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WASHINGTON, DC - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today renewed support for 7,000 local homeless housing and service programs across the U.S. Provided through HUD’s Continuum of Care Program, the funding announced today will ensure these local projects remain operating in the coming year. This year, HUD challenged local communities to reexamine their response to homelessness and give greater weight to proven strategies, from providing ‘rapid re-housing’ for homeless families to permanent supportive housing for those experiencing chronic homelessness (see attached chart)

ATLANTA - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], one of the world’s leading global hotel companies, announces a major milestone for Candlewood Suites® hotels as the brand celebrates the opening of two new properties – Candlewood Suites Birmingham/Homewood (Alabama) and Candlewood Suites Manhattan (Kansas) – and a portfolio now exceeding 300 hotels. The brand was purchased by IHG in 2003 and has since grown rapidly, nearly tripling in size. The brand is poised to continue its rapid growth, with more than 75 hotels currently in the pipeline.

Birmingham, AL - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Team Penske today announced that Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc., the nation’s largest online mortgage lender and third-largest mortgage lender in the country, will join the team’s IZOD IndyCar Series racing efforts as a sponsor beginning in 2013.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Professional Testing, Inc. are seeking participants for a three-day workshop in Denver, Colorado, to inventory the tasks and skills that best define the common body of required knowledge for workers in the multifamily (MF) housing sector.

BOSTON - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lieutenant Governor Murray today announced the release of the Massachusetts Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness’ Integrated Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness Among Veterans. Joined by Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services Secretary Coleman Nee, Department of Housing and Community Development Undersecretary Aaron Gornstein, officials from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Massachusetts Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness (ICHH) and veteran service providers, Lieutenant Governor Murray outlined the report prior to touring the New England Center for Homeless Veterans.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) accepted the top bid of $19.5 million for the Georgetown Heating Plant in Washington, D.C., which moves this excess federal property one step closer to a sale and moving it off of the government’s books. Georgetown 29K, LLC submitted the winning bid, and GSA is now working with them to close the sale.

SAN DIEGO - March 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- DataQuick®, a provider of advanced real estate information solutions powered by data, analytics and decisioning, has unveiled its Portfolio Management Intelligence Suite that provides configurable solutions to meet clients’ specific portfolio requirements, solve their portfolio management problems and identify high-return opportunities.

ATLANTA - March 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], one of the world’s leading global hotel companies, announces a major milestone for Candlewood Suites® hotels as the brand celebrates the opening of two new properties – Candlewood Suites Birmingham/Homewood (Alabama) and Candlewood Suites Manhattan (Kansas) – and a portfolio now exceeding 300 hotels. The brand was purchased by IHG in 2003 and has since grown rapidly, nearly tripling in size. The brand is poised to continue its rapid growth, with more than 75 hotels currently in the pipeline.

SAYREVILLE, NJ - March 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The HOPE NOW Alliance brought together several of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers, along with non-profit housing counseling organizations, insurance companies and others to New Jersey this past Saturday, to work face to face with homeowners affected by Super Storm Sandy.

Sacramento, CA - March 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- About 100 AmeriCorps members are boarding planes to New Jersey and New York where they will help residents affected by Hurricane Sandy rebuild homes, remove debris, and manage volunteers. Southwest Airlines’ decision to donate travel to these young leaders made this deployment possible

BISMARCK, ND - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Industrial Commission announced today that the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) has made conditional commitments to five multifamily housing developers for $2.61 million in federal Low ...

Boston, MA - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Former U.S. Senator Scott Brown has joined international law firm Nixon Peabody LLP as counsel in the firm’s Boston office. Given his background in public service at both the national and state levels, Brown will focus his practice on business and governmental affairs as they relate to the financial services industry as well as on commercial real estate matters.

San Francisco, CA - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Zephyr Real Estate recently announced that it has again received the Website Quality Certification (WQC) from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, which presents the certification to member real estate firms that demonstrate best practices in website design and Internet communications

CHICAGO, IL - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® has named Howard W. (Hoby) Hanna IV to its board of directors. Hanna is president of Howard Hanna Ohio, a division of Pittsburgh-based Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, the fourth largest real estate brokerage in the country, with 144 offices and 4,700 associates in Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia.

LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO - March 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and Los Alamos National Bank are pleased to announce they have awarded a $252,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant to YES Housing, Inc. to assist with the rehabilitation of a dated apartment community. The grant funds are part of a $6.2 million project that will revitalize the property into a new and vibrant affordable housing community in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA - March 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- At 27 years old, Jo Monica Gaines is actually the one setting the example for her family. The dental assistant and single mother of two, recently purchased a home, and she has inspired her mother to do the same

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Real Estate Editors -- NAREE – is offering an extension to enter its prestigious 63rd annual Real Estate Journalism Competition until Monday, March 11. All entries must be postmarked by March 11

ONTARIO, CA - March 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, closed a $1.23 million, 12,400 square foot industrial building at 120 S. Irwindale Ave in Azusa, California

Houston - March 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Redfin, the technology-powered brokerage (www.redfin.com), today announced its arrival in Houston, expanding its one-of-a-kind combination of technology and service to its third Texas market, just in time for the spring home-buying and selling season. Redfin launched in Dallas in 2010 and Austin in 2012 and serves a total of 21 major markets across the United States.

Seattle Redfin - March 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate broker, today issued its Real-Time Demand Pulse, the only report in the industry that analyzes tour and offer data. The report showed: