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WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have calibrated the significant value that concentrating solar power (CSP) plants can add to an electric grid.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two months after the legal deadline, President Obama finally submitted his budget recently —one that never, ever balances and includes new spending. And yesterday the non-partisan Tax Policy Center provided the “cherry on top.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kathleen (Kathy) Miller, Broker/ Sales Associate with Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate Point Pleasant office, was awarded the 2013 Five Star Real Estate Agent Award in the March issue of New Je...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- While there are some shining stars, the report has quite a bit of red ink. Keep in mind the 1st Quarter of closed sales reflects the business — or deals — of the prior quarter due to the time lapse between making a deal and sitting down to the closing, then having the closing documents recorded. That said, this report reflects the sales activity from the 4th quarter of 2012 — Hurricane Sandy hit our entire region disastrously and obviously interrupted lives and businesses, including real estate on the East End.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- While there are some shining stars, the report has quite a bit of red ink. Keep in mind the 1st Quarter of closed sales reflects the business — or deals — of the prior quarter due to the time lapse between making a deal and sitting down to the closing, then having the closing documents recorded. That said, this report reflects the sales activity from the 4th quarter of 2012 — Hurricane Sandy hit our entire region disastrously and obviously interrupted lives and businesses, including real estate on the East End.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs released the new ConsensusDocs 247 Owner & Consultant Agreement today, which provides an industry standard contract for an owner who wants to retain a consultant on a construction project. The agreement was crafted to provide a good contractual base for a variety of consulting arrangements, including interior design, inspection, industrial hygiene, retrofits, procurement and many others.

SAN DIEGO - April 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- During the housing downturn, different neighborhoods across the United States experienced different levels of distress. The same is true in recovery. As a result, it is important to understand neighborhood-level general and distressed property trends in order to make sound REO-to-Rental investments

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- To the residents, property owners, and proprietors of the impact area, I am so grateful for the resiliency of this great city, and the kindnesses that we have witnessed in this past week

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home sweet home. TransMedia Group (www.transmediagroup.com) announced today that it was retained by Avanti Way Realty, one of the fastest growing real estate firms in South Florida and technology innovator that is changing the way realtors succeed

WASHINGTON DC METRO - April 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Communications Action Network (CAN) is hosting the region’s first-ever affordable communities Parade of Homes on May 18, 2013, from 11 am – 3 pm. Communities will open their doors to the public throughout Washington, D.C., suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia. Designed to illustrate the importance of housing affordability to the health and vitality of the local economy, this event will feature affordable single-family homes, multifamily rental housing and homeownership communities in close proximity to local jobs centers

CHICAGO, IL - April 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois, Inc. (C&W) announces it has been awarded the exclusive marketing assignment for the sale of Summer Wood Apartment Homes, a 628 unit property located at 8300 Polo Club Drive, Merrillville, IN, by LCOR, Inc. based in Berwyn, PA. Bill Montana and Chris Sackley, multifamily specialists in C&W’s Midwest Capital Markets Group, will lead the marketing effort on behalf of LCOR.

CHICAGO, IL - April 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cushman & Wakefield’s Midwest Multifamily Advisory Group is pleased to announce the sale of Central High and Stephenson Mill Apartments in South Bend, Indiana on behalf of a Fortune 500 company to Denver, CO based Forum Real Estate Group

WASHINGTON, DC - April 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The second wave of 1.4 million checks totaling $1.2 billion was sent today to borrowers eligible for payments under the Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement, bringing the total number of checks sent to date to 2.8 million worth $2.4 billion. Independent Foreclosure Review.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 19, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced California’s National Mortgage Settlement Grant Program has awarded $9.4 million to 21 organizations in order to assist Califo...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than a hundred supporters joined a protest rally today in front of a Park Slope luxury apartment complex to demand that the building’s service workers, who say they were fired in retaliation for their union activities, be rehired.

La Jolla, CA - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bay Area home sales fell below a year earlier for the second consecutive month in March as demand continued to outstrip supply in many markets. While low-end sales fell sharply compared with March 2012, $500,000-plus transactions jumped, helping to push the median sale price up on a year-over-year basis for the 12th consecutive month, a real estate information service reported.

eston, Virginia - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc

AUSTIN, TX - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) report released today by the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR), the volume of Austin-area home sales continues to rise as March became the 22nd straight month of sales volume increases—the most home sales in March since 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), an independent national nonprofit dedicated to helping distressed homeowners navigate financial challenges and avoid mortgage foreclosure through its Homeowner’s HOPE™ Hotline at 888-995-HOPE™, announced today that it has received $3.4 million in grant funds from the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) Program overseen by NeighborWorks® America

CHICAGO, IL - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the spring gardening season kicks off, the Chicago Sustainable Backyards Program (Sustainable Backyards), a City of Chicago initiative managed by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), announces the launch of an exciting new and convenient website for the program: www.sustainablebackyards.org. The new site centralizes resources that will help Chicagoans create environmentally beneficial landscapes throughout the city.