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Attorney General Abbott Responds to Travis County Commissioners Voting to Allow Gun Shows on...
AUSTIN, TX - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released the following statement after Travis County Commissioners vote to allow gun shows to continue on county property
Recent Acquisition
El Paso, TX - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- River Oaks Properties is pleased to announce the purchase of the Coronado Shopping Center, in El Paso Texas from Rich Development. The 137,386 SF shopping center sits on 12 acres and was built in 195...
CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE SETTLEMENT THAT WILL IMPACT CONSTITUENTS OF THE 18TH...
Houston, TX - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee released the following statement announcing that ten banks and mortgage companies will pay $3.3 billion in cash to borrowers and $5.2 billion in mortgage relief to se...
New Qualified Mortgage Guidelines Released
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Community Associations Institute (CAI) is studying the long-awaited federal Qualified Mortgage (QM) standards published Jan. 10 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The new guidel...
Neugebauer Statement on Federal Housing Report
WASHINGTON, DC - November 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Randy Neugebauer (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to the annual audit released today by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The audit revealed a $16.3 billion...
Gov. Perry Breaks Ground on New Home for Wounded Veteran
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Rick Perry joined Dan Wallrath, founder and president of Operation Finally Home, and Jonestown Mayor Deane Armstrong to break ground on a brand-new, mortgage-free home for U.S. Army Spc. Au...
Real Estate Wealth Supports Texas Economy
COLLEGE STATION, TX - October 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Texas is wealthy, and real estate is a big reason. Texas’ 2011 real estate wealth was valued at $1.6 trillion or $65,432 worth of real estate for every Texan, regardless of age. That’s up...
Help For Homeowners Affected by Foreclosure Errors
Washington, DC - September 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Large mortgage servicers have been ordered by federal bank regulators to identify borrowers who may have been harmed by errors and improper practices in foreclosure or threatened foreclosure and...
Title Company Attorney Convicted in Multi-Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme
HOUSTON - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lisa Carol Ross, 50, of Missouri City, Texas, has pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today, along with FBI Special Agent in Charge S...
Continue to match employment and health services, local housing programs to reduce homelessness
AUSTIN, TX - August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Increasing the coordination of employment and health service resources with local housing programs will make the state agencies that administer programs to address the issues of homelessness more effec...
El Paso Credit Union Affordable Housing Receives a $98K Grant
Washington, D.C. - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury will award the El Paso Credit Union Affordable Housing LLC (El Paso CU) a $98,400 federal grant to assi...
State housing agency awards $1.2 million to county improving housing, lives in colonias
AUSTIN, TX - July 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced that it has awarded a $1.2 million contract to Webb County to continue funding operations of the county’s Colonia Self-Help...
Five Indicted in Combination Foreclosure Rescue/Drug Distribution Scheme
PLANO, TX - July 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Five individuals have been indicted have been indicted for their roles in a combination foreclosure rescue/drug distribution scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales ...
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Leads Discussion on Violence Against The Homeless
Washington, DC - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Johnson ,the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness, and the National Coalition for the Homeless, hosted a briefing on violence against the homeless. The goal of the briefing was t...
More Indicators Texas Housing Market Gaining Strength
COLLEGE STATION, TX - July 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- (Real Estate Center) – More indicators support the conclusion that the Texas housing market has recovered. One of those is the annual dollar volume of home sales.
Bright Realty Leases Restaurant Space in Murphy
Dallas, TX - June 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bright Realty brokered the lease for a 3,350 square foot Jovian's In & Out Buffet in Murphy. The restaurant is located at 703 East F.M. 544 in the Murphy Forum Plaza. Britton Lankford with Bright Rea...
Bright Realty Brokers Space for II Brothers’ Grill & Bar
Dallas, TX - June 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bright Realty brokered the lease for a 4,244 square foot II Brothers’ Bar and Grill in Frisco. The restaurant will be located at 5858 Main Street in Frisco, adjacent to the FC Dallas Stadium. Britton La...
Bright Realty Leases Anchor Space in Allen
Dallas, TX - March 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bright Realty brokered a 2,700 square foot space for Palio’s Pizza Café in Allen. Palio’s will anchor Custer Square, a 10,700-plus square foot site to break ground April 2012 at the northeast quadr...
Bright Realty Fits Healthy Food into McKinney Site
Dallas, TX - February 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bright Realty brokered the lease of an 1,800 square foot site for a My Fit Foods retail location in McKinney. The new My Fit Foods, the company’s ninth DFW location, will be located at 4600 Eldorad...
The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of a Triple Net Leased CVS Property in Bellaire,...
Northbrook, IL - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased CVS property located at 5422 Bellaire Boulevard in Bellaire, TX for $3,600,000.
State housing agency awards $542,000 to repair, replace substandard housing in the City of...
AUSTIN, TX - January 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator Judith Zaffirini today announced a $542,000 award to the City of Taft that will help fund home repairs for low income ho...
Reyes Announces $3.1 Million USDA Grant to Provide Water for 80 Homes
Washington, D.C. - January 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Water and Waste Disposal Program awarded a $3,111,500 grant and a $500,000 loan to ...
Green Your HomeOffers Specialized Focus on Green Practices at Home
AUSTIN, TX - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams Realty, Inc. announced that it has published Green Your Home, a book for green-conscious home buyers and homeowners. Serving as an easy guide to make the greenest impact, Green Your H...
Attorney Alejandro Padua and His Team Solve a Complex Commercial Real Estate Issue
Houston, TX - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alejandro L. Padua, Esq., of Padua Law Firm in Houston, with his excellent drafting of real estate related contracts and related lawyering, together with his brother Antonio J. Padua, head broker o...
State invests $950,000 to expand senior rental housing choices in Midlothian
AUSTIN, TX - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Representative Jim Pitts today announced a funding award to private developers constructing a new affordable rental property in...
Gov. Perry: All Necessary State Resources Made Available to Protect Lives, Property
Austin,, TX - September 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Rick Perry continues to closely monitor the ongoing wildfires with updates from his staff and State Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd. He will return to Texas this afternoon. The governor i...
Real Estate Graduate Students Awarded Scholarships
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) - September 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two students in the Masters of Real Estate (MRE) program of Mays Business School have been named recipients of $5,000 scholarships from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&...
Real Estate Graduate Students Awarded Scholarships
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) - September 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two students in the Masters of Real Estate (MRE) program of Mays Business School have been named recipients of $5,000 scholarships from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
Real Estate Graduate Students Awarded Scholarships
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) - September 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two students in the Masters of Real Estate (MRE) program of Mays Business School have been named recipients of $5,000 scholarships from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
Real Estate Graduate Students Awarded Scholarships
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) - September 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two students in the Masters of Real Estate (MRE) program of Mays Business School have been named recipients of $5,000 scholarships from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.