Loans are Key to Disaster Recovery for Many Rhode Islanders
WARWICK, R.I. - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In-person help is available in Westerly to help homeowners, renters and businesses of all sizes that were affected by Hurricane Sandy with applications for low-interest disaster recovery loans fro...
Construction Begins on New Sheppard Square
LOUISVILLE - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) and Mayor Greg Fischer announced that Louisville’s $101 million redevelopment of Sheppard Square begins with new construction in the Smoketown neighborhood.
Williams, Northeast Utilities Deliver $350,000 for Affordable Housing to Willimantic ACCESS Agency
Willimantic, CT - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Northeastern Connecticut's affordable housing stock received a major boost Monday with the announcement that the ACCESS Agency will receive $350,000 as part of the state’s Housing Tax Credit C...
AHFC Announces $35 Million to Provide Housing for Low-Income and Senior Alaskans
Anchorage, AK - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) strives to make our communities stronger by providing access to safe, quality, affordable housing.
Commercial and Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding Increases for Fourth Straight Quarter
WASHINGTON, DC - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by $6.6 billion, or 0.3 percent, in the third quarter of 2012, as three of the four major investor groups increased their h...
Christie Administration Announces Comprehensive Temporary Housing Assistance for Storm-Displaced Residents
Trenton, NJ - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to a housing need unlike any New Jersey has before encountered, the Christie Administration today expanded a multi-faceted housing strategy with the support of FEMA to provide additional...
Mangano Urges Storm Victims To Complete FEMA Continuing Rental Assistance Form
December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano reminded residents that they must complete a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “Declaration for Continuing Need for Rental Assistance” form in order to conti...
Chairman Murray Statement on Decline in Homeless Veterans Population
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD), made ...
HUD REPORTS SLIGHT DECLINE IN NATION’S HOMELESSNESS IN 2012
PORTLAND - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On a single night in January, 2012, 633,782 people were homeless in the United States, largely unchanged from the year before. In releasing HUD's latest national estimate of homelessness, U.S. Housing ...
VA Also Announces $300 Million to Expand Homeless Prevention Program
WASHINGTON, DC - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that a new national report shows that homelessness among Veterans has been reduced by approximately 7 ...
HUD REPORTS SLIGHT DECLINE IN HOMELESSNESS IN 2012
WASHINGTON, DC - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On a single night last January, 633,782 people were homeless in the United States, largely unchanged from the year before. In releasing HUD’s latest national estimate of homelessness, U.S. Hou...
NeighborWorks America Announces that the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program Has Served 1.5 Million...
Washington, DC - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 1.5 million homeowners have received foreclosure prevention counseling by local nonprofits, national intermediaries and state housing finance agencies participating in the National Foreclosure Mi...
Seven Things All Homeowners Should Know About Their Homeowners Insurance Policies
Washington, D.C. - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Reviewing a homeowners’ insurance policy can be challenging, but with more insurers inserting provisions to shift risk and costs to homeowners, a careful read is more important than ever. To...
ConsensusDocs To Offer Package of Select Contract Documents for Free
WASHINGTON, DC - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs is making available a new free package of standard contract documents to make the design and construction bidding process easier for all involved parties. The contract document coal...
Utah Housing CFO Cleon Butterfield Appointed Council Member to Federal Home Loan Bank of...
December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cleon P. Butterfield, Senior Vice President and CFO of Utah Housing Corporation (UHC), was appointed as a Member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle’s Affordable Housing Advisory Council. Mr. Butterfield w...
Florida CPA Sentenced for Role in Foreclosure Scheme
December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Barrington Coombs, 58, of Weston, Fla., was sentenced today to serve a year and a day in prison for his role in a foreclosure rescue scheme that victimized desperate homeowners on the brink of losing their homes,...
South Carolina’s Premier Alzheimer’s And Dementia Care Community Expands Making It The Largest And...
Bluffton, SC - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Imagine Ms. Johnson climbing into a classic New York City yellow taxi strategically placed in the middle of a brand new 12,000 square foot building; to the right Ms. Golden enjoying sundaes and Bin...
FEMA Awards more than $254 million to Rebuild New York
NEW YORK, NY - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced three new Public Assistance (PA) grants to New York, bringing the total awarded since Hurricane Sandy to $254 million. PA grants will be...
Survivors Must Contact FEMA to Keep Temporary Housing Assistance
New York, NY - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hurricane Sandy survivors, who received temporary housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and continue to have a housing need, must fill out an important form for additiona...
FEMA to Provide Rebuilding Workshops at Local Home Improvement Stores
NEW YORK, NY - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York residents beginning the rebuilding process will have another opportunity to get expert advice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Beginning on Tuesday, December 11, FEMA m...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES NOVEMBER HOUSING SCORECARD
WASHINGTON, DC - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the November edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard – a compre...
Iowa Finance Authority awards nearly $5.5 million from Local Housing Trust Fund to provide...
DES MOINES - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors recently approved a total of more than $5.4 million in grants to 25 Local Housing Trust Funds to move local affordable housing projects forward. The grant...
Homeowners Can’t Put the Cart Before the Horse: Notice of Claim Must Come Before...
December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senate Bill 800, commonly known as the “Right to Repair," became effective January 1, 2003 and establishes a mandatory process prior to the filing of certain types of construction defect claims against homebuild...
Coldwell Banker Awards San Diego Couple $20,000 In Client Appreciation Giveaway
Torrance, CA - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- When Jane and David Catos of Chula Vista wrote on their calendar “Marty will be calling me today!” it was actually meant as a joke. David and his wife, Jane, had entered the Coldwell Banker Resi...
New Supportive Housing Development Celebrates Grand Opening in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, IL - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Built as a result of Illinois Jobs Now! state capital funding, a new Springfield development is opening its doors – as well as opportunities – for people with disabilities. Hope Springs Apart...
“Pin the Season” to Win $500 in HouseLogic Pinterest Giveaway
WASHINGTON, DC - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the 2012 holiday season in full swing, HouseLogic, the award-winning, comprehensive website for homeowners from the National Association of Realtors®, wants to inspire holiday celebrations w...
MAYOR BLOOMBERG, HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN AND REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY GROUPS ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF...
New York, NY - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua, ...
PA HUD, VA Homeless Vets Team Honored with Housing Hero Award
Harrisburg, PA - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania HUD and VA Homeless Veterans Collaboration Team, which have established a unique, efficient and effective collaboration focused on eliminating veterans’ homeless in Pennsylvania...
Long Branch Business League Holds first ever “Discover Long Branch!” event: More to...
Silver Spring, MD - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- If you were driving down Flower Avenue Monday evening and, ever since, have been fearing for your sanity, put your mind at ease: that really was an eight-foot tall tricycle moving down the side...
Rebuilding Together Elects Five New Members to Their National Board of Directors
Washington, D.C. - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rebuilding Together has elected Carrie Petty, Mary Busey Harris, Meredith Rosenberg, Jane Eskelund, and Sherry Chris to their National Board of Directors in Washington, D.C.
