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Rate of Recovery for Bay Area Real Estate Speeds Up
La Jolla, CA. - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The pace at which the Bay Area housing market is making up for lost ground quickened at the end of 2012 as sales increased year-over-year for the 18th month in a row and the median price rose at it...
101 Servicers Participating in Keep Your Home California Mortgage Assistance Program
January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keep Your Home California now has 101 mortgage servicers on board with their state-managed mortgage assistance program. More servicers participating means more low to moderate income homeowners can be helped throu...
Home Builders Association of Virginia and Virginia Regional Transit Announce Support for Governor McDonnell’s...
RICHMOND - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Home Builders Association of Virginia and Virginia Regional Transit have endorsed "Virginia's Road to the Future", the comprehensive, long-term transportation funding plan proposed by Governor Bob M...
Quicken Loans Celebrates 10th Consecutive Year on FORTUNE Magazine’s List of the ‘100 Best...
DETROIT, - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc., the nation’s largest online home lender and third largest retail mortgage lender, today announced it has been named to the top-30 of FORTUNE Magazine’s annual “10...
BOMA International and BOMI International Leadership Build for the Future
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- BOMA International and BOMI International’s top volunteer leaders recently met to discuss collaboration in the coming year. The leaders identified specific areas of cooperation to further enha...
Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs Served Thousands of Youth in FY 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Family and Youth Services Bureau is deeply grateful to all of our Runaway and Homeless Youth Program grantees, who work tirelessly every day to meet the federal government’s goal of ending...
Push to ensure land and property professionals use correctly licensed mapping data
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s national mapping agency, and RICS are working together to remind land and property professionals to ensure that they are not risking their professional reputat...
Housing Locators and Supply and Demand
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In March 2008 Fairfax County, VA, approved their Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness and soon afterwards, the County's Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH) partnered with Good Shepherd Ho...
Wells Fargo Securities Joins CME Group for Clearing of Listed Futures and Options
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) announced today that its subsidiary Wells Fargo Securities, LLC has joined the CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives exchange and cl...
Susan McDonnell Joins Surterre Properties
January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Having worked as a sales and marketing professional for more than 20 years, Susan McDonnell—a highly sought-after agent who also boasts a few years of interior design on her resume — proves one of the area’s...
Christie’s International Real Estate Presents Melody Ridge, Replete with Amenities and Exceptional Craftsmanship
Ridgefield, CT - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Beautifully sited on nearly 8.5 secluded acres in the quaint village of Ridgefield,Connecticut, the remarkable Melody Ridge estate reflects a timeless sense of refinement with all the sensibility ...
IRS Announces Simplified Option for Claiming Home Office Deduction Starting This Year; Eligible Home-Based...
WASHINGTON, DC - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Internal Revenue Service today announced a simplified option that many owners of home-based businesses and some home-based workers may use to figure their deductions for the business use of th...
NAI Capital Attends NAI Global’s Asia Pacific Regional Meeting in Seoul, Korea
NATIONWIDE - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Daniel Hu, Director of NAI Capital’s new Asia Pacific Group (APG), joined NAI Apollo (Germany) in Seoul, Korea Nov 29th—Dec 1st for NAI Global’s Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2012. This conferen...
State Approves City Market Rate Housing Plan
January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Domenic J. Sarno announced today that the city has received final approval from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Housing & Community Development, on Springfield’s Market Rate Housing I...
Morgan Stanley, Kresge Foundation and LISC launch $100 million investment fund linking health care...
NEW YORK, NY and TROY, MI. - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Morgan Stanley, The Kresge Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) have launched a first-of-its kind $100 million investment fund that is designed to expand acc...
Southland Closes 2012 With Higher Sales and Prices
La Jolla, CA - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Southern California's housing market ended 2012 with the highest December home sales in three years, the result of robust investment activity, a record level of cash buyers and more sales gains in m...
Intero Real Estate Services announces new Vice President of Community and Government Relations
CUPERTINO, SILICON VALLEY, USA - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governance and Community Philanthropy veteran, David Casas, teams with Intero Real Estate Services to manage and expand the company's strategic relationships with legislators and g...
Mortgage Cadence Supports Qualified Mortgage Rules
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage Cadence LLC, a leading provider of Enterprise Lending Solutions (ELS), Document Services, Compliance and Default Servicing Technology for the financial services industry, announced toda...
HUD LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION TO PRESERVE AND STRENGTHEN PUBLIC, OTHER HUD-ASSISTED HOUSING
WASHINGTON, DC - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To stem the loss of critically needed public and other forms of subsidized housing due to the severe backlog of capital needs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today offi...
Trends Report: New facilities enhance the quality of campus life
January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Institutions of higher learning are investing heavily in new facilities—student unions, dining facilities, residence halls, and the like—that address the non-academic side of campus life. They rarely serve jus...
Guy Blume Joins Harbor Bay Realty
Alameda, CA - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harbor Bay Realtyis pleased to welcome Guy Blume, REALTOR®, to its sales team. Guy’s previous real estate experience, responsiveness, local market knowledge and strong work ethic make him a wonder...
$9 Million – Rex McKown, Marcy Weinstein and Lili Kung Peters Team Up on...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rex McKown, Marcy Weinstein and Lili Kung Peters closed out 2012 with a bang, having facilitated the sale of a Newport Coastestate listed at just under $9 million.
Long & Foster Real Estate, Nation’s #1 Independent Real Estate Company, Awarded Additional Markets...
New York, NY - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The largest privately-held real estate company in the United States, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., dramatically increased its range of exclusive market coverage for use of the Christie’s b...
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Named World’s Leading Hotel Brand at World Travel Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has been awarded the World’s Leading Hotel Brand for the fourth year running, as well as World’s Leading Business Hotel for the second year in a row at ...
BOMA International Introduces Building Systems Desk Reference
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- January 14, 2013) The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International announces the release of its newest publication, Building Systems Desk Reference: The Property Professional’...
President Clinton announces Clinton Foundation to provide solar power to Mission of Hope in...
New York, NY - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, President Clinton announced that the William J. Clinton Foundation will provide the Mission of Hope Housing Community in Leveque, Haiti with approximately 40 solar streetlights and will work ...
Reduce Lung Cancer Risk in 2013 by Testing Your Home for Radon Gas /...
WASHINGTON, DC - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of National Radon Action Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today steps the public can take to test, fix and save a life from dangerous radon gas.
Nixon Peabody Elects 13 Attorneys to Partnership; Female Partners Make Up More than 60%...
Boston, MA - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nixon Peabody LLP will promote 13 attorneys, including eight female lawyers, to its partnership effective February 1, 2013.
Inlanta Intern – Learning the Ropes
Inlanta Mortgage has welcomed several new employees over the last year, but only one of them can call himself the “Super-Intern.” Although Super-Intern is an unofficial title, it really sums up how Jared Wittman’s internship at Inlanta Mortgage i...
Duke Energy Renewables completes Los Vientos Windpower Projects in Texas; adds 800 MW to...
CHARLOTTE - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Duke Energy Renewables, part of Duke Energy’s Commercial Businesses, announced today the completion of its largest-ever windpower construction projects, Los Vientos I and II in south Texas, adding 40...