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Orlando, FL - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Central Florida office of Duke Realty Corporation (Duke Realty) announces that it has closed five leases totaling 435,728 square feet at industrial properties in the Orlando area, including a long-term renewal of 275,000 square feet with Ford Motor Company at Park 27 Distribution Center in Davenport, Fla., southwest of Orlando

MIAMI, FL - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world’s leading global hotel companies, today announced signings of two new Holiday Inn® hotels in Colombia. The new properties – to be located in the northeast region’s cities of Bucaramanga and Cucuta – will bring IHG’s hotel pipeline in Colombia to 5 hotels.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Equal Rights Center (ERC)—a national non-profit civil rights organization with 30 years of experience advancing equal housing opportunity—issued the following statement in support of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) new regulations implementing the Fair Housing Act’s ‘discriminatory effects’ standard

NEW YORK, NY - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services provider, today announced a joint venture with Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, to invest in high-quality office properties in Boston, New York and Washington. TIAA-CREF owns a 50.1 percent share and will manage the joint venture. NBIM holds the remaining 49.9 percent share.

Seattle - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Technology-powered real estate broker Redfin (www.redfin.com) today introduced a first-of-its-kind website feature in which Redfin real estate agents highlight details from their clients' winning and losing offers to buy a home, giving consumers up-to-the-minute insight on real estate activity at a neighborhood level. In today's competitive market in which there are very few homes for sale, many homes receive multiple offers at once, making it more important than ever for homebuyers to know how to win

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides a welcome and critically important national standard for discrimination in housing and housing lending. Fair housing is fundamental to every family’s pursuit of the American Dream. By issuing this disparate impact rule, HUD reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to fairness for all.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD) today released results of a year-long studyinto the potential for transit-oriented development to unlock economic, environmental and fiscal benefits for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Silverleaf website has just been launched by local Scottsdale agent Frank Aazami of Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty who represents the luxury Silverleaf community in North Scottsdale, Arizona. The many communities in Silverleaf are showcased as well as Frank's own personal listings in Silverleaf and all Silverleaf homes for sale

HOUSTON - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that it has been retained by Franklin Street Properties Corp. (and its affiliates, collectively “FSP”), an investment firm specializing in real estate, to manage a three-building office portfolio in the West Houston Energy Corridor

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to demand for a reprise of the Assets Learning Conference session, Housing as an Asset-Building Platform, at the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) Conference, this webinar will present innovative strategies to integrate asset building and other financial services into affordable housing programs. As families across the country struggle to become financially secure,

WASHINGTON, DC - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs released the new ConsensusDocs 299 Joint Venture LLC Agreement today, which provides the first industry standard contract for joint ventures of contractors, contract managers, design builders and design professionals utilizing an LLC model. The agreement is flexible to accommodate joint ventures between contractors, construction managers and design builders, as well as those incorporating an architect, engineer or other design professional

Costa Mesa, CA - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Benutech, Inc. invites the real estate community to ReboReports.com, an online resource which presents new informational and educational videos targeted to a variety of professionals within the industry.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cold Spring Harbor, New York – Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty (DGSIR), one of the nation’s leading realtors, has named Deirdre O'Connell General Sales Manager. Patricia J. Petersen, President and CEO of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, made the announcement.

Reston, Virginia - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Below is a monthly summary of major legal decisions involving either the use of the MERS® System database or Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) and its role in the mortgage process. Please feel free to contact the Office of Communications at MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. with any questions and visit the MERS Newsroom for a full list of news releases.

Washington, D.C. - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- John Courson, president and CEO of HBI, gathered with other building industry leaders to announce the winners of 2013 NAHB Residential Construction Management Competition (RCMC) during an awards ceremony at the 2013 NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Las Vegas.

Washington, DC – February 7, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Kevin Cramer joined Senators Hoeven and Heitkamp in sending a letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, urging the HUD to al...

WASHINGTON, DC - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Increasing confidence in home sales and an improved sense of job security provide further evidence of the strengthening of the housing market, according to Fannie Mae’s January 2013 National Housing Survey results. Underlying the growing sense of optimism, the percentage of survey respondents who think it is a good time to sell a home continued to climb to 23 percent last month from 11 percent the same time last year. While expectations regarding personal finances stayed relatively flat last month, other housing indicators remained at or near survey highs, indicating consumers remain confident in the stability of the housing market.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- John R. Wood Realtors is pleased to welcome four new real estate agents to the Naples, FL team. Bob and Ann Sullivan have years of great team experience, and Joe Rivera Jr. and Mark P. Ripley are excellent individual agents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Modular Building Institute, the international nonprofit trade association that serves the commercial modular construction industry, has released its initial slate of speakers for the World of Modular trade show and convention, March 16-19, 2013, in Scottsdale, Arizona. For 30 years, the event has provided industry professionals with a place to network, exchange ideas, learn from experts, discuss issues, display new products and receive recognition.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This morning Woodstock Institute released a report showing that completed foreclosures in the Chicago area increased nearly 75 percent in 2012, the largest single-year increase since the foreclosure crisis began.