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Congresswoman Laura Richardson Announces Grant Award to Salvation Army to Help Homeless Veterans in...
Long Beach, CA – July 16, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Congresswoman Laura Richardson announced that the Salvation Army has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help homeless veterans in Long Beach. This gra...
Pilot Accreditation Program for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Certificate Programs Underway
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the U.S. voluntary standardization system, and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) are pleased to announce the four...
CDFI Fund Opens 2012 Competition Round of New Markets Tax Credit Program
Washington, DC - July 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In anticipation of its likely publication in the Federal Register on July 19, 2012, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released today ...
Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks at the Wells Fargo Press Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Good morning, it is an honor to be here today with the Deputy Attorney General and our partners, to discuss the department’s at least $175 million settlement with Wells Fargo for steering and pri...
Begich Introduces Renewable Energy Research Legislation
July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today re-introduced his Renewable Energy Environmental Research Act, a bill designed to promote renewable energy research. Co-sponsored by Sen. Olympia Snowe, (R-ME), the bill directs the Nati...
Wells Fargo Settles with DOJ on Abusive Lending
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today’s Department of Justice fair lending settlement with Wells Fargo Bank is welcome news, and highlights the benefits of new mortgage rules to combat predatory lending. The DOJ settlement of ...
Construction Begins on Phase II of Midtown Commons
Austin, TX - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Trammell Crow Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary High Street Residential, in partnership with USAA Real Estate Company, has broken ground on Phase II of Midtown Commons, a new multi-family comm...
Roundtable, HPC Statement on CFPB’s Proposal to Simplify Mortgage Disclosures
WASHINGTON, DC - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released its proposed rule to harmonize TILA and RESPA mortgage forms—forms borrowers receive when they shop for and apply for a mortgage to buy ...
Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Homeowner Bill of Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Foreclosure Reduction Act today inLos Angeles. The bills, AB 278 and SB 900, are designed to reduce unnecessary foreclosures in the state and were cr...
2012 NMHC (OpTech) Apartment Operations and Technology Conference & Exposition — General Meeting Information
Gallas. TX – July 12, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The 2012 NMHC OpTech (Apartment Operations and Technology Conference + Exposition) offers an unparalleled educational environment, exclusive peer-to-peer roundtables and the opportunity...
Connecticut Real Estate Rehab Meeting
West Hartford, CT - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Join CT REIA Coaching Member Mark Valenti of Business Investment Group Inc as he shows you how he acquired, financed, and fixed this 2-family house in West Hartford. Learn about his contractors an...
An Open Letter to America’s Seniors from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- “Because reverse mortgages can help older homeowners ease the strain of retirement, this product can be beneficial if seniors choose it based on a solid understanding of how it works,” CFPB Dire...
US Labor Department announces more than $20 million in grants to provide job training...
WASHINGTON, DC - July 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded 90 grants totaling more than $20 million to fund job training and support services that will help more than 11,000 veterans succeed in civilian careers. The ...
Solaris Collection at Daybreak Wins Residential Project of the Year
IRVINE, CA - July 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, based in California, and Garbett Homes of Salt Lake City, UT, announce that Utah's first truly affordable solar-powered and geothermal homes, the Solaris Collect...
FTC Wins $2.6 Million Court Judgment Against Operation That Made Exaggerated Claims for Mortgage...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Trade Commission won a $2.6 million federal court judgment against three defendants behind a scheme that charged consumers large upfront fees and failed to deliver the mortgage modificat...
Menendez, Boxer, Kohl Call On United Guaranty To Help More Homeowners Refiance
Washington, D.C. - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) today sent a letter to Kim Garland, the CEO of mortgage insurer United Guaranty Corporation, urging him to reconsider the...
Texas’ Housing Market Stepping Toward Recovery
COLLEGE STATION, TX - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- May was packed with indicators of an improving housing market here in Texas. ccording to the latest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data, existing home sales were up 20 percent over May 2011, pric...
Home Builders Applaud Five-Year Reauthorization of Flood Insurance Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an important victory for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and its members who rely on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Congress has reached an agreement to reauthorize...
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Luxury Portfolio International Announce Keynote Speakers...
CHICAGO, IL - June 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® and Luxury Portfolio International™ have announced the keynote speakers for the 2012 International Symposium, being held October 22-24 in Lisbon, Portugal ...
NAI Capital’s Timothy Foutz Closed $3M Industrial Deal
MOORPARK, CA - June 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Timothy Foutz with the Encino office represented the Buyer, Cosaro and Tagliati Trusts, in the purchase of a 21,505 square foot industrial property located at 5245 Maureen Lane from the Seller, F&B...
The Boulder Group Arranges the Sale of a Net Leased Walgreens Property in El...
Northbrook, IL - June 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Walgreens property located at 1550 SW 27th Street in El Reno, OK for $4,887,000
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS TO AUCTION THE ENTIRE TOWN OF GARRYOWEN, MONTANA
TULSA, OK - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Williams & Williams, the auction firm that recently sold the “Smallest Town in America”, Buford, Wyoming, today announced it will auction the entire town of Garryowen, Montana on Wednesday, Augus...
Quicken Loans’ Scottsdale Web Center Announces Plan to Hire 200 New Team Members
Scottsdale, AZ - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc., the nation’s largest online home loan lender and fourth largest retail mortgage lender, today announced plans to add an additional 200 team members to its Scottsda...
Lila Delman Real Estate Announces Narragansett Luxury Property Sale
June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lila Delman Real Estate announced the recent sale of 131 Boston Neck Road, an oceanfront home in Narragansett, Rhode Island, for $4,620,500. Under contract in 19 days, this is the second highest sale in Narragansett ...
Expanding Refinances Could Save Billions for Homeowners
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A housing bill introduced in the Senate could more than double the number of homeowners who refinance under a federal mortgage program and also more than double their potential savings, according t...
Statement of Center for Responsible Lending California Director Paul Leonard on Legislative Conference Committee...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Six weeks of negotiations between banks, the bipartisan legislative conference committee, the Attorney General and consumer groups have produced a Homeowner Bill of Rights that deserves to pass bot...
California, Nevada, Florida Top Mortgage Fraud SAR List Criminals Continuing Debt Elimination and Foreclosure...
VIENNA, VA - June 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today released its First Quarter 2012 Update of mortgage loan fraud suspicious activity reports (MLF SARs) that shows California, Nevada, and Florida leading the ...
New Research: Homeowner Bill of Rights Could Speed Economic Recovery
Loan modifications work, critical to stabilizing housing market
Keller Williams Realty Associates, Teams Named Top Performers by REAL Trends and the Wall...
AUSTIN, TX - June 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams Realty’s agents and teams have, once again, made a strong showing in the REAL Trends/Wall Street Journal ‘The Thousand’ report, released today. The WSJ and REAL Trends, Inc., a lea...
Pulte Homes Expands Presence in Southeast Valley
PHOENIX - June 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pulte Homes has purchased or is in escrow on 332 lots in three distinct East Valley locations and plans to begin opening the new home communities as soon as later this year. The most recent acquisition repr...