Press Releases

Glendale, AZ - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Even as Arizona continues to struggle with significant economical challenges, real estate investing and property management company HomeLovers today announced it has doubled its office space in Glendale in response to surging client demand for their property management and real estate investing services. The company grew 165% to more than 500 rental homes in the last twelve months. In addition to the 100% growth in space, HomeLovers has also grown its staff by 40 percent, including the addition of staff in sales, customer service and accounting.

EUGENE, OR - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. eagerly announces today that they have added yet another real estate professional to their expanding list of fulfilled customers; Peter Weigher with RE/MAX Realty Associates in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, has purchased the one-of-a-kind IDX Broker services, as a time-saving way to instantly link potential home buyers browsing his website, with thousands of property listings within his local Multiple Listing Service (MLS), the Central Penn Multi-List MLS (CPMLS). Home seekers are being granted access to valuable real estate information, that previously was solely available to real estate agents and brokers, providing them with a truly unique and user-friendly way to execute their online real estate search.

EUGENE, OR - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce they are teaming up with Albert Baeza of Cape Concierge Realty Inc., to give Cape Coral, Florida residents and potential home buyers the greatest online home search experience. As a member of the Cape Coral MLS (CapeCoral), Baeza has long had access to thousands of properties listed in the area. But now, thanks to IDX Broker software, Baeza's website integrates the CapeCoral listings directly with his page, giving his clients and those exploring the market the most extensive property listings online

EUGENE, OR - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property Economics and AJ Leekha have chosen IDX, Inc. and the IDX Broker software to update their real estate website. With the help of the Midwest Real Estate Data MLS (MRED), thousands of listings can now be displayed on Leekha's website. This convenient technology allows potential home buyers to view every listing in the Chicago, Illinois area, without having to leave Leekha's website. MRED data syncs with Leekha's listings, to present home seekers with the largest and most complete set of property listings around.

West Hartford, CT - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Than Merrill, is announcing a free webinar with Than Merrill of A&E’s “Flip This House”. This event will take place on Tuesday, May 11th, from 8:00pm to 9:00pm Eastern Standard Time. This event is free for CT REIA members and all guests

Tampa, FL - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed a proposal with the North Carolina Department of Insurance to provide homeowners insurance credits for implementing certain property protection measures, including several based on the Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) FORTIFIED building programs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 30, 2010. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 4.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 5.1 percent compared with the previous week.

Events Hosted by Obama Administration’s Making Home Affordable Program, HOPE NOW and NeighborWorks® America at Nassau Coliseum. Washington, DC - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives from sixteen mortgage servicers, plus more than a dozen local HUD-approved housing counselors, were on hand last week in Uniondale, New York to assist struggling homeowners with their mortgages

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce that Orlando Realtor Marilyn Welbergen, has joined the growing number of real estate professionals revolutionizing the way people buy homes online. Her website offers clients the unique ability to search for their dream home from their own personal computer.s Thanks to Welbergen's real estate website, potential home buyers have the ability to search through all of the properties listed on the Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS), in an effort to find their perfect property. RE/MAX's partnership with the MFRMLS helps Welbergen to display thousands of homes directly onto her website, granting home seekers license to look at specific details of homes surrounding the Orlando area

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. excitedly announces today the addition of RE/ MAX Properties SW, Inc.'s Hans Welbergen of Orlando, Florida, to its extensive and growing database of real estate agents and broker using the innovative IDX Broker software. By adding this custom IDX solution to his website, Welbergen now has the power to directly connect potential home buyers with an endless amount of the most up-to-date properties with the Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS), a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) that was previously solely accessible to the real estate professional. By incorporating these unique and helpful IDX Broker search tools into his website, Welbergen will save valuable time, all the while enhancing the online real estate search experience for his consumers.

Las Vegas, NV - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coldwell Banker Wardley Real Estate, located in Summerlin, NV and Green Valley, NV - launches official Coldwell Banker Wardley Las Vegas Real Estate FACEBOOK page

BETHEL, CT - May 4, 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 has entered the Georgia marketplace and will be featuring recently foreclosed properties in 17 communities to potential home buyers.

Kennesaw, GA - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dr. Aileen Szabo recentlyjoined Prudential Georgia Realty. Sheis based out of Prudential Georgia Realty’s Northwest office, located on2414 Dallas Highway in Marietta

Atlanta, GA - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prudential Georgia Realty’s newBuckhead office, located at 3221 Peachtree Road, just south of the Peachtreeand Piedmont Road intersection, continues to add experienced agents to its team.Catherine Humann is the latest to join, coming to the company from HarryNorman, Realtors.

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The IDX, Inc. team happily welcomes today, James “Jim” McCormack with Exit Realty in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the latest real estate professional to provide prospective home buyers with the ability to utilize the innovative and unique features of the web-based Multiple Listing Service (MLS) search tool application, the highly customizable IDX Broker software. With this new Internet Data Exchange (IDX) addition to his website, McCormack will have the ability to automatically and directly connect his clients and potential leads to an infinite amount of property listings within the RealTracs MLS (RTMLS), by displaying the IDX/MLS data feed on their own personal computers. Home seekers will be able to sift through a plethora of search features, aiding in narrowing their results, to help them ultimately find their ideal property.

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has the pleasure of welcoming Heather Williams with Roost Realty in Portland, Oregon, to the rapidly expanding network of real estate agents and brokers using their primary application, the highly customizable IDX Broker software. With the addition and integration of this custom IDX solution, Williams will be able to display Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) data, directly onto her own personal website, providing potential home buyers with immediate and direct access to the most up-to-date listing information on the market, and all from the convenience of one specific website. Home seekers will be able to browse a plethora of listings, in an easy-to-navigate and user-friendly format, creating the most hassle-free and effortless real estate search on the web. This greatly simplifies Williams' job, allotting her more time to spend personalizing the online property search process for each individual consumer.

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. happily welcomes today, Rod Aragon with Keller Williams Realty in Pacific Palisades, California, to the growing list of elite rank real estate professionals choosing to incorporate a custom IDX solution into the search functionality of their websites. With this new addition, Aragon can now provide his clients with the ability to sift through a multitude of property listings within his local Multiple Listing Service (MLS), the California Real Estate Technology Services MLS (CARETS). Home seekers will be accessing the most up-to-date and current real estate listing information on the Southern California market, by displaying the IDX/MLS data feed on their own personal computers

CHICAGO, IL - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced today that it has been named the highest ranked commercial real estate services firm on the 2010 Global Outsourcing 100®, the annual ranking of high-quality service providers across all industries as determined by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®)

Washington, D.C. - May 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the 18 recipients of the 2010 Housing Awards. The AIA’s Housing Awards Program, now in its tenth year, was established to recognize the best in housing design and promote the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for the human spirit and a valuable national resource

Alpharetta, GA - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alpharetta realestate professional Nan Willnow, a top agent and lead Realtor of the WillnowGroup with Prudential Georgia Realty, was honored with the prestigious TripleLegend Award by Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, during the company’s annualSales Convention in Austin, Texas

Housing affordability and mortgage rates near record lows, while inventories are close to record highs. Mortgage lender experienced an over 50 percent increase in purchase loans in April compared to March. MILFORD, CT - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Leading mortgage lender and broker Total Mortgage announced today that even though the first-time home buyer tax credit and repeat home buyer tax credit have expired, there are still a number of favorable market dynamics present in the housing market that continue to offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for potential home buyers.

Destin, FL - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Since perception is reality a bottom to the U.S. housing market may not develop for a long time. That’s the assessment from a new Housing Predictor opinion poll that found that more than two-thirds of all respondents surveyed do not believe the bottom of the market has arrived in their community.

Albuquerque, NM - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Canyon Gate Real Estate Services is thrilled to welcome two new communities to its portfolio of clients. Canyon Gate will provide financial services to Deer Canyon Preserve Homeowner’s Association in Mountainair, NM, a community of 187 single family homes.

EUGENE, OR - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The unique features of Davie, Florida homes are now easier to find thanks to IDX, Inc. and Realtor Tiffany Young. Today, they announce the IDX Broker software is available on Young's real estate website. As a member of the Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL) Young has access to thousands of properties currently on the market, but now, this information is also available to the potential home buyers she represents. The SEFL raw listing data is integrated flawlessly with the listings on Young's website. The IDX Broker software has made it simple and easy to find the perfect home quickly, in Southeastern Florida with Young's website.

EUGENE, OR - May 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kipp Blackburn with @ Properties in Chicago, Illinois has recently made the decision to hire the services of IDX, Inc. to enhance, optimize and completely alter his online real estate website, by incorporating their highly customizable IDX Broker software. Blackburn wanted a drastic change to his online business, to set him apart from his competitors, and by choosing IDX, he can now offer his website visitors a much more well-rounded, pleasant and informative online property search experience. He wanted to show off the big, bold and elegant city of Chicago in a manner that would do it justice, and by enabling home seekers to browse some of the cities finest and most highly demanded properties, he is doing just that

Atlanta, GA - April 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prudential Georgia Realty’s new Buckhead office, located at 3221 Peachtree Road, justsouth of the Peachtree and Piedmont Road intersection, continues to add to itsagent sales team. Bill Carter is the latest to join, coming to the company fromColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Washington, D.C. - April 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lincoln Property Company, one of the country’s largest commercial real estate firms, has closed a 10-year lease with Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC for the entire fifth floor at Bridgewater Corporate Center in Fairfax, Va

April 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities today, April 30, expressed its gratitude to the leaders of the State House of Representatives for passing much-needed mandates relief, local revenue diversity, and help in stemming health insurance increases.

New York, NY - April 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that Metropolis, a new development in Harlem, has been approved by the Federal Housing Administration’s mortgage program.

ATLANTA, GA - April 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Georgia’s property owners triumphed in the General Assembly today with the Georgia House and Senate overwhelmingly passing Senate Bill 346. Championed and authored by Senate Majority Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock), the Property Tax Assessment and Appeals reform bill is aimed at ensuring all Georgia properties are properly assessed at Fair Market Value and that property owners have guaranteed rights to appeal. This is the most sweeping overhaul of the Georgia property tax system in decades