Mortgage Applications Decrease Despite Survey Low Rates in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 3.8 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 2...
RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon to Visit Circle Center Grade School in Yorkville on May...
CHICAGO, IL - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will visit Circle Center Grade School, 901 Mill St., Yorkville, Ill., on May 4 when the balloon crew will present an interactive educational program developed and sponsored b...
Half of US Homeowners Can’t Move
Destin, FL - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than half of all homeowners with a mortgage are unable to move or make a change in their housing situation as a direct result of being underwater on a mortgage, according to a new Housing Predictor...
Quinn Administration Partners with National Event to Help Chicago-area Homeowners
ROSEMONT - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To further Governor Pat Quinn’s commitment to protect Illinois families and communities from foreclosure, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) today helped kick off the free Help for Homeow...
Attorney General Koster reaches $76,000 settlement with Utah-based home alarm company
Jefferson City, MO - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster announced today he has reached a $76,000 settlement with Pinnacle Security, LLC, a home alarm system company based in Utah.
MRG Document Technologies Teams with Xerox Mortgage Services to Promote Collaboration and Education through...
DALLAS, TX - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- MRG Document Technologies (MRG), a leading provider of mortgage document preparation software and compliance technology, and Georgia-based Xerox Mortgage Services are combining their experience and expe...
David Nadler brings ease and simplicity to online real estate search for Chicago, Illinois...
EUGENE, OR - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Potential buyers in Chicago, Illinois now have a great resource for finding homes online: David Nadler of City Ranch Real Estate Services, LLC and IDX, Inc. The newly IDX enabled website features thous...
March Home Sales Decline From Upwardly Revised Earlier Pace
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes declined 7.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 328,000 units in March from an upwardly revised, robust pace of 353,000 units in February, ac...
IDX Acquires RealLead, a Real-Time Lead Capture Solution For Realtors
EUGENE, OR - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. a nationally known leading provider of real estate search applications, today announced it has acquired RealLead, LLC, a real estate lead generation technology company that matches buyers an...
MBA Honors 2012 Mortgage Banking Tech All-Stars
Phoenix, AZ - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today awarded eleven industry innovators with the Mortgage Banking Tech All-Stars award at the Association's 2012 National Technology in Mortgage Banking Conferen...
Redfin Launches Direct Service in Austin, Texas
AUSTIN, TX - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Redfin, the technology-powered real estate broker, today launched its direct service for Austin home-buyers and sellers, delivered by its own Austin-based agents. When Redfin first introduced its websit...
Architects Support Students’ Call for Pro Bono Work in Exchange for Loan Relief
Washington, D.C. - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) today called for Congress to pass legislation that includes architecture school graduates in t...
Energy Department Announces Funding to Develop “Plug-and-Play” Solar Energy Systems for Homeowners
Washington, D.C. - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $5 million available this year to develop “plug-and-play” photovoltaic (PV) syst...
Rebuilding Together, NeighborWorks America and the National Community Stabilization Trust Join Forces to Support...
Washington, DC - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rebuilding Together, NeighborWorks America and the National Community Stabilization Trust have joined together in a new collaborative effort to support homeownership and sustainable communities acro...
NAHB to Host its Spring Construction Forecast Webinar on Wednesday
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will host its Semi-Annual Construction Forecast Conference on Wednesday, April 25, in a two-hour webinar from 2:00-4:00 p.m. featuring three renown...
The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of a Triple Net Leased Time Warner Cable Property...
Northbrook, IL - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant triple net leased Time Warner Cable property located at 14079 Senlac Drive in Farmers Branch, TX ...
Go Fight Foreclosure Blog Urges North Miami Florida Homeowners To Take Advantage Of Federal...
North Miami Florida - Nationwide - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Go Fight Foreclosure Blog today announced foreclosure prevention assistance is now available for North Miami Florida homeowners. Urging those in immediate danger and even not in da...
Congressman Al Green and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Organize Homeless Veterans...
Houston, TX - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09), in conjunction with the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, hosted an event for Houston’s homeless veterans. Attendees were provided with infor...
DataQuick Adds Short Sale Enhancements to RiskFinder Distress
SAN DIEGO, - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- DataQuick®, a provider of advanced real estate information solutions powered by data, analytics and decisioning, has added several key content and performance enhancements to its RiskFinder Distress so...
STANDARD CONTRACT DOCUMENTS TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT WORD, MAC AND AVAILABLE ON-LINE THANKS...
Washington, D.C. - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs® users will be able to work on their standard construction contracts using Microsoft Word® on a PC or Mac as the result of an upgraded new web-based platform released today by the ...
Strong Awareness and Increasing Adoption of Integrated Project Delivery
Washington, D.C. - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Center for Integrated Practice has released the results of the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Awareness Survey that reveals that 84% of AIA members ar...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 36 STATES BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH WHILE 24 STATES AND...
April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The momentum boosting the number of states adding construction jobs stalled in March as only 12 states and the District of Columbia added jobs since February, another 36 states lost construction jobs and employment ...
FinCEN Reports Mortgage Fraud SARs Increased in 2011 Even as Fourth Quarter Level Decreased
VIENNA, VA - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today released its full year 2011 update of mortgage loan fraud reported suspicious activity reports (MLF SARs) that shows financial institutions submitted 92,02...
POMPEI A.D. PROMOTES VANESSA ROSE TO CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
New York, NY - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pompei A.D. (www.pompeiad.com), a full service creative branding and design firm, today announced Vanessa Rose has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer.
NAR, U.S. Treasury, Bring Short Sale Assistance to Illinois Homeowners
WASHINGTON, DC - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Realtors® is joining forces once again with the U.S. Department of the Treasury to offer aid to homeowners who are struggling to keep their homes and avoid foreclosure a...
John Tighe with The Tighe Group, Inc. provides a one-stop source for real estate...
EUGENE, OR - April 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces today the addition of John Tighe with the growing number of real estate professionals using IDX Broker search tools on their websites. Now Tighe’s site visitors can access a variet...
Custom IDX solution brings thousands of Akron, Ohio properties to the fingertips of buyers...
EUGENE, OR - April 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Northeast Ohio Real Estate Exchange MLS (MEOHREX) property listings just got easier to find online, with the pairing up of IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Jack Harig. With the tools provided to him with...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR HAWAII STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - April 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Hawaii and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters ...
Multi-Unit Properties Thrive in Northern Illinois Real Estate Market
CHICAGO, IL - April 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The commercial real estate market throughout the Northern Illinois region is in the midst of a steady but slow recovery. One sector that is anything but sluggish today is the multi-family market.
The Furman Center Issues a Fact Brief on Rent Stabilization in New York City...
- April 19, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy has issued a fact brief about rent stabilization in New York City in advance of the U.S. Supreme Courtfs announcement on whether it will hear the cas...
