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Prudential Georgia Realty to Market Chimney Cove on Lake Wedowee in eastern Alabama
Douglasville,GA/Wedowee, AL - June 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prudential Georgia Realty is pleased to announce it isnow handling the sales and marketing of ChimneyCove on Lake Wedowee. This exclusive community is an ideal place for a second home or for full-time lake living. Thecommunity’s sales director, Cindy Denney, who was named Realtor of the Year bythe West Metro Board of Realtors earlier this year, and on-site agents AmandaParian and Rhonda Barton made it official when they recently joined PrudentialGeorgia Realty’s West Georgia office in Douglasville
Renters Seeking Help with Apartment Locating Process Trust Other’s Opinions and Use Social Media...
More than 58,000 apartment listings shared on ForRent.com since launch of social media feature. NORFOLK, VA - June 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to a recent study conducted by Nielsen and Facebook, consumers trust their friends and peers more than anyone else in making a purchase decision. With more than 58,000 apartment listings “shared” through ForRent.com’s social media “share” tool since October 2009, it is evident this research proves useful in the multi-housing industry as well. ForRent.com is a leading resource for searching apartments for rent and a division of Dominion Enterprises.
Ken Malone Joins Prudential GeorgiaRealty
Atlanta, GA - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate professional Ken Maloneis the latest to make the switch to PrudentialGeorgia Realty. He is based out of Prudential Georgia Realty’s Midtownoffice, located on Peachtree Street a few blocks from the High Museum
Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association (CT REIA) Announces Free Wealth Building Conference In Rocky...
Rocky Hill, CT - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Dave Lindahl, is announcing a free wealth building conference for real estate investors on June 26 and 27, 2010. This event will take place from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Rocky Hill Marriott Hotel on 100 Capital Boulevard in Rocky Hill, CT. This is a free event. Seating is very limited, and interested parties are urged to register well in advance.
Five States Lead U.S. into Housing Recovery
Destin, FL - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Five states are leading the U.S. out of the housing downturn, and into a recovery. Some may surprise you. By any historical gauge California is the odds on favorite to pull the nation out of the downturn, but the others are composed of places that either didn’t suffer as much during the financial crisis or didn’t see their home prices shoot up like a rocket
HomeAway Announces Passing of Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Harris
AUSTIN, TX - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- HomeAway®, Inc. regrets to announce Andrew Harris, the company’s chief operating officer (COO), passed away at his home in Austin on June 2, 2010, after a long and valiant battle with cancer. The company extends its deepest condolences to Mr. Harris’ family, especially his beloved wife, Lisa.
Administration Provides $1.5B to Five State HFAs for Foreclosure Prevention
Washington, DC - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, President Obama announced a plan to provide $1.5 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds to five state Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to help them stem home foreclosures with programs they design to modify negative equity mortgages and provide emergency homeowner loans, among other strategies. The Administration is expected to allocate the funds to Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, and Nevada, which have been especially hard hit by home price declines and unemployment
Bay Area Single-Family Home Prices Increase 9.9% in May, Sales Expected to Slow Mid-Summer
San Francisco, CA - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Redfin today released new data on the San Francisco Bay Area market showing that the median price of a Bay Area single-family home increased 9.9% from April to May, and 32.8% year over year. The number of house sales that closed increased 10.1% from April to May. As the market enters what is typically its busy summer season, inventory has remained low and even still, competition has decreased, especially for lower-priced homes.
Customized IDX solution revolutionizes Channing Boucher’s website, simplifying the online home search for potential...
EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Crested Butte, Colorado real estate broker Channing Boucher has teamed with IDX, Inc. to create an easy-to-use professional website, changing the way he conducts business online. The efficient IDX Broker software syncs Boucher's website directly with Gunnison Country MLS (GCMLS) listings, to display a comprehensive real estate listings database from the convenience of the Benson Sotheby's International website. Combining GCMLS listings with the properties Boucher represents gives home seekers in and around Crested Butte the most in depth and reliable online property search around.
Customized IDX solution revolutionizes Channing Boucher’s website, simplifying the online home search for potential...
EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Crested Butte, Colorado real estate broker Channing Boucher has teamed with IDX, Inc. to create an easy-to-use professional website, changing the way he conducts business online. The efficient IDX Broker software syncs Boucher's website directly with Gunnison Country MLS (GCMLS) listings, to display a comprehensive real estate listings database from the convenience of the Benson Sotheby's International website. Combining GCMLS listings with the properties Boucher represents gives home seekers in and around Crested Butte the most in depth and reliable online property search around.
Customized IDX solution revolutionizes Channing Boucher’s website, simplifying the online home search for potential...
EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Crested Butte, Colorado real estate broker Channing Boucher has teamed with IDX, Inc. to create an easy-to-use professional website, changing the way he conducts business online. The efficient IDX Broker software syncs Boucher's website directly with Gunnison Country MLS (GCMLS) listings, to display a comprehensive real estate listings database from the convenience of the Benson Sotheby's International website. Combining GCMLS listings with the properties Boucher represents gives home seekers in and around Crested Butte the most in depth and reliable online property search around.
Nevius International Realty offers precise online home search to Las Vegas home seekers using...
EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate broker Jimmy Nevius has chosen to update his professional website with the revolutionary IDX Broker software created by IDX, Inc. The unique search capabilities afforded to Nevius' clients with the new customized Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology, allows home seekers to scan thousands of properties in the Greater Las Vegas MLS (GLVAR) from the convenience of Nevius' own website.
Nevius International Realty offers precise online home search to Las Vegas home seekers using...
EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate broker Jimmy Nevius has chosen to update his professional website with the revolutionary IDX Broker software created by IDX, Inc. The unique search capabilities afforded to Nevius' clients with the new customized Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology, allows home seekers to scan thousands of properties in the Greater Las Vegas MLS (GLVAR) from the convenience of Nevius' own website.
IDX Broker software revolutionizes the website of Coastal California real estate agent Kirby Nicol.
EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kirby Nicol, CEO of Capitola Realty, has partnered with IDX, Inc. to revolutionize his professional website, bringing potential home buyers in Capitola, California the most comprehensive search available online. Through the MLSListings database, Nicol's clients can access thousands of coastal California listings from the convenience of Nicol's own website. Never before has searching for a home online been easier for both agents and potential buyers.
IDX Broker software brings customized search options to the clients of Miami Realtor Rafael...
EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the new addition of Miami Realtor Rafael Rodriquez and the Foster & Clark Real Estate team to the growing number of professionals updating their websites with the revolutionary IDX Broker software. The easy-to-use Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology integrates Greater Miami and the Beach MLS (GMBMLS) raw listing data with the listings Rodriguez represents, giving Miami residents and home seekers a comprehensive search package. Rodriguez can now sit back and relax as the IDX Broker software changes the way he manages his online real estate business.
Christal Marshall Earns Broker’s License
Salisbury, MD - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX Premier Properties agent, Christal Marshall, recently earned her Associate Broker degree, taking her real estate career to new heights after joining RE/MAX Premier Properties in January 2010
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE CRISIS ADDS TO PROBLEM PROPERTY INVENTORIES, COSTS IN CITIES ACROSS U.S.
June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- For another year, the nation’s mortgage foreclosure crisis continued to complicate U.S. cities’ efforts to manage and dispose of growing inventories of vacant and abandoned properties, according to the most recent survey of mayors conducted by The U.S. Conference of Mayors and released today during the organization’s annual meeting in Oklahoma City. Today’s report is the fourth in the Conference’s series on cities’ efforts to combat problems of vacant and abandoned property.
METRO COMMERCIAL ARRANGES 21,827 SF LEASE FOR ASHLEY FURNITURE
Wilmington, DE (New Castle County) - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial Real Estate, Inc., the Philadelphia region's premier full-service retail real estate company, has negotiated a sublease for the region’s largest home furniture and manufacturing company, Ashley Furniture, to occupy the former 21,827 square foot Lane Home Furnishings at the Brandywine Town Center located in Wilmington, DE.
Metro Commercial Lands hhgregg for Berwyn, PA
Berwyn, PA - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial, the region’s largest full-service retail real estate firm, announced today that it has completed a 40,135-square foot lease on behalf of ownership for hhgregg Appliances & Electronics store in Berwyn, PA.
Co-Op City Contract Talks Resume Today
Bronx, NY - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Back at work after a weeklong lockout, Co-Op City workers and management returned to the negotiating table today for the first time in two weeks. Workers, supported by 32BJ SEIU, are seeking a multi-year agreement that maintains their family health care coverage and provides cost of living wage increases.
The Battle Against Private Transfer Taxes on Real Estate in South Carolina
Anderson, SC - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Private transfer taxes are a new and troubling development in real property law. Private transfer taxes allow for private parties to impose real estate transfer taxes or fees on the sale of real property. Private transfer taxes are similar to the real estate transfer tax, except that it is a private party that collects the fee upon every single sale of a particular home, rather than a governmental entity
Realtors Crabtree and Schloegel named to Prudential Georgia Realty’s Top 25 Team List
Peachtree City, GA - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Top producing Realtors Terri Crabtree and Joan Schloegel, co-leaders of The Master’s Homes Group, were once again named to Prudential Georgia Realty’s Top 25 Team List for their 2009 sales performance
June is National Homeownership Month: Lower Mortgage Interest Rate Now Available
Austin, TX - June 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC) honors National Homeownership Month by announcing a rate reduction for our First-time Homebuyer Programs which help families achieve their dream of homeownership
REBNY Presents Retail Deal of the Year Awards
NEW YORK, NY - June 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) presented its 2009 Retail Deal of the Year Awards, which recognize the most creative and significant retail deals, at the Retail Committee’s annual cocktail party at the 101 Club Tuesday night.
Prudential Managing Broker Kaylin Pound Celebrates 30 Years in Real Estate
Canton, GA - June 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- May 2010 marks 30 yearsin real estate for Prudential Georgia Realty Managing Broker Kaylin Pound. Twentyof these years have been with Prudential, including many years in her currentposition of managing broker. Kaylin is the managing broker of the Cherokeeoffice on Riverstone Parkway in Canton. Prior to that she served as assistantmanaging broker, opening three Prudential offices.
Countdown To Buy Expands Number Of Foreclosed Homes For Sale In Florida, Maryland, And...
Online marketplace solution removes uncertainty and restores confidence for buyers and agents
Existing client adds new foreclosure properties in Maryland and Hawaii
BETHEL, CT - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Countdown To Buy, a next generation online real estate marketplace that offers fair and effective solutions to buy and sell properties, announced today that it [...]
Even in Weak Economy, RE/MAX Northern Illinois Real Estate Network Continues Charitable Mission: ...
Elgin, IL - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- For 17 years, the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network has been a generous donor to the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN), supporting its mission of providing financial assistance to more than 170 children’s hospitals across the country. Now, CMN has honored two local RE/MAX executives for their role in fostering that relationship and achieving a remarkable record of fund-raising, even over the last several years when strong economic headwinds prevailed.
Simple IDX solution changes the way Abby Oglesbee manages her online real estate business.
EUGENE, OR - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With a growing number of real estate professionals choosing to update and simplify their real estate website, IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the newest addition of Abby Oglesbee of Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate. Florida Keys MLS (FLKMLS) listings are now integrated with Oglesbee's own listings on her real estate website, to deliver her clients with the most comprehensive property search available online. The innovative Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology provided by IDX Broker and now available on Oglesbee's website makes searching for a home simpler than ever.
Agent Forrest O’Conner can now display thousands of area listings from the convenience of...
EUGENE, OR - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prudential California Realty's Forrest O'Connor and IDX, Inc. have collaborated to give Los Angeles area home seekers the most comprehensive real estate website around. Combined LA-Westside MLS (CLAW) listings sync directly with the search tool IDX Broker software provides on O'Connor's website to display properties in Silver Lake and the surrounding areas. Searching for a home online has never been easier for real estate professionals, like O'Connor, and potential home buyers. The addition of IDX Broker software has simplified O'Connor's real estate website and made his online business easier to manage.
Customizable IDX solution increases efficiency on Realty One Group’s LA and Las Vegas websites.
EUGENE, OR - June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realty One Group of California has partnered with IDX, Inc. to apply IDX Broker software onto their real estate website. CEO Joseph Scrofani can now manage and display his listings along side the California Real Estate Tech Service (CARETS) listings to bring thousands of Laguna Niguel area properties together in one place. The comprehensive listing data now brings potential home buyer the most up-to-the-minute details right to the home seeker, with the ease and efficiency of never leaving Scrofani's website.
