New Report: $125 Million in Energy Cost Savings Possible for Publicly-Owned Buildings in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, AK - October 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) released today the first in-depth report about public facility energy usage in Alaska, paving the way for better understanding of this issue. The report wa...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 160 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2011 AND...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 160 out of 337 metropolitan areas between September 2011 and September 2012, increased in 125 and was stagnant in 52, according to a new analysis of federal e...
A New Look at Housing Busts and Mobility
October 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The study, “Housing Busts and Household Mobility: An Update,” supplements and confirms the authors’ 2010 research, which found that negative home equity reduces household mobility by 30 percent, while an add...
Home Heating Help Available for Low-Income Utahns
SALT LAKE CITY - October 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home Energy Assistance Target (H.E.A.T.) applications will be accepted beginning November 1, 2012 and continue through the end of April, 2013 or until funds are exhausted, the Housing and Communit...
Howard Gelbtuch, CRE, Named 2013 Chair of The Counselors of Real Estate
CHICAGO, IL - October 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City commercial real estate advisor Howard C. Gelbtuch, CRE®, principal, Greenwich Realty Advisors Incorporated, has assumed the role of 2013 Chair of the Board of The Counselors of Real Es...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - October 30, 2012 - (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 as an index in som...
Westside Estate Agency Lists Iconic John Lautner Seaside Residence
Torrance, CA - October 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westside Estate Agency has listed the Garwood Residence, a sleek post and beam Malibu home designed by famed architect John Lautner, for $15.9 million.
Illinois Wins National Housing Award for Program that Helps Homebuyers, Rebuilds Communities Hit by...
CHICAGO, IL - October 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As communities across the country look for ways to rebuild in the aftermath of foreclosures, a number of them in Illinois are getting a boost from an innovative program that has been recognized for e...
Illinois Hardest Hit Program Helps 5,000th Homeowner Protect Home from Foreclosure
CHICAGO, IL - October 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- When James Thomas Henry lost his job a year after buying a new townhouse, the suburban Bloomingdale resident feared he might also lose his home because he wouldn’t be able to make his mortgage pa...
West Virginia Homeowners Helped as a Result of Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s Outreach Effort
CHARLESTON - October 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Putnam county homeowner Regina Laury, there is no doubt that Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s mortgage assistance outreach program is working. Laury, who filed a complaint with General McGraw a...
Utah Housing CEO Grant Whitaker Named Secretary/Treasurer of the National Council of State Housing...
October 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Grant S. Whitaker, President and CEO of Utah Housing Corporation (UHC), was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) at their Annual Conference held in Orlando, Florida...
MBA Embraces IRS Decision to Accept Electronic Signatures for Tax Return Transcript Requests
Washington, DC - October 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today applauded an announcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it will soon begin allowing electronic signatures on Form 4506-T, Request for Tran...
Homeownership Preservation Foundation Announces $550,000 in Funding from NeighborWorks America to Continue Anti-Scam Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), an independent national nonprofit dedicated to helping distressed homeowners navigate financial challenges and avoid mortgage foreclosure through...
Apartment Industry Releases New Building Code Toolkits
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) and the National Apartment Association released a new series of building code toolkits to help the multifamily industry meet the unprecedented demand fo...
Lee NYC Subleases Remaining Portion of the 14th Floor for Cooper, Robertson & Partners
Torrance, CA - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates NYC (Lee NYC), the New York office of Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services, a privately-held national commercial real estate firm, today announced it subleased...
Lee NYC Continues to Lease and Renew Tenants in Upper East Side Second Ave...
Torrance, CA - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates NYC (Lee NYC), the New York office of Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services, a privately-held national commercial real estate firm, today announced it closed on...
Lee & Associates Closes $6.6 Million Sale of Walnut Business Center
Torrance, CA - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has closed the $6.6 million industrial sale of the Walnut Business Center in the City of Industry,...
Mayor Lee Unveils Violence Prevention Service Center in Sunnydale Hope SF Public Housing
October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today opened the new Visitacion Valley Family Resource Center annex at the Sunnydale HOPE SF public housing site as part of the Mayor’s IPO (Interrupt, Predict and Organize for a Safer San Fra...
VA Guarantees 20 Millionth Home Loan
WASHINGTON, DC - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the Department of Veterans Affairs announced it has guaranteed 20 million home loans since its home loan program was established in 1944 as part of the original GI Bill of Rights for return...
Attorney General Bondi’s Office and Miami-Dade Police Department Stop South Florida Mortgage Fraud Scheme...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Miami-Dade Police Department today charged seven people for their alleged involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme totaling nearly $5 million. The individuals all...
Ventura County Regional Data Share MLS offers zipFormMLS-Connect®
LOS ANGELES, CA - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services® (REBS®), a subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.), today announced that Ventura County Regional Data Share MLS (VCRDS), which is compri...
OHFA Recognized by Peers for Outstanding Work in Affordable Housing
COLUMBUS, OH - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) was recognized for its work in the affordable housing industry during the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) annual awards ceremony held Monday...
Standing with Hudson Valley Women Entrepreneurs, Gillibrand Calls for Federal Investment for Women’s Enterprise...
New Windsor, NY - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Standing with Hudson Valley women entrepreneurs at OXYVITA, Inc., U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today called for targeted federal investment into the Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WE...
Governor Cuomo Announces PepsiCo to Modernize and Expand Its Worldwide Headquarters in Westchester, Retaining...
Albany, NY - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that PepsiCo will renovate its worldwide headquarters in Purchase, keeping the food and beverage company’s 1,100 jobs in New York State. Throughout the durat...
N.C. State Veterans Home Opens in Black Mountain
October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Bev Perdue today joined local officials at the opening of the new N.C. State Veterans Home in Black Mountain. The facility provides long-term health care for U.S. military veterans.
PHFA executive director elected president of National Council of State Housing Agencies
HARRISBURG - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Brian A. Hudson Sr., executive director and CEO of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, has been elected president of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA). He will serve for two ...
USDA PARTNERS WITH NORTH DAKOTA TRIBAL COLLEGES
BISMARCK, ND - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jasper Schneider, USDA Rural Development state director, today announced that all five Tribal colleges in North Dakota were awarded grants to improve campus infrastructure. Through the Tribal Colleg...
NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSING RECOGNIZED FOR CREATING “GREENER HOMES”
BEDFORD, NH - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority’s efforts to keep New Hampshire’s rental housing safe and affordable were recognized this week by the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA). T...
Justice Department Settles Discrimination Claim Against New Jersey Company
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Advantage Home Care LLC, a home health care provider based in Hackensack, N.J., resolving claims that the company violate...
Disaster Recovery Center Opens in Slidell Friday
BATON ROUGE, LA - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opens Friday in St. Tammany Parish to assist homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained uninsured or underinsured damage to their home or personal...
