Monthly Archives: December 2011

HALSTEAD PROPERTY ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF IVANA TAGLIAMONTE

New York, NY - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property is pleased to announce the return of Ivana Tagliamonte who, as a result of her cumulative production level, has been appointed to the coveted title of Executive Vice President at ...

Keller Williams Las Vegas Real Estate Agent Team, Closes An EMC Short Sale In...

Las Vegas, NV - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ballen Group, Leading short sale agents in Las Vegas at Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas, has solved another short sale problem for a Nevada Homeowner facing foreclosure. The Ballen Group, spe...

Coldwell Banker La Jolla Closes Record-Setting Home Sale in San Diego County

Torrance, CA - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in La Jolla announced today the sale of the Razor House, an 11,000-square-foot architectural landmark that rests high above the Torrey Pines State Reserve. Sol...

RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Collects Nearly 300 Gifts for Toys for Tots Program

Marietta, GA - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- East Cobb based RE/MAX Greater Atlanta has long practiced the holiday tradition of collecting toys for the U.S. Marine’s Toys for Tots program. Despite this year’s economic challenges, the loca...

Dynamic IDX Broker software connects Broker Brian Moore with potential Los Angeles, California clients

EUGENE, OR - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Los Angeles, California real estate broker Brian Moore have created a dynamic real estate search page on the Prudential California Realty website. The California Real Estate Technology ...

Custom IDX solution delivers comprehensive online property search to Florida home seekers

EUGENE, OR - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Advanced online search features are now available on the OneRes International Realty website of real estate broker Marnie Vaughn. Celebration, Florida properties are integrated directly onto the IDX ...

Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago Names Leo Ries Vice Chair of the Affordable...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago named Leo Ries Vice Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee for their Board of Directors. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is a $73 billion wholesal...

Seattle, King County receive more than $21.8 million in federal homeless assistance grants

Seattle, WA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal homeless assistance funds totaling more than $21.8 million have been awarded to the City of Seattle and King County for 2012-2013, making it possible to continue to provide a range of housin...

RKF SECURES CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN FIRST MEN’S BOUTIQUE IN THE U.S. AT TF CORNERSTONE’S...

NEW YORK, NY - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Christian Louboutin will open its first men’s boutique in the US at TF Cornerstone’s 808-10 Washington St. in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. RKF arranged the long-term, 1,035-square-foot g...

Governor McDonnell Asks for Additional Earthquake Recovery Assistance for Homeowners and Local Governments

RICHMOND - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bob McDonnell today asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve disaster assistance for nine additional localities recovering from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake on Aug. 23 and the ...

Redfin Launches iPad App, Featuring Real Estate Industry’s First Swipeable Interface

San Francisco, CA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Redfin launched Redfin for iPad, a home-buying app that combines the best real estate data with an industry-first "swipeable" interface. This app follows on the success of Redfin for An...

HUD EXPANDS SERVICES TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC IN 175 LANGUAGES

WASHINGTON, DC - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it has launched the HUD Language Line, a telephone language service pilot that will offer live, one-on-one interpre...

DELAURO ON $4,523,659 IN HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANT RENEWALS

New Haven, CT - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) applauded the renewal of $4,523,659 in funding for 23 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance programs in Connecticut’s 3rd District today. The Continuum of Ca...

California Housing Production Continues Rise in November, CBIA Announces

SACRAMENTO, CA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California housing production increased for a fourth consecutive month in November but the state is still on track to end the year with the third-lowest housing starts tally on record, the Califo...

Statement from NAHB Chairman Bob Nielsen on Debate to Extend and Pay for Payroll...

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...

Colliers International Sells a Portfolio of Five CVS Assets in Ohio and Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the third largest global real estate services organization, has completed a portfolio of five CVS assets totaling 52,416 square feet and $11 million in transaction values.

VOIT REAL ESTATE SERVICES’ PHOENIX OFFICE EXPANDS ITS BROKERAGE TEAM WITH THE ADDITION OF...

Phoenix, AZ - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Voit Real Estate Services’ Phoenix office has announced the addition of Tom Richards to its brokerage team, according to Todd Brown, Managing Director of Voit’s Phoenix office. As an investment...

FHFA House Price Index Falls 0.2 Percent in October

Washington, DC - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. house prices fell 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September to October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported...

Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates

Washington, DC – December 22, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used ...

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD ARRANGES 68,000-SQUARE-FOOT LEASE EXPANSION IN METRO BALTIMORE

HANOVER, MD - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oceaneering International, Inc. has signed a 68,000-square-foot industrial lease expansion at 6090 Dorsey Road, bringing the company's presence in Hanover to 260,000 square feet. Owner Prudential Re...

Entire Market Benefits from DOJ Settlement with Countrywide

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today’s Department of Justice fair lending settlement with Countrywide Financial is welcome news in a housing market still reeling from the costs of rampant predatory lending. Countrywide was...

For Rent Media Solutions Announces Social Media Offering Unlike Any Other in Industry

NORFOLK, VA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Rent Media Solutions™ (FRMS), a leading resource for apartment searches nationwide and a division of Dominion Enterprises, today announced the upgrade of its Marketplace Expert social media of...

Philadelphia Housing Authority Continues to Hire Essential Staff

Philadelphia, PA - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Philadelphia Housing Authority has filled two key positions to complete the restaffing of its Office of General Counsel with the hiring of Laurence Redican and Joffie Pittman.

Justice Department Reaches $335 Million Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination by Countrywide...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Justice today filed its largest residential fair lending settlement in history to resolve allegations that Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries engaged in ...

Homeowners should beware of mortgage modification scams, warns CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

LOS ANGELES, CA - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) is distributing a public service announcement (PSA) to television and radio stations across California to warn consumers that they are at risk f...

Property Developer Charged with Exposing Employees to Asbestos During Removal Operations

ROCHESTER, NY - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Attorney Anastasios “Taso” Kolokouris, 28, of Avon, N.Y., has been arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint with violating the Clean Air Act asbestos work practice standards involving a...

Mayor Lee Announces $18.9 Million in U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Grants to...

San Francisco, CA - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded San Francisco $18.9 million in HUD’s Continuum of Care grants to fund a wide variety of progra...

Illinois Home Sales Up 14.2 Percent in November

SPRINGFIELD, IL - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the Illinois Association of REALTORS® (IAR) latest report, statewide home sales (including single family and condominiums) in November 2011 totaled 7,954 homes sold, up 14.2 percen...

CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON ANNOUNCES HUD GRANTS TO THE MISSISSIPPI SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

BOLTON, MS - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded FY 2011 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance awards ...

HUD AWARDS $1.5 BILLION TO MORE THAN 7,100 LOCAL HOMELESS PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON, DC - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $1.47 billion to renew funding to more than 7,100 local homeless programs operating across the country. The funding...

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