New Jersey RealEstateRama

TRENTON - December 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that an Atlantic City man who formerly worked as a local administrator of the New Jersey Home Energy Assistance (H...

UNION CITY/WEST NEW YORK, N.J. - December 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Anthony L. Marchetta today joined Congressman Albio Sires, Mayors Brian Stack of Union City and Dr. Feli...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, delivered the following opening statement today at a hearing to ...

Charlotte, NC - December 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the housing market continuing to struggle and fewer consumers being able to purchase a new home or apartment, LendingTree.com, the nation’s leading online lender exchange and personal financ...

Trenton, NJ - December 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of the Christie Administration’s continued commitment to rein in the cost of government, maximize taxpayer dollars and provide sustainable property tax relief, Governor Chris Christie today...

Trenton, NJ - November 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Acting Governor Kim Guadagno today, joined by Agriculture Secretary Douglas H. Fisher and Health and Senior Services Commissioner Mary O’Dowd, announced $1,363,600 in funding for the state’s six...

BELLMAWR, N.J. - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) today joined local and state officials to celebrate the unveiling of newly installed solar panels at Bellmawr Senior...

November 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, issued the following statement today after an independent audit of the Federal H...

November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The phrase “buyer’s market” has probably been driven into your head by now. For those who are looking to move up to a larger home, or those on the lookout for their first home, the time is right. But anothe...

TRENTON, NJ - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a lawyer from Westfield was indicted today on charges that he stole $189,660 in closing funds related to ...

November 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Linda Schwarz, Realtor with Gloria Nilson, Realtors®, Real Living® of South Brunswick was honored by the Middlesex County Multiple Listing Service (MLS) with its prestigious 2011 Presidents’ Award. This awar...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released $72.1 million for the Low Income Home Energy...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today appeared at a press conference with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to urge passage of the “Rebuild America Jobs Act,” a proposal that would...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, today unveiled his proposal to reform the secondary mortgage mar...

Trenton, NJ - October 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Courier-Post: “Christie projected local governments will save $337 million in pension and health care costs in 2012 as a result of bipartisan reforms he championed.” (Carol Comegno, “Christie V...

Trenton, NJ - October 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Chris Christie today visited the home of Gary and Linda Cogan, 26-year residents of Mount Laurel, for his second consecutive day of conversations with property taxpayers to discuss the criti...

September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lou Ventre and Bernadette Ruegg, sales associates with Gloria Nilson, Realtors, Real Living in Shrewsbury, are currently marketing The Ivy at Shrewsbury, a new KHovnanian Homes townhome community coming soon to ...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continuing his efforts on behalf of Passaic County residents who have endured repeated losses due to severe weather and flooding, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today announced that the F...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today applauded the U.S. Small Business Administration's assistance for homeowners, renters, and businesses recovering from the effects of Hurricane Irene.

NEWARK, NJ - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced that the City of Camden, Union County and Union Township will receive more than $11,513,236 million in federal funding for community development, emergency homeless shelters, housing assistance and supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS, and to expand access to affordable housing for low-and moderate-income families.

Princeton Junction, NJ - August 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Franklin Group, including Sally Franklin, Samuel Franklin and Peter Franklin, sales associates with Gloria Nilson, Realtors, Real Living in Princeton Junction are currently marketing Cross Creekat Chesterfield, 318 extraordinary homes in 7 neo traditional designs with community parks and tot lots, as well as The Estates at Cross Creek, an intimate enclave of only 23 homes located on a quiet cul-de-sac street.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - August 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Lori Grifa today joined State Senator Sandra B. Cunningham, Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, and other officials at the ribbon cutting for 13 affordable housing units in Jersey City that received $1 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds through the DCA. The grant is paid for with federal funds intended to stabilize neighborhoods hard hit by home foreclosures.

July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The $12 million sale price for Long Point in Rumson, N.J., has secured Kelly Zaccaro’s place in the annals of real estate history. On the heels of four continuous months of improving national home sale numbers, Zaccaro, a veteran sales associate with the Rumson office of Gloria Nilson, REALTORS®, Real Living – the leading high-end real estate brokerage in central New Jersey – recently closed the single largest residential real estate transaction in the history of Rumson.

Trenton, NJ - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Highlighting the direct relief provided to New Jersey seniors in his Fiscal Year 2012 Budget, Governor Chris Christie today met with senior Sultana Kizides at her home in Perth Amboy to have a conversation about how his budget maintains fiscal discipline while prioritizing and funding core priorities to assist New Jersey seniors

WASHINGTON, DC - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In the wake of recent allegations that illegal foreclosure “robosigning” by banks is still rampant, U.S Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, and nine additional Senators sent a letter today to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation urging the agencies to publicly release information regarding each mortgage servicer’s performance to prevent illegal foreclosure practices. An identical letter was sent by Rep.

TRENTON, NJ - July 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a Paulsboro woman who formerly worked as a local administrator of the New Jersey Home Energy Assistance (HEA) Program was sentenced to state prison today for defrauding the program of more than $20,000 by filing false applications to obtain benefits. In addition, a second former local administrator of the program pleaded guilty today to stealing over $40,000 in program benefits through the submission of fraudulent benefit applications.

NEWARK, N.J. - July 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Anthony Marchetta today joined City of Newark Mayor Cory Booker and local officials to break ground on Baxter Park, an affordable apartment community to be located at 39-47 Sussex Avenue near Newark’s Broad Street Station District. The HMFA, an affiliate of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), provided construction and permanent mortgage financing in the amount of $16,350,000 for the project. Baxter Park also is expected to be awarded federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits, which will generate approximately $10.2 million in private equity.

July 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- That’s what mattered most to the management at Gloria Nilson, Realtors®, Real Living®, when they sought a new regional office that had been centered in nearby Hamilton for more than 20 years.

July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gloria Nilson, REALTORS®, Real Living, the preeminent high-end real estate brokerage in central New Jersey, announced today the appointment of Casey Jones as director of its Elegant Homes International division. With more than 35 years of real estate sales growth and brand marketing experience, Jones joins Gloria Nilson’s executive team where he will assist its real estate agents with the day-to-day efforts of servicing existing clients and generating new business for all associates. An expert in sales positioning and market presence, Jones’ ambition is to increase the firm’s presence and build a successful, customer service-driven real estate boutique office in the Princeton marketplace.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today joined other federal and City of Paterson officials in opening the Belmont Senior Apartments, which provide 85 units of affordable housing for seniors. The Congressman also announced a $425,491 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for resident support services at the Belmont Senior Apartments and other affordable housing developments in the city.