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Martin County Home Sales Continued to Outpace Last Year’s Sales Figures
“Martin County Single Family Home sales continued to outpace last year’s sales figures. The number of Closed Sales were up 13.7%, Supply went down 31.2%, and the Average Sale Price rose 11.7%. The sustained high demand for homes and the diminished ...
OHFA APPROVES MORE THAN $8.2 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OHIOANS
On Wednesday, August 19, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) Board approved more than $8.2 million for affordable housing initiatives across the state of Ohio, including
Fla.’s Housing Market Continues Positive Track in July 2015
Florida’s housing market reported more closed sales, higher median prices, more pending sales and tightening inventory in July, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. Closed sales of existing single-family homes statewi...
Illinois home sales and median prices surge higher in July
The strong summer housing market continued in July as home sales and median prices posted robust gains while the time it took to sell a home declined, according to the Illinois Association of REALTORS. Statewide home sales (including single-family home...
Registration Now Open For Conference on Housing and Economic Development Oct 6-7 at Boise...
Registration is now open for the 2015 Conference on Housing and Economic Development to be held at the Boise Centre October 6-7. The conference draws hundreds of professionals from all corners of the housing and economic development sectors every three...
Over 100 Logan Airport Workers to Go on Strike
As vacation-goers get ready to fly out of Logan, more than 100 non-union contracted airplane cleaners and baggage will go on strike to protest unfair labor practices committed by their employer, airline contractor G2 Secure Staff. G2 is currently un...
California REALTORS® provide input on HUD/FHA discussions to give senior lien status to energy...
The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) is providing input on discussions that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) are having to give Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) liens...
Publication Honored for Writing, Design Excellence
Florida Realtor, the Business Magazine of Florida Real Estate and monthly trade publication of Florida Realtors®, recently won nine awards in the 2015 Florida Magazine Association’s (FMA) competition.
Elk Grove Opens Second Transitional House for the Homeless
Helping families re-establish their roots and transition to a place that they can call home is the objective behind the opening of the City’s second transitional housing project. City leaders in partnership with Elk Grove HART (Homeless Assistance R...
July home sales climb to highest level in nearly three years as prices remain...
LOS ANGELES - August 18, 2015 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sustained job and income growth gave home buyers the confidence in July to jump into the California housing market, pushing home sales to their highest level in nearly three years, the CALIFORNIA ASS...
Mayor Eric Garcetti Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Watts Riots
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Watts riots, Mayor Eric Garcetti spent Friday in neighborhoods where six days of civil unrest drew global attention to issues of racial inequality and a half-century of rebuilding underscored the resilient spir...
Housing Development Finance Professional Certification Training
Learning the ins and outs of the affordable housing development process will be the focus of a training series for public and non-profit practitioners that starts this fall. In October, North Dakota Housing Finance Agency, in partnership with the North...
Three New Members Appointed to DCHFA’s Board of Directors
The Council of the District of Columbia has passed resolutions confirming the appointments of Mr. Buwa Binitie, Mr. Stephen M. Green and Mr. Bryan “Scottie” Irving to the Board of Directors of the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA)...
First Western State Bank & Trust invests to support the work of Lutheran Social...
Isaiah Investments is a social ministry organized as an affiliated entity of Lutheran Social Services Housing. The fund’s name is a reference to the 32nd chapter of Isaiah: “My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undis...
Sierra Club Florida Statement on AG Bondi’s Move to Block Implementation of the EPA’s...
Late yesterday, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi joined 14 other state attorneys general seeking to block the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Finalized earlier this month by our Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Power Plan will reduce carbon pollu...
Realtors® staying busy through summer
According to the U.S. Census, homeownership is at 63 percent for the second quarter of 2015- down one percent from the second quarter of 2014. This is the lowest rate of homeownership since 1967. However on a micro level, mortgage applications have kep...
CITY FINANCING FOR GOLDEN 1 CENTER HITS MARKET
Today the City sold $299 million in bonds to fund its contribution to the construction of the Golden 1 Center in Downtown Sacramento. The amount will be put toward the City’s $255 million share of the Golden 1 Center, nine months after the City and S...
Phoenix real estate market still hot, but becoming more balanced
The Scottsdale Area Association of Realtors® (SAAR) recently released its monthly Market Data Report, which highlights key metrics for residential real estate inventory.
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $4.9 Million in Investments for Rural Alabama Businesses and Community...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Alabama today to announce $4.9 million in new funding for projects that will protect public safety and health, improve water and wastewater infrastructure and create expanded economic opportunities in rural ...
Philadelphia gets $8.5 million economic boost from community-development conference, event attracts 2,200+ professionals
An $8.5 million boost is coming to the Philadelphia economy when more than 2,200 community development professionals from around the country convene in the city for the NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) Aug. 17-21. The conference is hosted by Neig...
STATEMENT SUPPORTING THE CONSUMERS FOR SMART SOLAR AMENDMENT
The National Congress of Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) supports the efforts of the Consumers for Smart Solar. As stated in our Amicus Brief filed at the Florida Supreme Court on June 10, 2015, the NCBW opposes the Floridians for Solar Choice (FSC) Solar Bal...
The Atlanta Board of REALTORS® Releases July 2015 Statistics on Housing Market
The Atlanta Board of REALTORS® (ABR), the largest association of its kind in Georgia, released its July 2015 Market Brief on residential housing statistics for 11 area counties in metro-Atlanta. Market Brief, now compiled by First Multiple Listing Ser...
Growth in spring home prices leads to sizable drop in California housing affordability, C.A.R....
Every region except Kings County posts lower affordability compared to previous quarter. Thirty percent of California households could afford to purchase the $485,100 median-priced home in the second quarter, down from 34 percent in first-quarter 2015 ...
Massachusetts Buyers Keeping Market Active in July by Pushing Pending Home Sales Up
The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that the summer market has remained strong as pending home sales went up over 37 percent from the same time last year. The REALTOR® Market Confidence Index was up 20 percent from July 20...
Palm Beach County: Are Investors Easing out of the Real Estate Market?
With the release of year-over-year market statistics for the 2nd quarter, we saw trends of consumer confidence in the single family homes sector. Closed sales increased 13.2 percent to 5,383 transactions, and median sale price increased 5.6 percent to ...
Duwamish River Opportunity Fund awards $250,000 to 13 neighborhood projects
Mayor Murray announced $250,000 from the Duwamish River Opportunity Fundwill be awarded to 13 community projects supporting neighborhoods along the Duwamish River. This program provides funds for new and existing small-scale programs focused on challen...
Community Groups Call on New York City to Fight for Responsible Banking Act
The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD), New Economy Project, Legal Services NYC, and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) are profoundly disappointed that a U.S. district court has ruled in favor of the banking ...
TENANTS IN BRONX APARTMENT BUILDING SUE 421-A LANDLORD IN NYS SUPREME COURT
Eighteen tenants from a Bronx apartment building sued their landlord in NYS Supreme Court today, challenging the owner’s unlawful attempts to raise their rent above legal limits while receiving millions of dollars in tax breaks from the State.
July Market Report
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 6, 2015 – Memphis-area home sales for July increased 12.6 percent from a year ago, with 1,685 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Sales were up 1.3 percent from J...
Joint Committee on Tax Credits meeting August 19
As administrator of the Housing Tax Credit program, VHFA allocates credits to specific projects in accordance with Vermont's Qualified Allocation Plan, which is approved and signed by the Governor. The advisory Joint Committee on Tax Credits reviews an...
