has presented $62,500 to 19 local and state Realtor® associations. Those associations will use the fun...

LIU: $9.8 MILLION STOCKPILED IN HPD ACCOUNT OPERATED OUTSIDE CITY BUDGET PROCESS

NEW YORK, NY - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- City Comptroller John C. Liu today announced that an audit of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) found that the agency kept $9.8 million in unused funds from expired contr...

Hinchey Announces Federal Grant to Help Binghamton Revitalize Main Street

Washington, DC - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today announced that the City of Binghamton has been awarded a $485,058 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs Sustainable Housing and Communities grant t...

First New Mobile Home Set at Weston’s; Bond Auto Donates $50,000

November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The mobile home de-construction team headed by Lt. Governor Phil Scott and Secretary of Commerce and Community Development Lawrence Miller gathered this morning at Weston's Park in Berlin for the delivery of the ...

Deadline to Pay Real Property Tax is December 5

Leesburg, VA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Treasurer H. Roger Zurn Jr. reminds taxpayers that the deadline for payment of the second half real property tax is Monday, December 5, 2011. Payments postmarked after December 5, 2011, will incur ...

Free Foreclosure Prevention Clinic in Washington Dec. 9-10

November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Local homeowners who have lost their jobs and can’t pay their mortgage help may get help at a free foreclosure prevention clinic December 9 and 10 at the Job Link Career Center in Washington.

DCA & HMFA Celebrate Installation of Solar Panels at Senior Affordable Housing Community in...

BELLMAWR, N.J. - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) today joined local and state officials to celebrate the unveiling of newly installed solar panels at Bellmawr Senior...

GRANTS AVAILABLE TO MAKE HOUSING ACCESSIBLE

BISMARCK, ND - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Grants are available from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) to renovate properties occupied by people with physical disabilities. “The Rehab Accessibility Program can help our disab...

Brown Announces Plans for More Than 600 New Veterans Housing Units in Dayton and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown today announced that veterans in the Dayton and Chillicothe regions will have access to more than 600 new housing units. The units will be built on U.S. Department of V...

Delegation Announces $1.5 Million Grant to Assist with Housing and Infrastructure Issues in Western...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven and Congressman Rick Berg today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a $1.5 million grant to assist Western N...

Heinrich Legislation to Remove Barriers Between Native American Families and Homeownership Clears Committee Hurdle

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A bill sponsored by U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich (NM-1) to remove barriers between Native American families and homeownership unanimously passed the House Committee on Natural Resources ...

A Tale of Two Cities: “Occupy” Evicted in New York, Washington Readies to Subsidize...

Alexandria, VA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union is warning citizens and urging Congress to oppose the just-introduced conference report on the “Minibus” appropriations bill. The legislation claim...

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 25 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN OCTOBER, WHILE...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment rose in half the states and decreased in half in October and during the past year, closely matching the stable national employment picture, according to an analysis by t...

Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Lawsuit in Rolla, Missouri

WASHINGTON, DC - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department today announced that Roger Harris, Hediger Enterprises Inc., Carroll Management Group, Forum Manor Associates L.P. and Forum Manor LLC have agreed to pay $295,000 in moneta...

Chapin Man Sentenced on Bank Fraud Charges Deriving from Sale of Myrtle Beach Property

COLUMBIA, SC - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Kenneth Paul Holmes, age 48, of Chapin, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for conspiracy to commit ba...

Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County (NHS) partners with local elected officials and...

Los Angeles, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home affordability is higher now than in the past. Potential homebuyers are encouraged to purchase their home during this holiday season. Reports indicate lower home prices and record low intere...

William Raveis Wins Three HOBI Awards for Cranberry Hill Estates

SOUTHINGTON, CT - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage and Insurance received three prestigious Home Building Industry Awards (HOBI) at the annual awards dinner November 15 at the Aqua Turf in Southington.

Majority Say Banks Should Slash Mortgages

Destin, FL - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A large majority of those surveyed say banks and mortgage lenders should be forced to slash the mortgage principal owed by homeowners who are in danger of foreclosure, according to a new Housing Pred...

Stiles Sees Positive Signs in Real Estate Market with New Development and Management Engagements

Deerfield Beach, FL - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Florida’s commercial real estate market is showing signs of life, and Florida real estate developer Stiles is seeing the benefits. Greater availability of project financing, growing ...

Lee & Associates Closes $20 Million Plus Office Transaction

Torrance, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In one of the largest transactions in Long Beach this year, Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s leading commercial real estate providers, has closed a sales transaction of more than $20 mi...

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