Yearly Archives: 2012

Elizabeth Arden Spas Sets Up Offi ce in Downtown Tempe With 11-Year Lease

TEMPE, AZ - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Elizabeth Arden Spas has signed an 134-month, 13,021 SF lease at Tempe Gateway, 222 S. Mill Ave. in Downtown Tempe to serve as their retail operations hub for the U.S.

FEMA Housing Assistance Is Based On Damage To Essential Living Areas

TRENTON, N.J. - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Some households with property damage received a letter from FEMA that said “insufficient damage.” The FEMA housing inspector reported that the essential living areas in the home were safe, san...

AHFC Makes $7.6 Million Available to Builders to Help Ease Housing Crunch in Juneau

Anchorage, AK - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) will make $7.6 million in federal grant funds and federal low-income housing tax credits available in 2013 to spur construction and operation of new renta...

November Permits Show Housing Continues to Improve in Metro Area

December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing production continues to outpace the years since 2008 in cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The trend through November continues up as reflected in the monthly average of single famil...

California median home price experiences highest year-to-year increase since June 2004, C.A.R. reports

LOS ANGELES, CA - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the statewide median price continued to register double-digit gains from year-ago levels, strong sales of higher-priced homes led to a year-over-year increase in sales in California during No...

FOUR HOUSING AGENCIES SELECTED FOR ELITE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON? ?? - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that public housing agencies in Columbus, Ga.; Fairfax, Va.; Holyoke, Mass.; and Reno, Nev. have been selected to partic...

New York Fed Study Examines Manhattan Housing Market

New York, NY - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- While New York City rents have rebounded in the past couple of years, renting still appears to offer a better financial value than buying in the Manhattan housing market, according to a recent stud...

PHFA announces 2012 PHARE and Marcellus Shale funding recipients

HARRISBURG - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency on Thursday approved the recipients of funding for projects to improve the availability and affordability of housing in the Marcellus...

SURVIVORS MUST CONTACT FEMA TO KEEP TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE

TRENTON, N.J. - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- If you received temporary housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and continue to have a housing need, you must fill out an important form for additional short-term rental ...

State of Ohio’s Foreclosure Prevention Program Reaches Milestone With $100 Million Disbursed to Ohio...

COLUMBUS, OH - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) announced that it has distributed $100 million in funding to Ohio homeowners through the state of Ohio's foreclosure prevention program. Through its disbursem...

FEMA Continues Outreach on Rebuilding Safer and Stronger

NEW YORK, NY - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Yorkers beginning the rebuilding process will have more opportunities to receive technical information on improvements to protect their homes from future storms.

More Free Advice On Building Stronger, Safer, Smarter

TRENTON, N.J. - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- For knowledgeable and reliable advice on how to repair or rebuild your home safer and stronger, look no further than your local home improvement store.

HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STORM VICTIMS

WASHINGTON, DC - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the District of Columbia in addition to resources being provided by FEMA a...

Builder Confidence Continues Improving in December

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose for an eighth consecutive month in December to a level of 47 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo ...

Hastings Sends Letter Opposing Cuts to Homelessness Programs in the Sequester

Washington, DC - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) sent the following letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Deputy Director for Management Jeffrey Zients, urging him to maintain funding for home...

New Lawrence County Development Provides Safe, Decent Housing for Working Families

LAWRENCEVILLE - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Families in Lawrence County now have more affordable housing options with the opening of Indian Trail Apartments in Lawrenceville, a development of duplex rental homes. The Illinois Housing Develo...

MassHousing and Department of Housing and Community Development Announce Loan Closings on $8.2 Million...

BOSTON - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $8.2 million in Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) loan closings today for affordable housing communities in Acton, ...

PCBC Announces 2013 Opening Keynote Speaker Bestselling Author Dan Pink

December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBIA is pleased to announce bestselling author Dan Pink will be the Opening Keynote Speaker on Thursday, June 6 at PCBC 2013. Dan is the author of several provocative, bestselling books about the changing world o...

Daniel W. Finley Joins Pircher, Nichols & Meeks

Torrance, CA - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Daniel W. Finley has joined the national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks. An associate in the Los Angeles office, he is an addition to the firm’s real estate practice.

Canadian Investors Ante Up $17.5M For Tempe Apartments

TEMPE, AZ - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- An investment entity from Calgary, Canada purchased the 252-unit Fernwood Manor Apartments, 4540 S. Rural Rd. in Tempe for $17,525,000, or $69,543 per unit.

Elevé Glendale Tops Out

Torrance, CA - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new 208-unit multifamily complex that is the first of a Young Urban Community series planned by AMF Development, LLC (AMFD) has officially topped out, moving it closer to its opening in the early...

Sen. Brown Announces New Resources To Provide More Than 300 Affordable Housing Units For...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Cincinnati neighborhood received new resources to redevelop blighted and abandoned property while providing safe, affordable housing for seniors. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announce...

Gillibrand, Hochul Announce Senate Passage of Bipartisan Clothe Homeless Hero’s Act

Washington, D.C. - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Kathy Hochul today announced Senate passage of the Clothe a Homeless Hero Act, legislation that directs the Transportation Security Administrat...

All Defendants Sentenced in More Than $20 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme Led by Former...

DALLAS - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Eugene Lockhart, Jr. was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 54 months in federal prison and ordered to pay approximately $2.4 million in restitution following his guilty plea t...

Report: Millions of Renters at Risk of Eviction and Homelessness

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty released a report showing that, for many low-income renters, the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act is all that stands between housing...

Klobuchar Statement on Decline in Number of Homeless Veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar today released a statement on the decline in the number of homeless veterans. According to a new report released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

South Carolina REALTORS® Release November Market Numbers

COLUMBIA, S.C. - December 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its November Statewide Market Reports, and there was a lot to be thankful for throughout the month - historically low mortgage rates and affordable ...

Kucinich: Throw out the NDAA, End the Wars and Start Nation Building at Home

Washington D.C. - December 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement on the NDAA: Today, this House will send the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to conference. Contrary to its ti...

Veterans Affairs Department Agrees to GI Bill Housing Allowance Fix for OIT Students

December 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a good first step toward fairer housing allowances for veterans going to school on the post-9/11 GI bill, the Department of Veterans Affairs is allowing veterans studying at the Oregon Institute of Technology

Governor Christie Announces Federal Approval of Request for Reimbursement to Local Governments for Debris...

Trenton, NJ - December 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Acting to speed New Jersey’s recovery process and securing additional resources for local governments’ debris removal efforts, the Christie Administration today announced that the federal govern...

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Mayor London Breed Celebrates Groundbreaking of New Affordable Housing in the...

Mayor London N. Breed today joined community leaders to celebrate the groundbreaking of future affordable housing at 1950 Mission Street. Once completed, the project will offer 155 affordable apartments for families