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Elgin, IL - July 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX agents in the northern Illinois real estate market say that homeowners can take several steps to increase their home's appeal both inside and out without spending a fortune. In fact, homeowners can breathe new life into their homes and increase its appeal by spending $100 or less.

EUGENE, OR - July 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Miami, Florida's luxury real estate market just became easier to navigate with Cedric Teboul's addition of IDX Broker to his company's website. IDX solution software is now seamlessly integrated onto the D.R.E.A.M. (Dynamic Real Estate Assistance and Management) website Teboul hosts, creating a dynamic and thorough IDX-enabled search page for clients in Miami and surrounding areas. Thousands of detailed Florida listings are updated minute-by-minute to ensure that home seekers experience only the best possible online property search.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-23) and a bipartisan group of her colleagues introduced the PACE Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 2599) to promote energy efficient upgrades to homes. This bill would prevent federal regulators from adopting policies that disregard established state and local Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) laws. The PACE program is designed to allow homeowners an opportunity to lower their utility bills by making energy efficiency improvements to their homes, which would in turn help clean energy businesses sell more of their energy efficient products, expand green manufacturing operations, and create jobs.

Washington, D.C. - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted a free workshop on foreclosure prevention and home finance taking place in Tucson on Saturday, July 23. The event is jointly hosted by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Don’t Borrow Trouble Pima County, the City of Tucson, Fannie Mae, Pima County, and the Southwest Fair Housing Council.

Raffles Place, Singapore - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Petra Ecclestone, the daughter of F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone, has bought the Los Angeles home of Amercian film and television producer, Aaron Spelling.

Los Angeles, CA - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (CBRE) today announced that it has been selected by IndCor Properties, Inc. (IndCor), an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, to provide property management services for a 22 million sq. ft. national industrial portfolio. The appointment comes on the heels of IndCor’s selection of CB Richard Ellis to manage a 4 million sq. ft. industrial portfolio in late 2010.

EUGENE, OR - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Carol Patterson of Pinnacle Real Estate in Lake Keowee, South Carolina, has adopted the revolutionary IDX Broker software. Now, Patterson can integrate thousands of listings onto her website with a simpl...

DENVER, CO - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX recently named Denver-based EquityLock Solutions as an Approved Supplier of Home Price Protection, which helps minimize the risk of real estate price fluctuations within local markets. Through this program, RE/MAX agents in the U.S. would be able to offer their clients this exclusive protection program.

EUGENE, OR - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- San Diego area properties are now conveniently displayed on one easy-to-use website, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and Brian Long. SANDICOR listings are synced seamlessly to the search page enabled by IDX, creating a comprehensive online database of properties for Long's clients to search. The IDX solution customized to fit the functionality his website has allowed Long to provide his clients and other potential San Diego area buyers with unprecedented access to SANDICOR listings, search tools and other IDX-hosted features

NEW YORK, NY - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A broker survey conducted by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) for the second quarter of 2011 found that 77 percent believe next quarter’s values and sales will be better than or the same as this quarter. Also, 10 percent more brokers reported closing sales at or above asking price compared to what brokers reported in the second quarter of 2010

Washington, DC - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- If regulators get their way, many qualified home buyers in Memphis, Tenn., may be shut out of the market very soon. That’s one of the reasons the National Association of Realtors® will be in town this weekend as part of its Home Ownership Matters Bus Tour.

Northbrook, IL - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a ground leased Logan’s Roadhouse property located at 3050 Riffel Drive in Salina, KS for $1,446,000

New York, NY - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com), the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate firm Keller Williams Realty Inc., has appointed Ikhan El as a licensed real estate salesperson.

Bipartisan PACE Bill Will Create Jobs at the Local Level Washington, D.C. - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today a bipartisan group of members – Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Nan Hayworth, M.D. (R-NY), and Dan Lungren (R-CA) - introduced the PACE Protection Act of 2011.

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California pending home sales rose for the second consecutive month in June, while the share of distressed property sales was unchanged, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

EUGENE, OR - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Brandon Green and Brandon Green Companies to the growing network of real estate professionals using the revolutionary IDX Broker software on their websites. Metropolitan R...

EUGENE, OR - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes realtor Barbara Leverenz to the growing group of real estate agents and brokers adopting a customizable IDX solution for their websites. Leverenz, a member of the Ft. Hood MLS (FHAARMLS) has long had access to thousands of Texas property listings, but with the addition of IDX Broker software to her website, Leverenz has made the same listings that were once classified for real estate professionals only, accessible to all her clients. Never before has such a dynamic and easy-to-use search been available to potential buyers

New York, N.Y. - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Turner Construction Company announced that the Yale University Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut is the 200th Turner project to have achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the Green Buildings Certification Institute.

EUGENE, OR - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. announces Bogdan Ryabyshchuk of Bay Realty in San Diego has become the latest professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution for his real estate website. His IDX solution now seamlessly integrates thousands of SANDICOR listings onto his search page, creating a comprehensive database of properties for his clients to explore online. Adding IDX Broker software to his website has revolutionized the way Ryabyshchuk presents listings to his clients and other potential San Diego, California buyers.

Phuket, Thailand - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Engineering consultants presented their feasibility study for the controversial Kathu to Patong tunnel project during a meeting held at the Royal Phuket City Hotel in Phuket Town earlier this week.