Press Releases

Atlanta, GA - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- T. Richard Bryant, president of Lee & Associates’ Atlanta office, has named six new principals of Lee & Associates.

Snellville, GA - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Foreclosur Tour of Bank Owned Homes in Decatur, Lithonia & Snellville. This tour will be Showcase of 6 homes. Price range of homes from 77,900 to $119,900.

Salisbury, MD - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Doug Marshall of Marshall Real Estate Auctions announces one of the Eastern Shore’s largest Bank-Owned and Estate-Owned auctions, featuring properties from Worcester, Wicomico and Dorchester counties. This multi-property event offers buyers the opportunity to save up to 50% or more on everything from commercial properties to farms, Bayfront lots [one sold Absolute, No Reserve], estate homes, investment properties and more at discount auction prices, all either Absolute or with incredibly Low Minimum Bids.

Houston, TX - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis and Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund (BREOF) are please to announce the execution of eight, multi-tenant office lease deals at 712 Main Street, a 792,000 square foot office building located in Houston’s Central Business District.

September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, negotiated the $3.1 million sale and purchase of a 28,717-square-foot shopping center in Juneau, Wis

EUGENE, OR - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dream Homes by Jodi just became one of the easiest places to search for real estate online, thanks to Jodi Marfia and her adoption of a custom IDX solution. The IDX, Inc. premier IDX Broker software syncs thousands of MAX/East Bay Regional Data MLS (MAX/EBRD) listings right to the website of Marfia. This incredible addition gives East Bay Area home seekers the opportunity to scan all area listings at once, from the convenience of one page. Marfia has truly revolutionized the way potential buyers search for California homes online

EUGENE, OR - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Realtor Shana Larson have joined forces to bring Mid-Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) to online home seekers instantaneously, on her website. The dynamic IDX Broker software extracts raw listing data from the MFRMLS and syncs it to the search page Larson represents, giving potential buyers thousands of opportunities to find the perfect property around Orlando, Florida. With the customizable tools her IDX solution provides on the website of Larson, the online property search process has never been easier or more effective.

Waukesha, WI - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Inlanta Mortgage is pleased to announce the promotion of Chris Knowlton to Vice President of Technology and Marketing. Chris has been with Inlanta Mortgage since June of 1997. Chris will continue to direct and manage the computer and information technology side along with overseeing and developing marketing plans and internet marketing use

Las Vegas, NV - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ballen Group, one of the country’s top-producing real estate teams, is leaving Coldwell Banker Wardley to join the Keller Williams Realty team in the Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas Market Center

September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The 15th Annual Luxury Real Estate Fall Conference was recently held Monday, September 20th to Wednesday, September 22nd, at the Four Seasons Seattle. Keynote Speakers were Cliff Burrows, President, Starbucks USA, and Stuart Silk, Stuart Silk Architects.The Conference was hosted by John Brian Losh, Chairman and CEO of Luxury Real Estate, (LuxuryRealEstate.com and Who’s Who of Luxury Real Estate), a membership-driven luxury brokerage assemblage based in Seattle, Washington. The network includes the most prominent global luxury brokers and meets three times each year, nationally and internationally, to discuss current real estate trends.

FRESNO, CA - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager announced that yesterday a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging James Lee Lankford, 71, of Modesto, with 49 counts of mail fraud, and Jon Vance McDade, 46, also of Modesto, with 49 counts of mail fraud and one count of bank fraud

EUGENE, OR - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westchester-Putnam MLS (WPMLS) listings just became easier to search for, on the new IDX enabled website of real estate professional Chirag Shah. IDX, Inc. has delivered New York home seekers with a unique and comprehensive online property search experience. Shah and his clients can rest assured that his website hosts the best home search tools available online. Never before have WPMLS listings been simpler to display or search through than on the dynamic IDX synced website Shah hosts

EUGENE, OR - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Keoki McCarthy of Real Living Northwest to the growing group of real estate professionals updating their websites with IDX Broker software. This revolutionary technology makes searching for a home online monumentally easier. McCarthy is associated with the Northwest MLS (NWMLS), allowing property listings to be seamlessly integrated into his website, giving potential buyers thousands of homes to search through. With the tools his IDX solution supplies to him, McCarthy can truly customize his website to give home seekers around Seattle the greatest, simplest and most comprehensive online property search experience around.

Miami, FL - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis today announced that Mary Jo Eaton has been named Senior Managing Director and Market Leader for its business lines throughout the state of Florida. Ms. Eaton, is currently Managing Director of both the company’s Baltimore office and its Asset Services operations in the Washington-Baltimore region.

Los Angeles, CA - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced that John Frager has joined the Company to lead its Office Services Group in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

WASHINGTON, DC - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bank of America and United Midwest Savings Bank have become the first financial institutions to assemble SBA 504 first mortgage pools to be sold on the secondary market, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced today.

Melrose Park, IL - September 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Specialty Practice Group, a division of Lee & Associates Asset Management Group (LAM), has been appointed as receiver of a 500,000-square-foot office and industrial complex in Melrose Park, Ill., by the Cook County Court System.

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.

AUSTIN, TX - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- While vacation rentals have long been popular among families and groups traveling together, HomeAway®, Inc. – the world’s leading online vacation rental marketplace – finds in its latest “HomeAway Vacation Rental Marketplace Report” the appeal of vacation rentals to business travelers also continues to grow in popularity.

AUSTIN, TX - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- HomeAway – the world’s leading online vacation rental marketplace – today announced the winners of its “Great American Road Trip Sweepstakes.”

Washington D.C. - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- September 28, 2010 marks the three-year anniversary of ConsensusDOCS - the only consensus standard contracts written by a broad coalition of the construction industry. In just three years, ConsensusDOCS has been the clear leader in advancing best practices and fair contracts. In 2007, ConsensusDOCS published the first standard integrated project delivery (IPD) contract, a new project delivery method which incorporates lean principles. In 2008, ConsensusDOCS wrote the first contract to address the legal risks with building information modeling (BIM), which is revolutionizing the industry. In 2009, ConsensusDOCS published the first contract to comprehensively address green building construction.

Jackson, MS - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- EastGroup Properties (NYSE-EGP) announced today that it will hold its Third Quarter Conference Call and webcast on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time. On the call, David Hoster, President and CEO, and Keith McKey, CFO, will review the third quarter results and discuss EastGroup's current operations

EUGENE, OR - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prestige Boston Realty and Timothy Sherman have joined forces with IDX, Inc. to update and transform the real estate website Sherman hosts. Home seekers can now scan the IDX Broker enabled page to search through Massachusetts MLS (MLSPIN) listings quickly and efficiently, thanks to the IDX solution Sherman has adopted. With the dynamic tools made available to Sherman, his clients and those just browsing the Boston real estate market, the online property search has been revolutionized. Homes around the Boston Back Bay and surrounding suburbs are now seamlessly displayed on the search page Sherman supports

EUGENE, OR - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Stacey Nelson of The Real Estate Firm has adopted the IDX, Inc. dynamic IDX Broker software, in an effort to supply Portland, Oregon home seekers with a unique and comprehensive online search process. Regional MLS (RMLS) listings are now synced directly with the website of Nelson, displaying thousands of up-to-the-minute property listings conveniently on his page. With the powerful search capabilities his IDX solution supplies to his clients, he has revolutionized the way Portland area home seekers find homes.

September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Recently, the Harry Norman, Realtors® Sandy Springs office had their second opportunity to prepare and serve a home-cooked dinner for the families staying at the Ronald McDonald house in Atlanta

EUGENE, OR - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jay Carter and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to bring thousands of property listings to Austin, Texas home seekers. Now, Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are easy to find and tour virtually on the IDX enabled website of Carter. Never before has a simpler or more effective online solution created an easier-to-use real estate search process

EUGENE, OR - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes the latest real estate professional to adopt IDX Broker software, Kevan Pewitt of Houston Prime Realty in Houston, Texas. Pewitt has enabled the powerful IDX solution, which extracts raw listing data from the Houston MLS (HARMLS) and seamlessly integrates them among his own listings. Potential buyers in Houston can now quickly and efficiently scan thousands of properties on the real estate website Pewitt hosts, making it the logical first step for home seekers searching for homes online

Washington, D.C. - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) have selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program. The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare building design and healthcare design-oriented research. Projects exhibit conceptual strengths that solve aesthetic, civic, urban, and social concerns as well as the requisite functional and sustainability concerns of a hospital.

San Francisco, CA. - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP announces the arrival of partner Allan E. Low. A resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, Mr. Low will be a member of the real estate practice group focused on real estate finance, transactions and real estate development projects. He joins Nixon Peabody from Luce Forward in San Francisco

Houston, TX - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis has closed on two office leases at Lakes on Post Oak, located at 3050 Post Oak Boulevard in Houston's Galleria/Uptown area. Both leases combined total 12,631 sq. ft. and include a 6,662 sq. ft. new lease to Dahill and a 5,969 sq. ft. new lease for the Houston offices of Neptune Holdings. The 17-story Class A tower is situated on 28-acres with a four-acre lake and is part of a 3-building complex.