RE/MAX Social Campaign Earns Fans, Impressions, Accolades
DENVER, CO - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX LLC has earned three prestigious Platinum MarCom Awards for the 2012 “What Moves You?” social media campaign, the first integrated social media campaign launched by a national real estate ...
FEMA, SBA Assistance to New York Survivors Tops $1 Billion
NEW YORK, NY - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy survivors tops $1 billion in New York. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved grants of more than $802 million for rental assistance, ...
Secretary Salazar Announces Milestone on McCoy Solar Energy Project, Caps Strong Year for Renewable...
WASHINGTON, DC - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above strategy to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the release of the Final Environmental Impact ...
127,680 SF Distribution Building Sold For $6.8 Million at Freeport Center
PHOENIX, AZ - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- An industrial building at Freeport Center, 420 S. 53rd Ave. in Phoenix sold for $6.8 million. Included in the transaction was an adjacent 2.09 acre, fully-improved land parcel.
REALTY EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL RANKED #276 BY ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE’S 2013 FRANCHISE 500® LIST
Chicago, IL - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realty Executives International announced today that it has once again been named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500® list for 2013. The company ranked at number 276 worldwide for 2013 amon...
NeighborWorks America Brings Individuals and Families “Home for the Holidays”
Washington, DC - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the holidays approach, many individuals and families across the nation who are “home for the holidays” -- as homeowners or in affordable rental homes -- are there because of the work of Ne...
Inspection Ordinance Brings Sweeping Change to Rental Housing Standards in Boston
Boston, MA - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Boston’s Rental Inspection Ordinance, revised to enhance current standards for the health and safety of rental housing in Boston, was today approved by the Boston City Council in a 9-4 ...
Eligible County Homeowners Encouraged to Apply for Maryland’s Homestead Tax Credit by December 31
December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Montgomery County homeowners who are eligible for Maryland’s Homestead Property Tax Credit must submit a one-time application with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) by December 31...
FHFA House Price Index Up 0.5 Percent in October
Washington, DC - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. house prices rose 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September to October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously re...
Record Low Mortgage Rates Contribute to Strong HARP Volume Report Includes State-Level HARP Data
Washington, D.C. - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its October Refinance Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have refinanced more than 1.8 million loans through the Home A...
HUD AWARDS $26 MILLION TO CONVERT APARTMENTS INTO ASSISTED LIVING OR SERVICE-ENRICHED SENIOR HOUSING
WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $26 million in grants to the owners of multi-family housing developments in nine states to convert some or all of their apartmen...
Housing Remains on Growth Track for 2013, but Challenges Remain
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Upward trends in recent months among a number of housing indicators point to a slow and steady growth in the nation’s housing market in 2013, but several challenges remain, according to the l...
EPA Study Reveals Shift in Housing Developments Across the U.S. / More communities embrace...
WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new report examining residential construction trends in America’s metropolitan regions, which finds that nearly three out of four large...
City awards $19.5 million to construct and preserve permanent affordable housing
SEATTLE - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Mike McGinn and Councilmember Nick Licata today announced more than $19.5 million in capital funding for the construction of five new apartment buildings that will serve homeless individuals, low-...
Adam’s Berry Farm Buys Land in Charlotte
Charlotte - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Adam's Berry Farm is a popular farm business in Chittenden County. After 10 years of renting land in Burlington's Intervale, Adam Hausmann has built up a strong customer base for his organic berries a...
NORTHERN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY SUPPORTS THE LANDING
BOWMAN, ND - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Northern Improvement Company has contributed $150,000 to the North Dakota Housing Incentive Fund (HIF) to support the development of The Landing, a 24-unit Lutheran Social Services Housing apartment ...
Las Vegas Real Estate Agent Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Her Role...
WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Las Vegas real estate agent was sentenced today to serve 70 months in prison for her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme that netted more than $10 million in fraudulent mortgage loans, ann...
TENANTS CALL ON CONGRESS AND SENATE TO SAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN FISCAL CLIFF NEGOTIATIONS
NEW YORK, NY - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the New York State Tenants & Neighbors Coalition joined a group of low-income tenants who live in government-subsidized affordable housing in New York State in sending over 1,000 postcar...
November Existing-Home Sales and Prices Maintain Uptrend
WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Existing-home sales continued to improve in November with low inventory supply pressuring home prices, according to the National Association of Realtors
Housing Starts Slip, Permits Rise In November
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following an above-trend rate of production in October, nationwide housing starts slipped 3.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 861,000 units in November, according to newly relea...
New York City Economic Development Corporation Selects Developer to Transform Vacant Flushing Property into...
New York , NY - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced the selection of Success 88 LLC, a local Queens developer, to transform a vacant property in the heart of Flushing, Queens i...
Christie Administration Announces $400,000 Homelessness Prevention Grant as Part of Christie Administration’s Season of...
CAMDEN - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of the Christie Administration's Season of Service, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa today visited Catholic Charities, Diocese in Camden, Inc. to announce a $400,000 grant for the agency's work...
USDA Seeks Applications for Funding to Revitalize Rural Rental Housing
WASHINGTON, DC - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager announced today that funding is available to preserve and revitalize USDA-financed rural rental housing.
PA Treasury Seeks to Return Nearly $20,000 in Property to Shelters, Food Banks, other...
Harrisburg - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ongoing efforts by the Pennsylvania Treasury to reunite community service organizations with unclaimed property have led to claims for more than $13,000 by food banks, shelters and Salvation Army cha...
Gov. Perdue Announces Solution to the Group Home Shortfall Created by the General Assembly
December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Bev Perdue today announced her proposed solution for the consequences of a change in the way residents in group homes qualify for Medicaid-funded personal care services (PCS). The change is a result of the G...
MBA Convenes Task Force on the Future of the GSEs in the Single Family...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Debra W. Still, CMB, Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced that the Association has assembled a task force of MBA members to revisit MBA’s groundbreaking 2009 pro...
FEMA Helps Survivors Solve Housing Needs
NEW YORK, NY - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency and our federal partners are working closely with the state to address the housing needs of New Yorkers displaced by Hurricane Sandy. Our priority is to help...
Refinance Applications Fall to Lowest Level in Over a Month in Latest MBA Weekly...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 12.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Dec...
November Continues Trend with Increased Sales and Average Selling Prices
December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the MLS reports compiled by the Michigan Association of REALTORS®, overall November total sales volume and average sales price of single-family homes in Michigan continued to rise compared to the sa...
MADIGAN SUES “FORENSIC LOAN AUDIT” SCHEMES FOR RIPPING OFF HOMEOWNERS SEEKING LOAN SAVINGS, HELP...
Chicago, IL - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today sought to crack down on a new form of “mortgage rescue fraud,” filing lawsuits against two companies for preying on struggling homeowners and promising loan a...
