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Monthly Archives: May 2015

OCC Takes Action Against Bank of America to Protect Consumers and to Ensure Servicemembers...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today assessed a $30 million civil money penalty against Bank of America, National Association, and ordered remediation to approximately 73,000 affected customer accounts

Former Loan Officer Admits Role In $6 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

A Jackson, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that used phony documents and straw buyers to acquire over $6 million in loans, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced

Norton Announces Land Transfer Marking Major Step for St. Elizabeths DHS Campus

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced another major step that has been taken for consolidation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8. The National Park Service (NPS) has transferred eight acres located in Shepherd Parkway to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to use to make infrastructure improvements needed to accommodate the next phase of DHS’s consolidation.

AIA TAP Innovation Award Recipients Selected

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP)Knowledge Community has developed the AIA TAP Innovation Awards to honor state of the art of the design, delivery and management of the built environment as enabled by advanced processes and technologies.

AIA/HUD Secretary Awards Recognize Two Outstanding Housing Projects

The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Housing Knowledge Community, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), recognized two recipients of the 2015 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards.

NAHB Remodelers Annual Remodeling Awards Open for Applications

Entries are now being accepted for the 2015 NAHB Remodelers awards which include NAHB Remodeler of the Year, National Remodeling Hall of Fame, Homes for Life awards and the Council Awards for Demonstrating Remodeling Excellence (CADRE)

Learn Business Continuity Tips For Hurricane Season at Free Webinar

The devastating effects of a hurricane extends beyond the coastal areas where the storm lands.  In recent years, we’ve seen how the impact of storm surge—which is the abnormal rise of water generated by a storm—inflicts widespread damages on communities and small businesses in the hurricane’s path

MBA Opens Doors Highlights Foundation’s Success Stories in New Video

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Opens Doors Foundation today released a new video featuring two of the Foundation's success stories as well as a brand-new, original song, Call It Home. Since 2012, the MBA Opens Doors Foundation has helped more than two hundred families with a child undergoing a critical illness or injury make their mortgage or rental payments.

EPA announces $1.6 billion in Clean Water Act funds to upgrade Sacramento’s regional wastewater...

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced a record $1.6 billion in Clean Water Act State Revolving Funds – the largest single block of financing ever issued – to upgrade the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. Mr. Blumenfeld announced the loan award at a groundbreaking event for the treatment plant in Elk Grove, California.

New Report Finds Significant Hispanic Home Ownership Gap

Between now and 2020, roughly four out of every 10 new households that form in the U.S. will be headed by someone of Hispanic descent – more than any other single racial or ethnic group. The Hispanic demographic will be a key driver of home rental and purchasing activity in the next several years, and this will have important implications for the housing sector. Hispanics aspire to home ownership, and the majority of Hispanic movers want to purchase when they move.

Multifamily Industry Concerned Over Impact of Controversial WOTUS Final Rule

Statement from the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and National Apartment Association (NAA) in response to the Obama Administration announcement of the “Waters of the U.S.” final rule

AT&T Digital Life continues efforts to help revitalize communities and build homes with Habitat...

 Digital Life, a home security and automation service, and Habitat for Humanity are continuing their collaboration to rebuild and revitalize communities around the U.S. This effort kicked off today in Los Angeles with local AT&T employee volunteers helping build a Habitat home in partnership with a low-income family. AT&T Digital Life is planning to support local builds in five cities across the country, including Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami and Newark. These builds will take place throughout the month of June as AT&T Digital Life continues to give back and support local communities.

Will Introduce NPS Transportation Funding Bill Monday

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who serves as Ranking Member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee and will introduce the Save Our National Parks Transportation Act on Monday, today released a statement following the National Park Service (NPS) announcement of weight restrictions and lane closures on the Arlington Memorial Bridge scheduled to begin tomorrow, Friday, May 29

Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Reach Settlement with Provident Funding Associates to...

The Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) filed a consent order today to resolve allegations that Provident Funding Associates (Provident) engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination that increased loan prices for African-American and Hispanic borrowers who obtained residential mortgages between 2006 and 2011 from Provident’s nationwide network of mortgage brokers

CLIENT SEEKING LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES

The Boulder Group is representing a repeat client looking to acquire multiple leasehold properties entailing the following acquisition criteria

Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset: Your Home

Your house is among the most important investments in your life. It’s where your children will be raised, where you will grow old, and where your grandchildren will play. You researched schools and neighborhoods to choose the house you will eventually call home. It’s most likely the largest financial commitment (investment) you’ve ever made, but when misfortune strikes your home is more vulnerable than any other asset

PLF blasts Obama Administration’s open-ended expansion of Clean Water Act power

Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) today criticized the Obama Administration for a new regulatory rule that would vastly expand federal Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction in a way that goes beyond the limits of the law and the Constitution.

Pending Home Sales Climb in April to Highest Level since May 2006

Pending home sales rose in April for the fourth straight month and reached their highest level in nine years, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Led by the Northeast and Midwest, all four major regions saw increases in April.

The Boulder Group Arranges Sale of Net Leased Walgreens Property

The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant Walgreens property located at 2261 South Sterling Avenue in Independence, MO for $4,675,000

Bureau Veritas and GBCI Sign Global Agreement for LEED Certification

LEED is the world’s foremost program for the certification of design, construction, maintenance and operations of green buildings, with more than 1.85 million square feet of commercial building space certified daily. There are currently more than 69,000 LEED building projects located in over 150 countries and territories, with approximately 44 percent of all square footage outside the U.S.

Business Real Estate Press Releases

Support Ukrainian Refugees

GFP Real Estate and Its Tenants Raise More Than $200,000 to...

GFP Real Estate is pleased to announce that its "Support Ukraine in Crisis" campaign raised more than $200,000 to support humanitarian relief efforts on the ground in Ukraine.

Recent Gov & Nonprofit Real Estate Press Releases

U.S. Senator Roger Marshall

Senator Marshalls Slams United Nations Climate Change Goals That Will Harm...

U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement on the United Nations Net-Zero Banking Alliance’s (NZBA) decision to dramatically expand their Green New Deal