California RealEstateRama

EUGENE, OR - August 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- San Jose, California real estate professional Christine Perry, from the Sereno Group, has chosen to employ the IDX, Inc. premier IDX Broker software, in an effort to deliver her clients with a more professional and efficient online property search. The tools clients of Perry can now utilize on her website make finding a home on the Northern California coast simple and quick. With a custom IDX solution real estate professionals, like Perry, can relax as their professional websites attract and hook new clients and potential buyers.

EUGENE, OR - August 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harold Watts, Realtor from Scott Lyle Realtors has upgraded his real estate website with the IDX, Inc. premier IDX Broker software. Desert MLS listings are now available with the click of a mouse on the website of Watts, bringing thousands of properties to home seekers around Palm Springs, California. The customizable IDX solution Watts has now enabled on his website simplifies the online home search process for both potential buyers and real estate professionals, like Watts

August 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Latinos and African Americans in California have experienced significantly higher foreclosure rates than non-Hispanic borrowers in the state, according to first-of-its-kind research released today by the Center for Responsible Lending.

SAN DIEGO, CA - August 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CT Realty Investors Corp. of Aliso Viejo, Calif., (www.ctrealtycorp.com) announced that longtime San Diego real estate veteran Jim Kelly has joined the company as managing partner and executive vice president of the company’s San Diego Division. Kelly will head up the company’s San Diego regional operations located at 10650 Treena St., Suite 111, in San Diego

EUGENE, OR - August 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce that David Reading of Ventura Premier Realty has chosen to upgrade his professional real estate website by utilizing a customized IDX solution to transform his online business. Ventura County Regional Data Share (VCRDS) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto his website thanks to IDX Broker, which extracts raw listing data and displays it effortlessly on his search pages. The powerful tools synced online help Reading and his clients to have a better overall experience throughout the online property search.

IRVINE, CA - August 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Marcy Torres, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Irvine, CA-headquartered Jamboree Housing Corporation, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and CFO, according to an announcement by Laura Archuleta, Jamboree President. With the promotion, Torres will continue to manage the company’s finance department and will now also oversee its extensive $1 billion property portfolio and Jamboree’s social services programs designed to enhance the health and welfare of its residents

San Francisco, CA - August 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Zephyr Real Estate raised the bar in April with the launch of its new website, and continues moving ahead with expanded video profiles of 48 San Francisco neighborhoods.

San Francisco, CA - August 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Zephyr Real Estate raised the bar in April with the launch of its new website, and continues moving ahead with expanded video profiles of 48 San Francisco neighborhoods.

August 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Villaraigosa today launched a massive canvassing operation to reach over 2,000 families of students enrolled in Markham Middle School and other Partnership Schools. The Mayor welcomed students and their parents to the Partnership community and spoke with them about supporting student achievement by becoming more involved in local neighborhood schools

August 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Long Beach Housing Development Company (LBHDC), together with Councilmember Dee Andrews, 6th District, The Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services (LANHS), and Los Angeles County NeighborWorks Center for Foreclosure Solutions invite the public to the "Help & Hope" Foreclosure Prevention Assistance and Homebuyer Education Fair at Long Beach Polytechnic High School. The free event has the dual purpose to “help” families prevent foreclosure and provide “hope” to families who dream of purchasing a home now that home prices are lower than in previous years. Congresswoman Laura Richardson is expected to attend.

ANAHEIM, CA - August 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Eleven of the top experts in community association management in California were presented with Vision Awards by the California Association of Community Managers (CACM) at last night’s awards ceremony. The awards were presented to professionals from around the state for their outstanding expertise in homeowner association management.

EUGENE, OR - August 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Celina Noriega and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to bring San Bernardino, California home seekers a simple, easy-to-use and efficient online property search. Bluestone Realty and Noriega represent a number of listings in their Southern California inlet, but now, the website displays thousands of California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) properties, giving her clients and other area potential buyers the most comprehensive database of properties available online

EUGENE, OR - July 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ikem Chukumerije of Westside Premier Estates has adopted the dynamic IDX Broker software, upgrading his real estate website by enabling Combined L.A.-Westside MLS (CLAW) listings to be displayed directly on his search page. The additional benefits of adopting a customized IDX solution are monumental for both real estate professionals, like Chukumerije, and their clients. With IDX Broker software, the website of Chukumerije is now ready to assist home seekers in finding the perfect property without ever leaving their computer

WASHINGTON, DC - July 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that the fiscal year 2011 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Bill, which was approved by the House of Representatives Thursday, includes over $1 million in funding secured by Rep. Matsui for important local transportation and housing development initiatives. Beneficiaries include the County of Sacramento, the City of Sacramento, and My Sister’s House domestic violence shelter. “The appropriations bill passed by the House will invest significantly in our nation’s infrastructure while also spurring our country’s economic growth,” stated Congresswoman Matsui. “New jobs will be created by this legislation by making our roads safer and our public transit more secure.”

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - July 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that $1.4 million is being awarded for cleanup efforts at contaminated California sites known as brownfields. Both the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and City of Sacramento were chosen to receive the grant funds. A brownfield is a parcel of land where hazardous substances or pollutants are a barrier to its successful redevelopment or reuse.

EMERYVILLE, CA - July 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Despite slowdowns in home sales across the country, California is still the nation’s hottest spot for home buying activity, with homes fetching multiple offers and selling above list price, according to the Q2 2010 Home Hunter report released today by ZipRealty (ZIPR).

BUENA PARK, CA - July 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — The Buena Park City Council has unanimously approved a new affordable housing community that will be developed on the site of a long-vacant commercial building. Located at 8850 La Palma Avenue, the project is designed for 70 apartment homes that will be affordable to residents [...]

PLEASANTON, CA - July 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and the City of Pleasanton have reached a precedent-setting agreement ending Pleasanton's restrictions on new housing and opening the way for jobs and new housing to be located close to each other.

EUGENE, OR - July 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and PHA Realty have teamed up to bring Rocklin, California homes and MetroList MLS listings to home seekers around the world, on the real estate website of Mary Pizzimenti. It is now easier than ever before to match buyers with properties, thanks to the raw listing data MetroList provides and displays on her website, and the search tools IDX Broker enables her website to host. Customizable IDX solutions make the online home search experience simpler and more effective for brokers, agents and buyers alike

ALISO VIEJO, CA - July 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based CT Realty Investors has announced that Dean P. Washle has joined the company as vice president of multi-family acquisitions. Washle will be responsible for locating, analyzing and evaluating multi-family opportunities for potential acquisition. He will also conduct market surveys, investigate local economic factors, government policy and regulations, and evaluate their effects on long-term investment potential.

SAN JOSE, CA - July 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Santana Row, a property of Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT), today announced three new merchants: the first Northern California location of Yard House, an upscale sports bar and restaurant, and the first South Bay locations of 100% Pure Cosmetics, purveyor of all-natural, fruit-based cosmetics and skincare products, and San Francisco-based jewelry and accessory boutique Jest Jewels.

EUGENE, OR - July 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome San Francisco real estate professional Robert Ormiston to the growing team of dedicated agents and brokers choosing to make the online property search easier and quicker for home seekers. San Francisco MLS (SFARMLS) listings are now displayed conveniently on his website, thanks to his personalized IDX Broker software, which extracts SFARMLS raw listing data and posts it online.

EUGENE, OR - July 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor) agent Shun Wakita, of Wakita & Associates, has joined with IDX, Inc. to revolutionize the website of his real estate company by making it easier, faster and more informative than ever before. The custom IDX solution extracts raw listings data from Sandicor and displays it directly on his website. Never before has searching for a home online in Bonita, California and surrounding areas been easier than now

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Western States Technologies Inc. has signed $4.2 million in new leases at two of its Southland properties. Western States recently signed a new lease with Eurocar Inc. (www.eurocaroc.com) for 52,922 square feet of office and warehouse space at 2920 Redhill Ave. in Costa Mesa, Calif. The five-year lease is valued at $2.2 million. Dave Desper with CB Richard Ellis’s Newport Beach, Calif., office represented Western States in the transaction, with Trent Walker of the Irvine, Calif., office of Voit Real Estate Services representing Eurocar

Los Angeles, CA - July 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa was joined today by City Councilmembers Bill Rosendahl, Janice Hahn and Tom LaBonge, airport commissioners and business leaders in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate completion of a $12.3-million renovation and seismic retrofit of the iconic Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The mayor also announced the building’s Observation Deck will re-open to the public on weekends only beginning Saturday, July 10, 2010.“From the Observation Deck, viewing planes from many countries, you can see that LAX is a gateway to the world and a strong economic engine for the region.” said Mayor Villaraigosa. “LAX brings the world to Los Angeles, and I am proud to once again welcome travelers and families to visit the iconic Theme Building and the extraordinary views from the Observation Deck while they are here.”

Washington, DC - July 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) hailed today’s subcommittee approval by the House Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee of a FY 2011 spending measure that includes $75 million for state-of-the-art technology to prevent train collisions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) today approved funding legislation for the next fiscal year.

San Francisco, CA - June 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) --The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) awarded $32.5 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants in the first round of its 2010 funding competition. The grants approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors in AHP Round A were awarded to 60 projects that address the diverse affordable housing needs of communities in Arizona, California, Illinois, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington, and will produce or preserve 3,375 housing units that are affordable to lower-income individuals and families.

Washington, DC - June 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), along with Representative Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, today applauded a decision by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to fund long-term therapeutic housing for chronically homeless veterans in Los Angeles.

SACRAMENTO, CA - June 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today launched an investigation aimed at protecting the rights of the "forgotten victims" of the housing market collapse -- the tens of thousands of tenants facing eviction from buildings that have been foreclosed by banks.