Oregon RealEstateRama

CINCINNATI, OH - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Phillips Edison & Company's Fund IV announced its June 16 acquisition of Johnson Creek Shopping Center, a 106,709-square-foot shopping center located in Clackamas, Oregon, a suburb of Portland.

EUGENE, OR - June 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and their premier real estate software, have simplified Eugene, Oregon real estate website of agent Bill Judd. Challe Real Estate Inc. and Judd have teamed with IDX, Inc. and Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) to bring thousands of listings to the fingertips and personal computers of home seekers in Eugene. Thanks to the revolutionary IDX Broker software searching for a home online has never been easier

EUGENE, OR - June 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Eugene real estate broker Heather Romito joins with IDX, Inc. to launch the new and highly effective Heather Romito Team real estate website. With the addition of IDX Broker software, her website can now extracts raw listing data from the Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) and displays the information directly on her website to give her clients and potential home buyers a more diverse and thorough search process. The RMLS properties and those represented by Romito give Eugene area home seekers a hugely beneficial real estate website to aid in their home search.

Salem, OR - June 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Governor Ted Kulongoski and Senator Ron Wyden broke ground at ZeaChem, a new cellulosic biofuels facility, and toured Shepherds Flat Windmill Farm, which broke ground late last month on the first of three phases.

EUGENE, OR - May 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kirsten Crawford of Crawford Realty, LLC has partnered with IDX, Inc. to update her real estate website with the highly customizable IDX Broker software. Now, residents of Dixon, Illinois can find their perfect property through the union of Crawford's website and the Sauk Valley MLS (SVMLS), which displays every listing in the area conveniently on Crawford's page. IDX Broker software is changing the way Crawford runs her business by giving her more options for managing her real estate listings.

WASHINGTON, DC - May 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, an amendment put forth by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar to the Wall Street reform bill passed the Senate by a vote of 63-36.

WASHINGTON, DC - May 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley introduced an amendment to the Wall Street reform bill that will ban one of the most egregious mortgage practices that directly led to millions of families losing their homes.

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has the pleasure of welcoming Heather Williams with Roost Realty in Portland, Oregon, to the rapidly expanding network of real estate agents and brokers using their primary application, the highly customizable IDX Broker software. With the addition and integration of this custom IDX solution, Williams will be able to display Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) data, directly onto her own personal website, providing potential home buyers with immediate and direct access to the most up-to-date listing information on the market, and all from the convenience of one specific website. Home seekers will be able to browse a plethora of listings, in an easy-to-navigate and user-friendly format, creating the most hassle-free and effortless real estate search on the web. This greatly simplifies Williams' job, allotting her more time to spend personalizing the online property search process for each individual consumer.

EUGENE, OR - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With new accounts being added daily, IDX Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Bill Gaffney, of Change Realty in Lake Oswego, Oregon to the forward thinking group of real estate agents and brokers who are enhancing and simplifying their websites with custom IDX Broker software. Gaffney's clients now have the unique ability to customize their home searches, with even the most specific features, in order to find their ideal property. As a member of the Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS), Gaffney's website offers potential home buyers a broad range of the most up-to-date listings in Lake Oswego, with an ease not found on other agents' websites

Washington, D.C. - March 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday that Oregon will be eligible for $88 million to help families living in areas that have been hit hardest by the housing crisis to stay in their homes.

Salem, OR - March 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of an ongoing effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, state agencies are organizing a foreclosure-prevention event in Bend on Saturday, March 27.

PORTLAND, OR - February 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Joel D. Surprenant, 43, of West Linn, Oregon, pled guilty today to the crime of bank fraud. Surprenant is scheduled to appear again before U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones on May 12, 2010, for sentencing on these charges.

Portland, OR. - February 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D- Ore.) and Governor Ted Kulongoski via video today to announce the creation of the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities within HUD.

Salem, OR - February 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) issued a cease-and-desist order and assessed $250,000 in fines against Anthony "Tony" Schwartz and two businesses he controlled for selling interests in foreclosed homes he seized in a complex "foreclosure rescue" scheme.

PORTLAND, Ore. - January 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee Moore has been elected chair of the Housing Authority of Portland’s (HAP’s) Board of Commissioners for 2010, and Brian Lessler and Amie Pico have been appointed to the nine-member citizen commission.

Munich/London/Mainz - November 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank acting as Facility Agent and Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG (WestImmo) are pleased to announce that they have provided Arka Property Funds with a €48.5 million investment financing for Alfa Shopping Center in Olsztyn, Poland.

PORTLAND, OR - November 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senior United States District Judge Robert E. Jones today sentenced Lee Howlett, 46, of Portland, to 41 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Howlett pled guilty in February 2009 to a single count of conspiring to make false statements to financial institutions.

Washington, DC - November 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the Senate passed legislation that will increase funding for housing and supportive services for veterans.

Redmond, OR - November 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the continuing unprecedented need for housing assistance in Central Oregon, Housing Works will begin processing the first fifty Mainstream Voucher applicants from the current waiting list.

Washington, DC - November 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley signed on Tuesday as a co-sponsor of three bills to provide shelter and assistance to homeless veterans. The bills will authorize funding to expand housing and health services for low-income veterans.

Redmond, OR - October 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing Works announced today that Guardian Real Estate Services (Guardian) of Portland, Oregon, has been selected to manage its multi-million dollar housing portfolio in Central Oregon.

Redmond, OR - October 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing Works announced today that Guardian Real Estate Services (Guardian) of Portland, Oregon, has been selected to manage its multi-million dollar housing portfolio in Central Oregon.

PORTLAND, OR - October 14, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oregon families facing foreclosure, seeking affordable rental housing, or hoping to buy their first home will have a greater opportunity to find housing, or keep the homes they have, because of $191,424 in housing counseling grants announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Salem, OR - October 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- In its ongoing effort to protect consumers from mortgage lending fraud, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has revoked the license of Tigard-based Pacific Rim Mortgage, Inc. and issued a cease-and-desist order against its owner, Victoria Bigham.

Medford, OR - October 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oregonians concerned about losing their home to foreclosure can receive help Saturday, Oct. 17, at an event in Medford organized by several government agencies, nonprofits, and real estate organizations.

Washington, DC - October 8, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The House today passed the Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009, H.R. 3590, which includes a Blumenauer provision that allows members of the armed services, Foreign Service, and intelligence community to take full advantage of the 2009 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit.

PORTLAND, OR - September 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) has been awarded $3,278,370 in competitive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

WASHINGTON, DC - September 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today competitively awarded a total of $5,397,130 in Recovery Act funds to permit the Portland, Vancouver and King County housing authorities to make improvements that address the needs of seniors and persons with disabilities.

Salem, OR - September 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today a new law takes effect that strengthens the rights of Oregon homeowners who face foreclosure to help more families stay in their home during this difficult economic climate.

Washington, DC - September 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley urged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan Wednesday to implement several improvements to the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) to make mortgage modifications simpler and speedier for borrowers and counselors.