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Reid’s Office Holds Mortgage Assistance Workshop With U.S. Teasury’s Hardest Hit Fund
Las Vegas, NV - September 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The office of Nevada Senator Harry Reid and Nevada Affordable Housing Assistance Corporation will host a mortgage assistance workshop in Las Vegas at East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center on Sat...
Mayor Vincent C. Gray Announces Funding Commitment to Create Affordable Housing and Support Small...
WASHINGTON, DC - September 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Vincent C. Gray today announced more than $35.1 million in financing will be made available by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to create and retain affordable ho...
NLCHP Program: Children and Youth
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Families with young children now account for 40% of the nation's homeless population and in the course of the year, more than 1.3 million children are homeless. At the Law Center, we aim to end...
Homeownership Preservation Foundation’s Colleen Hernandez Named One of Housing Sector’s “Women of Influence”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), an independent national nonprofit dedicated to helping distressed homeowners navigate financial challenges and avoid mortgage foreclosure throug...
CHFA Announces Public Hearing on DRAFT revisions to the Rental Housing – Multifamily Housing...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- At its August 30, 2012 meeting, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution to publish for public comment drafted revisions to the Rental Housing – M...
President’s 2013 Budget Prioritizes Ending Homelessness
Washington, DC - September 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, President Obama unveiled his Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget. Despite the difficult budget environment, the President proposed significant increases in funding to several homelessness program...
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Final Components of California Homeowner Bill of Rights...
SACRAMENTO, CA – August 31, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the final parts of the California Homeowner Bill of Rights have passed out of both legislative houses and have been sent to t...
Hurricane Isaac Causes Widespread Power Outages in Mississippi
Jackson, MS – August 28, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Utility companies in Mississippi are reporting 24,400 homes are without power as Hurricane Isaac slowly moved through the state. Utility crews from Mississippi and other states are wo...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some...
New Resource Helps Alaska Homebuyers Make Energy Efficient Choices
Anchorage, AK - August 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Would-be homeowners often feel stressed and anxious when they face myriad decisions affecting their purchase; and often the desire for aesthetic improvements overshadows the consideration of home en...
Governor Bentley Calls Special Election for House District 34
MONTGOMERY – August 22, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced the timeline for a special election to fill the District 34 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. The District 34 seat is being vac...
CDFI Fund Update: New Capacity Building Initiative Resource Bank Available
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is committed to making its Capacity Building Initiative a comprehensive source of trainings and reference materials for Community...
Schumer, Gillibrand, McCarthy Announce FEMA Agrees to Extend Low-Cost ‘Preferred Risk’ Flood Insurance Policies...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Congresswoman McCarthy announced today that FEMA has agreed to their call for an extension of the low-cost preferred risk flood insu...
Governor LePage Announces Nominees to Maine State Housing Authority and Maine Technology Institute
Governor Paul LePage has announced today that he has nominated John G. Gallagher, of Bath, to serve as the Director of the Maine State Housing Authority (MSHA) and Robert A. Martin, of Newcastle, as Director of Maine Technology Institute (MTI). AUGUSTA...
Researcher Responds to CFPB Report, a NRMLA blog
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This response to the CFPB Report on reverse mortgages relates primarily to a particular segment of the Baby-Boomer generation. That segment, while a minority of that generation, is nonetheless q...
Rebuilding Together AmeriCorps Program Enters Fifth Year
WASHINGTON, DC - August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rebuilding Together, a national nonprofit who believes in a safe and healthy home for every person, was awarded a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to continue th...
U.S. EPA’s Regional Administrator honors new “green” AS-EPA office building / Top environmental official...
HONOLULU - August 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld met with the staff of American Samoa EPA and recognized their significant achievement in the construction of AS-EPA’s new
FinCEN Reminds Mortgage Companies and Brokers of New Regulatory Requirements
VIENNA, VA - August 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. today announced the issuance of an advisory for non-bank residential mortgage lenders and originators (RMLOs) to help them ide...
Wells Fargo and Rebuilding Together Team Up For Real Estate Owned (REO) Home Program;...
WASHINGTON, DC - August 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rebuilding Together and Wells Fargo recently have joined efforts to help communities across the country transition Real Estate Owned (REOs) properties into safe, affordable homes while continuing t...
IREC Credentialing Program Announces New Awardees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) announced today that eight organizations and trainers nationwide have been recognized in the past few months with the prestigious IREC I...
PEDALING IN PROTEST – JANITORS AND BIKERS TO RIDE AGAINST “RACE TO THE BOTTOM”...
New York, NY - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With more than 120,000 members in eight states and Washington, D.C., including 70,000 members in New York, 32BJ SEIU is the largest union of property service workers in the country and the largest pr...
MBA Survey: Delinquencies Improve but Homeowners Still Drowning
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) survey shows positive trends in the housing market, with delinquencies and foreclosures down from last year. However, the millions of foreclosures st...
Obama Administration hosts 75th Outreach Event for Struggling Homeowners Today in Maryland
WASHINGTON, DC - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are hosting the Obama administration’s 75th free event for struggling homeowners at the Show Pla...
PRICE ANNOUNCES DURHAM LENDERS RECEIVE $3.86M FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Washington, D.C. - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Representative David Price (NC-04) announced that three Fourth District lenders are the recipients of a total of $3.86 million in funding through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Commu...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces More Than $363 Million in Grants for State...
WASHINGTON, DC - August 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced more than $363 million in grants to fund a wide variety of highway improvements, from interstate rehabilitation and reconstruction to technol...
We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration Announces Seven Major Renewable Energy Infrastructure Projects that Would...
WASHINGTON, DC - August 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, as a part of his We Can’t Wait initiative, President Obama announced that seven nationally and regionally significant solar and wind energy projects will be expedited, including projects in...
Index Spotlights 80 Improving Housing Markets in August
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A total of 80 metropolitan statistical areas across 32 states and the District of Columbia were listed as improving housing markets on the National Association of Home Builders/First American Impr...
REALTOR® ASSN. LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD NEIGHBORS
NJAR® Good Neighbor Awards to Recognize REALTORS® EDISON, N.J. – July 13, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The New Jersey Association of REALTORS® (NJAR®) is currently seeking nominations of REALTORS® who have acted as “good neighbors...
Congresswoman Corrine Brown Proud to Announce Extension of Deadline to Apply for Compensation for...
August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Corrine Brown praised the announcement by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Bank of an extension of the deadline to apply for cash or other compensation for faulty f...
United States Settles Fair Housing Act Lawsuit Against Wisconsin Housing Provider
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department announced today that the owner and former manager of the Lowrey Hotel and Café in New Richmond, Wis., has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging they had sexual...