Press Releases

Destin, FL - July 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Americans are deeply divided on whether states should offer a tax credit to help the housing market recover, according to a new Housing Predictor opinion poll. The new survey found that slightly more than half of all respondents feel that states should offer a $10,000 state tax credit to home buyers to make a purchase like California is doing to help overcome the downturn in its markets.

Atlanta, GA - July 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Southern Living magazine has been highlighting unique off-the-beaten path southern towns for decades. For more than 20 years, Southern Living has built its Idea Houses on the lake, on the beach and in town to cover the many interests of its more than 16 million readers.

EUGENE, OR - July 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome San Francisco real estate professional Robert Ormiston to the growing team of dedicated agents and brokers choosing to make the online property search easier and quicker for home seekers. San Francisco MLS (SFARMLS) listings are now displayed conveniently on his website, thanks to his personalized IDX Broker software, which extracts SFARMLS raw listing data and posts it online.

EUGENE, OR - July 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor) agent Shun Wakita, of Wakita & Associates, has joined with IDX, Inc. to revolutionize the website of his real estate company by making it easier, faster and more informative than ever before. The custom IDX solution extracts raw listings data from Sandicor and displays it directly on his website. Never before has searching for a home online in Bonita, California and surrounding areas been easier than now

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Western States Technologies Inc. has signed $4.2 million in new leases at two of its Southland properties. Western States recently signed a new lease with Eurocar Inc. (www.eurocaroc.com) for 52,922 square feet of office and warehouse space at 2920 Redhill Ave. in Costa Mesa, Calif. The five-year lease is valued at $2.2 million. Dave Desper with CB Richard Ellis’s Newport Beach, Calif., office represented Western States in the transaction, with Trent Walker of the Irvine, Calif., office of Voit Real Estate Services representing Eurocar

Las Vegas, NV - July 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate School of Nevada, Nevada's oldest and largest real estate education provider, specializing in Las Vegas and Henderson Nevada real estate licensing programs and advanced real estate education, is promoting a limited time Independence Special offering a $99.00 course to compete the required study to obtain a Nevada Real Estate License In order to obtain the $99.00 Special, Interested students must enroll online by midnight July 5th, 2010. Details and Package Description can be found at

Kennesaw, GA - July 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realtor Janet Longmire recently joined Prudentia lGeorgia Realty. She is based out of Prudential Georgia Realty’s Northwest office, located on 2414 Dallas Highway in Marietta.

EUGENE, OR - July 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Steve Volkers Group, out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has created a unique real estate website with the help of their customized IDX Broker software. This software allows real estate agent Steve Volkers and Grand Rapids residents and home seekers to utilize the Grand Rapids MLS (GRAR) quickly and efficiently in searching for properties online. The website of Volkers now hosts one of the most comprehensive online real estate searches in the nation, thanks to the IDX Broker software.

EUGENE, OR - July 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Melissa Sites, of Realty World Marketplace, and IDX, Inc. have launched a joint venture to her real estate website. The addition of IDX Broker software has made for a simple and easy-to-use online property search by syncing the Western North Carolina Regional MLS (WNCRMLS), which Sites is a member of, with the listings she represents, to give home seekers in Asheville, North Carolina a comprehensive and complete online database of local home listings. Now more than ever before, finding a home in Asheville is easier, on Melissa Sites real estate website.

Douglas leads MERIT’s Orange County community association team for master planned and single family communities. Aliso Viejo, CA - July 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERIT Property Management, a leading provider of professional community association and rental management services, promoted Bree Douglas, CCAM® to Executive Director of Orange County’s Team A. Douglas oversees over 2,900 units in portfolio and master-planned communities throughout Orange County. She is responsible for MERIT’s current association community management clients and will now coordinate and manage new contracts, maintain client relations and spearhead MERIT’s continued growth. Douglas also supervises a staff of five including three community managers and two support staff.

July 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co., the esteemed national real estate auction house, sold more than half of all the condominiums in the Wildwoods during the past quarter

CINCINNATI, OH - July 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Phillips Edison & Company's Fund IV announced its June 16 acquisition of Johnson Creek Shopping Center, a 106,709-square-foot shopping center located in Clackamas, Oregon, a suburb of Portland.

Marietta, GA - June 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realtor Cheryl Lenney, withmore than 25 years real estate experience, recently joined Prudential Georgia Realty. She is based outof Prudential Georgia Realty’s Northwest office, located on 2414 DallasHighway in Marietta

EUGENE, OR - June 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Ruth Jones, owner of Ruth Jones Homes, to the team of real estate professionals dedicated to providing home seekers with the best online home search experience around. With the adoption of IDX Broker software, the website of Ruth Jones is now completely compatible with the Consolidated MLS (CMLS), which makes finding a home in New Canaan, Connecticut monumentally easier for agents, brokers and potential buyers alike. Jones can once again enjoy the real estate profession, thanks to the ease and efficiency the new IDX technology brings to her website.

LIVINGSTON, TX - June 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Livingston Medical Arts Pavilion, a two-story, 30,000-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office building in Livingston.

AUSTIN, TX - June 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Recognizing the importance of its lender network in meeting its goal of increasing homeownership rates among Texans of all income levels, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced its “Lenders of the Year” and “Loan Officer of the Year” awards for their participation in and support of TDHCA’s homeownership programs

New York, NY - June 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing and RGS Holdings, LLC, in conjunction with Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and JP Morgan Chase Community Development, announced that 2280 FDB in Harlem has received a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO)

EUGENE, OR - June 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jonathan Marshman of Remax Harbor Realty has joined forces with IDX, Inc. to update and expand the online property search options available on his website. Now, Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) listings are displayed directly on his website to better serve his clients with thousands of local property listings. Marshman, MFRMLS and IDX, Inc. are working together to make a dynamic and powerful online property search for every one of his clients.

Albany, NY - June 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Statewide sales of existing single-family homes in New York State increased nearly 5 percent in May from April and nearly 13 percent compared to May 2009, according to preliminary single-family sales data accumulated by the New York State Association of REALTORS.

Brooklyn, NY - June 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- It was announced today that more than 50 percent of the 340 residences at 184 Kent have been leased. The new luxury rental building, which is located on Williamsburg’s waterfront between North Third and North Fourth streets along the East River, began leasing in February. Since then, there’s been strong demand for the property’s spacious lofts, which come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom configurations.

EUGENE, OR - June 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Northstar MLS listings just got a whole lot easier to search through with the new IDX, Inc. addition of real estate professional Michael LaBelle. LaBelle has teamed with IDX, Inc. to revolutionize the Woodbury, Minnesota real estate search, with his newly customized LaBelle Real Estate Group website. Now, potential buyers in the Twin Cities suburbs can browse thousands of listings to find their perfect property, from the convenience of his search page on his website

EUGENE, OR - June 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Lamont Kinkade to the growing group of real estate professionals choosing to update their realty websites with IDX Broker software. The partnership of ...

Woodstock, GA - June 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- June 21, 2010—Prudential Georgia Realty’s Towne Lake office has added numerousexperience agents to its sales team in recent weeks. The latest is RealtorSusan West, who joins Prudential from Solid Source Realty. The Prudential Towne Lake office is located at 2340 TowneLake Parkway in Woodstock

EUGENE, OR - June 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ed Kelly, of Long & Foster Real Estate, has teamed with IDX, Inc. to bring Gettysburg, Pennsylvania homes to potential area buyers, with the addition of IDX Broker software to his real estate website. As a member of the York and Adams County MLS (RAYAC), Kelly has long had access to thousands of local listings. Now, his clients can also view and search through the RAYAC listings from the convenience of his website on their personal computers, iPhones and even the new Apple iPad. The addition of IDX Broker software to the website of Kelly has forever changed the way Gettysburg home seekers search for properties online.

EUGENE, OR - June 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and their premier real estate software, have simplified Eugene, Oregon real estate website of agent Bill Judd. Challe Real Estate Inc. and Judd have teamed with IDX, Inc. and Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) to bring thousands of listings to the fingertips and personal computers of home seekers in Eugene. Thanks to the revolutionary IDX Broker software searching for a home online has never been easier

SPRING VALLEY, NY - June 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives from The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and Rockland Housing Action Coalition joined with state, county and local officials today to celebrate the groundbreaking for Hyenga Lake Senior Housing, a new affordable senior housing project in the Village of Spring Valley.

Elgin, IL - June 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the metro Chicago real estate market continues on the road to recovery, two RE/MAX agents with a vision of better days ahead have taken the reins at RE/MAX United in Wheeling, Ill., and have moved the office to a new location at 401 S. Milwaukee Ave. Gary Aver and Luigui Corral have both been affiliated with the office for several years, and now they are making it their own. Former broker/owners Alla Aizenberg, Mila Friedman, Igor Groysman and Oleg Moldavsky remain with the office as sales associates

EUGENE, OR - June 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Re/Max Properties, Inc. has joined with IDX, Inc. to deliver the most informative and comprehensive online property search available to the clients of Karen Glaser. The IDX Broker software now employed on her website blends her listings with the Alaska MLS (AKMLS) database to display thousands of properties from around the state conveniently on one site. This software not only simplifies the search process, it also makes for more informed potential buyers.

Marietta, GA - June 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- June 14, 2010—Realtor Lori Greenwald is the latest experienced agent to join Prudential Georgia Realty. She recently joined the Prudential East Cobb office, located at 3775 Roswell Road in Marietta.

Marietta, GA - June 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realtor Lawrence Forester recently made the switch to Prudential Georgia Realty. He is based out of Prudential Georgia Realty’s Northwest office, located on 2414 Dallas Highway in Marietta.