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WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Over a fifth of home buyers who did not take out a home survey are saddled with a property they would never have bought had they been aware of its true condition before purchase, according to new research by RICS.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senior households now have more equity in their homes than at any time since mid-2009, according to data released by NRMLA. The new information comes from the NRMLA/RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI), which analyzes trends in the home values, home equity, and mortgage debt of homeowners 62 and older. The RMMI is updated quarterly and tracks back to the start of 2000.

BOSTON AND WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International and the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) announced today the release of “An Economic Perspective on Building Labeling Policies,” a report co-authored by Harvard University Environmental Economist Robert N. Stavins that examines the extent to which mandatory building energy labeling results in reduced energy use. The research and the resulting report were sponsored by BOMA International and GBREB.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In accordance with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, HUD published a Notice in the March 29, 2013, Federal Register identifying Federal buildings and other real property HUD has reviewed for suitability for use to assist the homeless. The properties were reviewed using information provided to HUD by Federal landholding agencies or by GSA regarding their inventories of excess or surplus property. The list includes buildings and properties across the country.

Lake City, MN - April 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate companies are poised to make substantial gains in 2013, but many brokers fail to recognize the benefits of designing optimized real estate company websites to take advantage of increased Internet usage by both buyers and sellers of all kinds of property.

ATLANTA - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] one of the world’s largest hotel companies, announces its newest hotel development for Oklahoma City, in the vibrant Bricktown entertainment area. In partnership with NewcrestImage, the new-build Holiday Inn Express® will join the neighborhood at 101 E. Main St. Construction is expected to be completed by year end, with an anticipated opening of early 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal court has ruled that the City of Dallas may not enforce a law that prevents religious organizations from providing food to homeless persons living outdoors.

SAN FRANCISCO and COLUMBIA, MD - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), a national nonprofit dedicated to creating safe and healthy homes for children and their families, and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation has committed up to $850,000 over three years to help launch the “Healthy Housing Challenge.” This new initiative seeks to bring home improvement help to seniors, veterans and low-income families currently living in homes with potential safety and health threats. Rebuilding Together, a nonprofit dedicated to creating safe and healthy housing for America’s families, will lead the home improvement work on the 1,500 homes

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an ongoing effort to investigate the extent to which individuals attempting to use Housing Choice Vouchers face discrimination in the District of Columbia, today the Equal Rights Center released a report highlighting a 28% rate of discrimination against voucher holders. The report, Will You Take my Voucher?, follows up on 2005 and 2010 reports that documented overwhelming, but improving, rates of discrimination against voucher holders in the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The release of $474.5 million to help the states of Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island in the recovery from Hurricane Sandy was announced today by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) George Sheldon. All funds will be awarded no later than Sept. 30, 2013, and states will be able to use funds through Sept. 30, 2015.

SAN DIEGO - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing performance in February continued to steadily improve as it has in prior months with an increase in home prices and a decrease in foreclosures, despite a decrease in sales, according to a monthly Property Intelligence Report (PIR) from DataQuick®, a provider of advanced real estate information solutions powered by data, analytics and decisioning

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Morris County Freeholders have unanimously adopted a 2013 county budget that contains a zero percent increase in taxes while maintaining critical county services.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a ruling issued earlier today in Washington, D.C., a federal court denied the Obama Administration's motion to set aside a 1993 court order against the federal government requiring compliance with Title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, a law that gives homeless services providers access to unused federal properties for free

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On July 23-25, 2013, Enterprise Community Partners will conduct a two-and-a-half-day Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI) in Chicago. The goal of the Institute is to enhance the capacity of front-line design and development leaders to produce more livable, sustainable and resource-efficient housing for low- and moderate-income people living in the United States. This annual event is the only national forum to share best practices of affordable housing design and is quickly becoming the foremost training and networking opportunity for affordable housing developers to address design and sustainability challenges

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage Cadence LLC, a leading provider of Enterprise Lending Solutions (ELS), Document Services and Compliance for the financial services industry, announced today that Elfcu, Eli Lilly Federal Credit Union, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is converting to its Symphony platform this spring. Symphony is one of two comprehensive Enterprise Lending Systems offered by Mortgage Cadence. Known for its comprehensive, cloud-based architecture, Symphony ushers mortgage loans from origination through closing, including documents, imaging and secondary marketing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage Cadence LLC, a leading provider of Enterprise Lending Solutions (ELS), Document Services and Compliance for the financial services industry, announced today the promotion of Jacob Petersen to Chief Service Officer, effective immediately. Petersen, currently president of Finale Document Services, assumes front-line customer service responsibility for all Company product lines, including Orchestrator, Symphony, Prelude, Finale and Opus. He continues to lead Finale as well.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- At its 30th Anniversary World of Modular convention, the Modular Building Institute presented awards for this year’s best modular buildings and honored industry leaders for individual achievement. A prestigious panel of judges scored building entries on a number of criteria, including architectural excellence, technical innovation, cost effectiveness, energy efficiency, and calendar days to complete

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The two organisations will be delivering new seminars for housing and construction industry professionals. With innovative design and new technologies, retrofit can transform older homes – that seem inefficient and unsuited to 21st century living – into bright, modern, sustainable spaces. It can help address several current housing priorities, including

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The study also revealed that more than half of housing associations (56%) and almost a third of local authority landlords (30%) worry that their tenants still know hardly anything or nothing at all about benefit changes, despite activities to raise awareness.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs released the new ConsensusDocs 498 Design-Build Teaming Agreement today, which provides a standard contract for parties desiring to form a team for the purpose of submitting a bid on a design-build project