101 Housing Markets on Improving List in April
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The list of housing markets showing measurable improvement expanded slightly to include 101 metropolitan areas in April, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improv...
HUD ANNOUNCES ‘MATERNITY DISCRIMINATION SETTLEMENTS,’ KICKS OFF FAIR HOUSING MONTH
WASHINGTON, DC - April 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it has reached settlement agreements with Magna Bank in Nashville, TN, and Home Loan Center, Inc., in Irvine, CA, resolving a...
Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association (CT REIA) Announces April 2012 Seminar With Sue Nelson
West Hartford, CT - April 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Sue Nelson is announcing the CT REIA Monthly Meeting for real estate investors on April 16, 2012. This meeting wi...
Menendez, Reed, Warner, Merkley lead call for FHFA to fix flawed study on principal...
Washington, DC - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Housing Subcommittee, Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Securities Subcommittee, Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the International Trade and Fina...
Free fair housing accessibility training on June 6, 2012
April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Design and construction industry professionals, housing developers, and housing providers are invited to attend a free 8-hour Fair Housing Accessibility First training, on Wednesday, June 6, from 8 am to 5 pm at Seat...
HUDSON REALTY CAPITAL FUNDS $4.36 MILLION BRIDGE LOAN FOR SANTA MONICA OFFICE BUILDING
SANTA MONICA, CA - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hudson Realty Capital LLC (Hudson), a Manhattan-based real estate fund manager, has funded a $4.36 million bridge loan involving a 14,612-square-foot office building in the downtown district. The b...
Keystone Pacific Property Management Honors Jennifer Stocks, CCAM®
April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keystone Pacific Property Management, a leading community association management company providing management services to community associations throughout Southern California, honored Jennifer Stocks with the firm??...
With Nearly 25% Of Ohio Homeowners Underwater On Their Mortgages, Brown Unveils New Plan...
COLUMBUS, OH - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With nearly 25 percent of Ohio homeowners underwater on their mortgages, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today unveiled a new plan to improve the housing market by addressing “short sale” home sal...
OHFA Celebrates Equal Access to Housing During Fair Housing Month
COLUMBUS - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) joins Ohio Governor John Kasich and affordable housing leaders in observing April as Fair Housing Month. This year marks the 44th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act ...
LIU RECOVERS $1.2 MILLION FROM BUILDING CONTRACTORS FOR CHEATED WORKERS
NEW YORK, NY - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Comptroller John C. Liu today announced a $1.2 million settlement on behalf of workers who were cheated out of wages and benefits for work at City sites. The contractor Mascon Restoration and its princ...
A.G. Schneiderman Issues Alert To Protect New York Homeowners From Mortgage Settlement Scams
NEW YORK, NY - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman alerted New York homeowners today to beware of phone solicitations from scam artists claiming to provide assistance related to the recent national mortgage servici...
25th Annual Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards Honors Creative Excellence, Industry Achievement
April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA) honored the industry’s most creative and successful sales and marketing initiatives at the 25th Annual Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards Banquet, kicking-off the 63rdAtlant...
Attorney General Darrell McGraw Begins “Project: Save Our Homes” Events in Putnam, Kanawha and...
CHARLESTON - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw today announced the details for the first four Project: Save Our Homes workshops to help the state’s homeowners obtain relief under the recent landmark mor...
Legislation Intended to Prevent Tax Increases on the Beneficiaries of the Mortgage Settlement Agreement
Washington, D.C - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Representatives Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and John Larson (D-CT) introduced the "Homeowners Tax Fairness Act" today to protect homeowners and servicemembers who were wrongly ...
RI to Receive Additional $634,000 in Foreclosure Prevention Funds
PROVIDENCE, RI – April 4, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive an additional $634,342 in federal funding to continue providing housing counseling to struggling Rhode Is...
Altmire Announces Housing Grants for Homeless Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Congressman Jason Altmire (PA-04) today announced that the Allegheny County Housing Authority and Housing Authority of the County of Butler will receive $293,898 in grants from the U.S. Depart...
Parties Weigh in on Where The Money Should Go
April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On March, 12, 2012, the final negotiated agreements between the states, the federal government and Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan Chase, Ally/GMAC, and Wells Forgo were filed with the Court. In addition to requiri...
Wells Fargo Top Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originator in 2011
Washington, DC - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Wells Fargo was the top commercial/multifamily mortgage originator in 2011, according to a set of listings released today by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Other originators in the top 10 in...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 4.8 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 30...
GOVERNOR BROWNBACK PROCLAIMS APRIL FAIR HOUSING MONTH
TOPEKA - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In celebration of the 44th anniversary of the 1968 landmark Fair Housing Act, Governor Sam Brownback has proclaimed April Fair Housing Month in Kansas. The Fair Housing Act is the federal law prohibiting dis...
New York’s Blesso Properties Opens Luxury, Eco-Conscious Hotel in Panama City’s Casco Viejo
NEW YORK CITY, NY - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate development and investment firm Blesso Properties has formally opened its Tántalo Hotel/Kitchen/Roofbar, an innovative, eco-conscious boutique property in Panama City, Panama’s Casc...
iPhone enabled real estate search made possible for San Diego buyers, thanks to IDX...
EUGENE, OR - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- San Diego, California area home seekers can now experience an online real estate search experience comparable to none, on the IDX enabled website of Magnus Realty Group Realtor Jill Eastman. Eastman, a m...
Smarter agents and brokers, like Floridian Beverly Bowen, adopt IDX Broker software for their...
EUGENE, OR - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Beverly Bowen and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to bring new levels of ease and accessibility to the Sarasota, Florida home search, by enabling an IDX solution that has revolutionized the website of Bowen...
Louisiana real estate broker employs IDX solution to revolutionize the search capabilities of her...
EUGENE, OR - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Slidell, Louisiana real estate broker Karin Smith have joined forces to present area home seekers with a comprehensive and detailed real estate website. IDX Broker software has integrated a...
VOIT REAL ESTATE SERVICES EXPANDS SACRAMENTO OFFICE WITH TWO NEW PROFESSIONALS
Sacramento, CA - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Voit Real Estate Services’ Sacramento office has announced the addition of two new brokers, Jon Walker and Tom Bacci. Each of the new commercial real estate professionals has nearly two decades of ...
PALMETTO PROMENADE DEVELOPMENT SOLD FOR $20.1 MILLION
Boca Raton, FL - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE arranged the sale of the 5.78-acre site known as Palmetto Promenade to Archstone New Development Holdings for $20,125,000. The land, currently zoned as DDRI (Downtown District of Regional Impact...
Sperry Van Nees negotiates sale of 238 unit apartment complex in Tucson, AZ
Phoenix, AZ - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sperry Van Ness, LLC facilitated the sale of Bear Canyon Apartments, located at 9055 E. Catalina Hwy in Tucson, Arizona. The Class A luxury apartments sold at 5.87% Cap Rate on in place numbers, highest...
NAHB Research Center Recognizes Outstanding Green Certification Program Partners for 2011
Upper Marlboro, MD - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the NAHB Research Center recognizes 40 of its Green Partners for their outstanding contributions to advancing green building in their communities and commitment to voluntary, market-driven,...
CBRE CAPITAL MARKETS ARRANGES $30,279,000 LOAN FOR 480-UNIT FT. LAUDERDALE APARTMENT COMMUNITY
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE Capital Markets closed on a $30,279,000 loan for the acquisition of San Tropez Apartments in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on behalf of the borrower, Advenir@San Tropez, LLC. Terms of the loan in...
World’s Second Largest Staffing Organization Leases Office Space at Malkin Properties’ First Stamford Place
STAMFORD, CT - April 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Randstad US, a wholly owned subsidiary of Randstad Holding NV, an $18.8 billion global provider of HR services and the second largest staffing organization in the world, has leased office space at Malk...
