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Chandler, AZ - October 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- This company (Wehavehomeleads.com) is what real estate investors have dream of when they are overworked and underpaid. Don’t have enough time to do all the things you need and want to? Know you could make more money (the type of money you deserve) if you just had a few more quality leads?

Washington, DC - October 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA) released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today on the need for greater transparency regarding companies’ ownership of nursing homes. Baucus, Grassley and Stark requested the report, titled “Complexity of Private Investment Purchases Demonstrates Need for CMS to Improve the Usability and Completeness of Ownership Data.”

Atlanta, GA - October 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today awarded Habitat for Humanity with its annual Investing in Communities Award during MBA's 97th Annual Convention & Expo in Atlanta.

San Jose, CA - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- PropertyMinder, Inc. and SmartZip Analytics, Inc. have entered a technology partnership which will integrate SmartZip Score investment ratings on listings on PropertyMinder’s AccelerAgent™ website platform. SmartZip, an emerging leader in real estate analytics, has analyzed and rated over 70 million U.S. properties based on both home ownership and as rental investments. SmartZip’s analytics bring transparency to the industry and help buyers make more confident, financially sound purchase decisions. Confident buyers and more realistic sellers, in turn, enable agents to sell more homes in less time

CHICAGO, LONDON, SINGAPORE - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New research from Jones Lang LaSalle reveals that preliminary global direct commercial real estate investment volumes totalled US$69 billion in the third quarter of 2010. This level is similar to the second quarter of 2010 and indicates that the recovery in investment activity seen in the previous four quarters has levelled off. Direct commercial real estate investment volumes in the first three quarters of this year have reached US$202 billion compared to the US$139 billion transacted over the same period of 2009. Jones Lang LaSalle expects volumes for the full year to reach US$280 to 290 billion

Washington, DC - October 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Realtors® strongly supports the proposed guidance from the Federal Housing Finance Agency to prevent government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks from investing in mortgages encumbered by private transfer fee covenants

CHICAGO, IL - October 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat Quinn today announced a $4 million state investment to help build a housing development that will provide quality, affordable apartments and supportive services for 80 Veterans who are homeless. Approximately 75 jobs will be created during the construction of Hope Manor Apartments in Chicago

Meriden, CT - October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, announces the guest investment property trainers for the 2010 New England Real Estate Investors Conference And Trade Show. This trade show takes place from October 29 through October 31 at the Four Points Sheraton on 275 Research Parkway in Meriden, CT. For over 7 years, this Trade Show has been the premier event for real estate investors in the Northeast. CT REIA brings together decision makers and innovators in real estate to meet, greet and tackle the critical issues of today. By melding a powerful attendee mix with the best conference content and unparalleled networking opportunities, CT REIA delivers the most focused, effective, face-to-face marketing and influence platform in the real estate industry.

New York, NY - October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Goldman Sachs Asset Management announced today that it is launching a new core real estate investment business and it has hired Jeffrey A. Barclay to lead the effort. This new business will focus on investing in and managing core and core plus real estate assets primarily in the US on behalf of GSAM’s clients. Mr. Barclay will join GSAM from ING Clarion Partners, where he most recently served as Managing Director.

Cromwell, TC - October 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CT REIA and Paul Esajian presents: How to find, fix, and flip houses in Connecticut

West Hartford, CT - October 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Paul Esajian, is announcing the CT REIA October 2010 monthly real estate investors meeting. This event will take place on Monday, October 18, from 5:30pm to 9:00pm, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on 100 Berlin Road in Cromwell, CT. This event is free for CT REIA members, and $30 for non-members.

Washington, D.C. - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Concerned that federal bank regulators are making the challenges confronting America's commercial real estate sector worse, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) has introduced legislation to stabilize commercial mortgage lending and strengthen private investment in the commercial real estate market.

Washington, D.C. - October 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Chicago-area company and its owner for perpetrating a Ponzi scheme in which they promised investors extraordinary returns generated from a purportedly successful real estate business.

Hong Kong - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the report released by Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, the luxury apartments in New York City which are priced from US$3,060,000 with an average price of US$5,636,600 increased 15.5% compared to the same quarter in 2009 and up 9% compared to the last quarter. While prices continued to increase, luxury listing inventory in Manhattan continued to shrink down 31.2% from the same period last year and down nearly 15% from the second quarter. The number of luxury sales was up over 19% compared to last year’s third quarter to a total of 266 units.

Denver, CO - October 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- While the housing market is experiencing a post tax credit correction, RE/MAX reports that at the end of the 3rd quarter, 2010 franchise sales are 36% higher than this time last year. After nine months, the global real estate franchisor sold 510 franchises worldwide. In the U.S., 147 sales represent a 28.9% increase over 2009, and in Canada, 28 sales mark a 16.6% increase. An even more impressive success story is taking place in the emerging markets of Brazil and India, where RE/MAX has sold 71 and 64 franchises respectively in 2010

WASHINGTON, DC - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced that 40 states will share more than $41.9 million in grants to community groups to provide 2,568 beds for homeless Veterans this year

Scottsdale, AZ - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nicholas McConnell http://www.nicholasmcconnell.com with Coldwell Banker is the first experienced Realtor you want to speak with when thinking about buying or selling property in Silverleaf. If you want the best possible price regardless if you are buying or selling property, I am the first Realtor you want to speak with. Nicholas McConnell is a Short Sale / Foreclosure specialist in Scottsdale.

West Hartford, CT - October 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with the Fairfield County Real Estate Investors Association, or FCREIA, is announcing the FCREIA quarterly meeting on Tuesday, October 5th, 2010. This meeting will take place at Westy’s Self-Storage located at 2070 Kings Highway in Fairfield, CT. This event will take place from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. This event is free for CT REIA Members, and $20 for non-members.

West Hartford, CT - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Looking to connect with other investors in Fairfield County and Lower New Haven County? Be sure to attend this quarterly meeting of the Fairfield County REIA sponsored by the CT REIA.

Washington, D.C. - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of employees at Boston-based State Street Bank and Trust Company with misleading investors about their exposure to subprime investments.

Phoenix, AZ - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Full moon power lightens the Arizona desert sky, at least cooling down from the intense summer. Yet, with an ever-increasing abundance of investment in Arizona’s sky islands, Canadians flock for visits and investment themselves as home owners to the Valley of the Sun which heralds, for them, significant economic value, so much so that North America’s northernmost travelers are now the largest percentage of new home owners in Arizona. In April, 2010, about ¼ of home buyers to metropolitan Phoenix were not from Arizona. According to Catherine Reagor from The Arizona Republic, “Now, the dominant group of out-of-state buyers is from outside the country.” Phoenix-based Information Market stated Canadian investments in Arizona homes have grown 80%, per comments made during a recent Marketplace interview on American Public Radio.

Scottsdale, AZ - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- If you or any one you know is looking to purchase or sell horse property in Arizona, look no further. Please visit the website below at any time to view all horse property for sale in Arizona free, or to contact an experienced Realtor to answer any questions you might have.

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Edison, NJ - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Five commercial properties throughout central and south Jersey, including an office building, two former bank branches, residential lots and a liquor license, will go on the auction block next month

Scottsdale, AZ - September 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- If you are a home owner facing foreclosure, or need to execute a short sale, you are in the correct place. If you are a buyer looking to purchase a home in the Gainey Ranch area of Scottsdale, Arizona, you are in the correct place. Please visit http://www.nicholasmcconnell.com for more information.

Washington, D.C. - September 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Minneapolis-based attorney and two San Francisco-area promoters with defrauding investors in a real estate lending fund by concealing the financial collapse of the fund's sole business partner.

September 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- US Industrial REIT III, an affiliate of USAA Real Estate Company, announces the recent purchase of two Class A bulk distribution facilities located in the Southeast submarket of Memphis, Tennessee. The purchase price was not disclosed

September 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- US Republic Core Fund announces the purchase of Village Shoppes at Windermere, a core grocery-anchored retail center in Forsyth County, Georgia, approximately 25 miles north of Metro Atlanta. The seller, Columbia Windermere VI, LLC, is an entity of Marietta-based commercial retail development firm Columbia Properties, which will retain property management duties. The purchase price of the retail center has not been disclosed

Meriden, CT - September 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, announces the (7th Annual) 2010 New England Real Estate Investors Conference And Trade Show from October 29 through October 31. This event will take place at the Four Points Sheraton on 275 Research Parkway in Meriden, CT. Tuition for this conference varies according to package selected.

Meriden, CT - September 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CT REIA Ultimate "Fast-Track" Team Coaching Program. Learn How To Buy Multi-Family and Apartment Buildings in Connecticut