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NAI Capital Closes Another West L.A. Apartment Building
LOS ANGELES, CA - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kevin Kawaoka and Mario Gandara with NAI Capital’s West L.A. office represented the Seller, S&B Family LP, and the Buyer, private investor, in the sale and purchase of a 9 unit multifamil...
Rep. Waxman Applauds West LA VA’s Innovative Veterans Housing Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman joined CalVet Secretary Peter J. Gravett, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Director Donna Beiter, LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and CalVet and VA sen...
Rep. Waxman Urges Governor Brown to Sign the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act
WASHINGTON, DC - September 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Representative Henry A. Waxman joined 27 members of the California congressional delegation to send a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown urging him to sign AB 639, the Veterans Hou...
Mayor Lee Breaks Ground on New Ocean Avenue Housing Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee with District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee, the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, Mercy Housing California and other City and community leaders broke ground on the new 1100 Oce...
California August Home Sales
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An estimated 42,546 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was down 1.9 percent from a revised 43,381 in July, and up 3.1 percent from 41,280 sales in August 2012, ac...
NHS of Los Angeles County to Partner with Freddie Mac to Launch Take Root...
Los Angeles - September 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC), Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County (NHS) and a coalition of local non-profits, lenders and housing partners are joining forces to launch Take Root Los An...
Bay Area August Home Sales Dip; Median Price Eases Back From July
La Jolla, CA. - September 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home sales in the Bay Area leveled off last month as prices underwent a modest and seasonal late-summer dip. While there are still imbalances in the sales mix and purchase patterns, indications a...
Passco Companies To Transform The Promenade At Howard Hughes Center Into An Entertainment And...
LOS ANGELES, CA - September 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Passco Companies, LLC., a privately held Calif.-based real estate company that specializes in the investment, acquisition, development and management of commercial properties throughout the U.S...
CalHFA Announces New Efforts to Help Low and Moderate Income, First-Time Homebuyers Purchase Homes
SACRAMENTO - August 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) announced today a new fixed-rate mortgage program with special opportunities for low and moderate income, first-time homebuyers to receive thousands of do...
Insurance Commissioner Jones reminds Rim Fire evacuees that certain living expenses may be reimbursed...
TUOLUMNE, CA - August 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Department of Insurance is currently tracking evacuations due to wildfires in the state, including the Rim Fire in Yosemite. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is reminding wildfire eva...
July Home Prices Rise For Seventh Consecutive Month Says California Desert Association of REALTORS®
PALM DESERT, CA - August 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The median price of an existing home in the Coachella Valley rose $80,000 in July over July 2012 , the seventh consecutive home sales increase in this year, the California Desert Association of RE...
DA Launches Real Estate Fraud Advisory Team
Woodland, CA - August 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, in conjunction with the Yolo County Association of Realtors, announces the launch of the Yolo County Real Estate Fraud Advisory Team. This advisory board wa...
Suspect Charged in Fatal Stabbing of Two Homeless Men
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Glendora man is scheduled to be arraigned today on two counts of capital murder in the fatal stabbing of two homeless men whose bodies were discovered near a Glendora car wash early Thursday, t...
Bay Area Posts Highest July Home Sales in Eight Years
La Jolla, CA. - August 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of homes sold in the Bay Area jumped last month to the highest level for a July since 2005 and the highest level for any month in almost seven years. Amid favorable market conditions, the...
California July Home Sales
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An estimated 48,118 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was up 17.3 percent from 41,027 in June, and up 21.8 percent from 39,507 sales in July 2012, according to San ...
Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change Releases Recommendations for the Department of Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change released a white paper recommending 20 concrete steps the Department of Energy should take in carrying out the President’s Climate Action Plan. ...
Rep. Vargas Fights to Stop Extreme Cuts to Housing and Transportation
Washington, DC - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-51) joined fellow Democrats to highlight the devastating effects that cuts to the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), being proposed in H.R. 2610, th...
Feinstein, Waxman, Yaroslavsky Announce Additional Services for Homeless Veterans in Los Angeles
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky today announced that Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eric Shinseki has made a commitment to fund a...
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County (NHS) Teams Up With Volunteers to Beautify...
Los Angeles, CA - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- For almost three decades now, NHS has continued making Los Angeles County neighborhoods, neighborhoods of choice by creating BLOC clubs, putting first time homebuyers in homes and revitalizing neig...
Mayor Lee & Supervisor Farrell Launch City’s Down Payment Home Loan Assistance Program For...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Supervisor Mark Farrell launched the down payment home loan assistance program for San Francisco first responders who are active member of the San Francisco Police Department...
Sherman Fights for Government Guaranteed Mortgages
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) made the following statement after a House Financial Services Committee markup on the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act. To watch a video of his full ...
Waters Responds to Committee Passage of Bill to End Affordable 30-Year-Fixed Rate Mortgage
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee released the following statement in response to committee passage of the inaptly-named “Protecting American ...
California Foreclosure Starts Up From First Quarter
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- While up from the first quarter, the number of California homeowners entering the foreclosure process was at its second-lowest level in seven years last quarter, largely the result of a steep rise ...
California Desert Association Of REALTORS® Supports Restoration Of Prop. 90 Allowing Homeowners Over 55...
PALM DESERT, CA - July 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Restoring Prop. 90 to allow homeowners 55 and older to transfer their property's base tax value to a new home in Riverside County will boost the economy and create jobs, the California Desert Associ...
Home Prices Rise In June For Sixth Consecutive Month Says California Desert Association of...
PALM DESERT, CA - July 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The average price of an existing home in the Coachella Valley rose $140,000 in June over June 2012 , the sixth consecutive home sales increase in this year, the California Desert Association of REAL...
Rep. Honda Announces $2.8 Million in Silicon Valley VA Grants
Washington, D.C. - July 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This morning, Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) announced the awarding of $2.8 million in grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs to aid homeless and at-risk veterans and their families in Silicon ...
Financial Services Democrats Release Principles on Housing Finance Reform
Washington, DC - July 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- House Democrats, led by Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters, today released a “set of critical core principles” they believe should be part of legislative efforts to address...
LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROPERTY ASSESSMENT ROLL INCREASES THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
LOS ANGELES, CA - July 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Los Angeles County Chief Deputy Assessor Santos Kreimann released the 2013 Los Angeles County Assessment Roll. The assessment roll reflects the value of all taxable property in Los Angeles Cou...
Statement of Rep. Gary Miller Regarding Chairman Hensarling’s Proposal to Reform the Housing Finance...
Rancho Cucamonga, CA - July 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, House Financial Services Committee Vice Chairman Gary Miller (CA-31) released the following statement regarding the release of a discussion draft by Committee Chairman Hensarling to add...
CONGRESSMAN ALAN LOWENTHAL VISITS THE CARMELITOS PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
Long Beach, - July 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) welcomed Congressman Alan Lowenthal to the Carmelitos Public Housing Development (Carmelitos), located in the City of Long Beach and Californi...