North Carolina RealEstateRama

Raleigh, NC - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Roy Cooper’s Consumer Protection Division has launched an investigation into questionable tactics during foreclosures by Ally Financial and its subsidiary, GMAC Mortgage.

HOUSTON, NC - September 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that Hines Global REIT has acquired Hock Plaza from Brickman Durham LLC.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Raleigh, N.C., real estate speculator pleaded guilty to conspiring to rig bids for public real estate foreclosure auctions held in multiple counties in eastern North Carolina, the Department of Justice announced today.

Raleigh, NC - August 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Carolina will gain $229 million in affordable rental apartments as the result of federal tax credits approved this week by the Tax Reform Allocation Committee and loans from the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency.

Raleigh, NC - August 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Carolina will gain $229 million in affordable rental apartments as the result of federal tax credits approved this week by the Tax Reform Allocation Committee and loans from the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency.

Raleigh, NC - August 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Carolina will gain $229 million in affordable rental apartments as the result of federal tax credits approved this week by the Tax Reform Allocation Committee and loans from the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency.

RALEIGH, NC - August 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- If average foreclosure rates for the year stay constant, North Carolina will reach a record of 70,000-plus filings for 2010, according to court data.

RALEIGH, NC - August 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- If average foreclosure rates for the year stay constant, North Carolina will reach a record of 70,000-plus filings for 2010, according to court data.

Washington, D.C. - August 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Just moments before the House adjourned last week, Reps. Brad Miller (D-NC) and Keith Ellison (D-MN),

Raleigh, NC - August 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency announced today that the U.S. Treasury Department has approved the Agency’s plan to use $159 million of federal Hardest Hit Program funds to help North Carolinians who have suffered job loss or other financial hardships to save their homes from foreclosure.

Raleigh, NC - August 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A mortgage lender will pay $4.5 million for its role in a scheme to sign consumers to loans they couldn’t afford on overpriced modular and manufactured homes, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced today.

GREENSBORO, NC - July 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Greensboro’s Human Relations Department has met and exceeded the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) standards for fair housing assistance and enforcement in fiscal year 2009-10.

RALEIGH, NC - June 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The N.C. Energy Office is launching a $3.7 million program to improve energy efficiency in new single-family homes and multi-family housing under construction.

DURHAM, N.C. - June 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three non-profit development partners are joining together with the City of Durham, Duke University, and the West End neighborhood to celebrate the grand opening of Maplewood Square Apartments and Maplewood Park.

Raleigh, NC - June 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Charlotte foreclosure rescue operation, which previously operated in Colfax, NC, is barred from collecting any money from consumers for foreclosure assistance or loan modifications, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Friday.

EUGENE, OR - June 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Box Realty, Inc. and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to give residents of Charlotte, North Carolina the best online home search experience on the web. As a member of the Carolina MLS (CMLS), broker Chris Allen is able to provide his clients access to the thousands of CMLS listings from the convenience of Allen's website. The IDX technology utilized on Allen's website gives home seekers the unique ability to search all area homes to find the right property for them.

EUGENE, OR - May 31, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) - Precision Development Inc. and IDX, Inc. are pleased to announce their partnership in delivering a simple and easy-to-use real estate website to home seekers in the Wilmington, North Carolina area. Realtor and owner of Precision Development Inc., Rhonda Schoolfield, has chosen to give her clients the very best property search available by utilizing IDX Broker software. With the unique technology of this custom IDX solution, Wilmington Regional MLS (WRARMLS) raw listing data can be extracted and displayed on Schoolfield's website, giving potential Wilmington buyers the most comprehensive search capabilities around

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - May 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A one-megawatt solar power project owned and operated by a Duke Energy commercial business unit is now producing clean, renewable electricity for North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 (NCMPA1), which serves the city of Shelby, N.C.

RALEIGH, NC - May 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Homeowners struggling with the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression shouldn't have to worry about scams designed to rob them of hard earned equity in their home or put them in costly contracts that promise but do not deliver homeownership.

EUGENE, OR - May 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michelle Roberts of Keller Williams joins with IDX, Inc. to revolutionize her professional real estate website for both clients and agents. Now, thanks to IDX Broker software, Roberts' online home search tools enable home seekers in the Cary, North Carolina area to explore thousands of listings from the convenience of her website. The integrated IDX technology extracts raw listing data from the Triangle MLS (TMLS) listings and displays them on Roberts' site. Home seekers have more access than ever to up-to-the-minute TMLS area listings, a freedom never before afforded to potential home buyers through the online property search.

EUGENE, OR - April 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome the newest addition, Darren Bouley with Silver Coast Properties, to the growing number of real estate professionals creating an easy-to-use online property search experience for their clients. IDX Broker allows Bouley to display Brunswick County MLS (BRWC) listings right on his personal professional website. Customizable searches help potential home buyers find the property of their dreams on Bouley's website. Never before has it been easier to find the perfect home online

Event to Educate on Federal and City Fair Housing Rights

EUGENE, OR - April 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX Inc. is proud to announce that Doug Patterson of Park Place Real Estate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has joined the large group of real estate professionals changing the way people search for houses online. As a member of the Triad MLS (Triad), Patterson's website now actively incorporates listed properties in the area with homes he is a broker of, to supply home seekers with the most effective and accurate list of homes. Along with these listings, there are unique search tools, which can help cut down the time spent on an online home search. These features help make Patterson's website a quick and concise tool throughout the home search process.

GREENSBORO, NC - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Greensboro has been awarded $5 million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for building energy efficiency retrofitting on more than 5,000 housing units and 125 non-residential buildings.

Raleigh, NC - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) has approved $24.2 million in grants for new North Carolina State Veterans Homes in Kinston and Swannanoa, with funds coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 (NCMPA1) and its 19 member organizations will soon begin providing homes and businesses in Shelby, N.C., with clean, renewable solar energy produced by a photovoltaic project recently acquired by a Duke Energy commercial business unit.

GREENSBORO, NC - April 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In recognition of April being Fair Housing Month, the City of Greensboro’s Human Relations Department will hold a Fair Housing Program to discuss the closure of Lutheran Family Services and the impact that will have on Greensboro’s immigrant population

Washington, D.C. - March 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Just moments before the House adjourned last week, Reps. Brad Miller (D-NC) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), both Members of the Financial Services Committee, introduced legislation that will eliminate a conflict of interest that may be preventing large mortgage companies from modifying troubled mortgages voluntarily.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE: CSA) announced today that it will release first quarter earnings after the market closes on Thursday, May 6, 2010.  Cogdell Spencer Inc. invites you to attend the First Quarter 2010 Conference Call on Friday, May 7, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).  

RALEIGH, NC - March 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco announced today that two North Carolina counties have been awarded Community Development Block Grants to provide down-payment assistance and financial literacy training for first-time homebuyers.