Metro Commercial Negotiates Sale on Route 73 in Voorhees, NJ
Voorhees, NJ - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial, the region’s largest full-service retail real estate firm, announced today the sale of 3.85 acres in Voorhees, NJ to J&J Development Group, LLC for $775,000.
The Boulder Group Arranges the Sale of a Single Tenant Orscheln Farm & Home...
Northbrook, IL - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm specializing in single tenant assets, has completed the sale of a net leased Orscheln Farm & Home property located at 718 4th Street i...
The Boulder Group Publishes 4th Quarter Net Lease Market Research Report
Northbrook, IL - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group’s Research Department has released a new research report providing comprehensive numbers and analysis of the 4th quarter activity in the National Net Lease Market
The Financial Services Roundtable and the Roundtable’s Housing Policy Council’s statement on the CFPB’s...
WASHINGTON, DC - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CFPB’s final Ability to Repay/Qualified Mortgage regulation will be a defining force for all mortgage lending. The Roundtable and its Housing Policy Council share the primary goal of the rule to ensure that borrowers have the ability to repay a mortgage loan. We appreciate the open process the Bureau has followed in preparing this rule by engaging all stakeholders in discussions of the rule and its implications
Chicago Agent Magazine Announces 2012’s Top Agents and Brokerages in Chicago and Suburbs
Chicago, IL - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chicago Agent releases the highly anticipated 2012 online edition of its Real Data residential reference guide. Chicago Agent magazine released the highly anticipated annual edition of Real Data, the...
BRENT MILLER ATTENDS BROKERAGE OWNERS SUCCESS SUMMIT
SALISBURY, MD - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Brent Miller, CCIM, CPM, Managing Director of Sperry Van Ness – Miller Commercial Real Estate recently attended the CRE Brokerage Owners Success Summit at Duke University. The two day class was moderated by The Massimo Group, North America’s leading commercial real estate consulting and coaching organization.
New CFPB rules crack down on irresponsible mortgage lending
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released rules today designed to prevent mortgage lenders from making risky, unaffordable loans. These ability-to-repay rules require that lenders document and verify information demonstrating that a borrower can afford a loan and define a class of mortgages, called Qualified Mortgages (QM), that are presumed to comply with the ability-to-repay rules.
Hines Purchases Land in Pasadena, CA, for Multifamily Development
LOS ANGELES, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hines, the international real estate firm, today announced that it has closed on a 3.5-acre land parcel in Pasadena, CA, for the development of a new Class A for-rent multifamily residential complex.
Holiday Inn Express® Mill Valley San Francisco Area Opens Following $1 Million Conversion
ATLANTA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], one of the world’s leading global hotel companies, today announces the opening of the Holiday Inn Express Mill Valley San Francisco Area. The hotel, formerly the Larkspur Mill Valley Hotel, an independent brand, recently went through a $4 million renovation and is a contemporary hotel in southern Marin County, Calif. The conversion of the 100-room hotel includes a redesign of all guestrooms, a remodeled public space, and extensive improvements to the property’s exterior.
Terry Burgess Named a Director of Georgia Real Estate Educators Association
ATLANTA, GA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Terry Burgess, Career Services School Director in the Harry Norman, REALTORS® Corporate office, was elected as a Director of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association (GREEA) Board of Directors ...
Annual Bowl-A-Thon Grants 3 Wishes for Make-A-Wish Foundation
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three wishes will come true for Atlanta area children with severe medical conditions this holiday season thanks to the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Harry Norman, Realtors’ Young Realtors Council. For the past seven years, the Young Realtors Council has held a bowl-a-thon at Midtown Bowl to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia
Harry Norman Agents Lend a Hand with Habitat for Humanity Home Build
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harry Norman, Realtors® teamed up with the Atlanta Board of Realtors® and Habitat for Humanity to construct a home for a family in need. The house, 3146 Delowe Drive in East Point, Ga., is the Board’s 11th home build project
Zephyr Real Estate Announces New Headquarters Location
San Francisco, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Zephyr Real Estate is pleased to announce its new headquarters location at 850 Seventh Street in San Francisco. This new South of Market office reflects Zephyr’s reputation as a modern, tech-oriented, forward-thinking company. The expanded office space affords ample room for the growing Zephyr team in an environment representative of the company’s commitment to creativity, diversity and results-oriented customer care.
Rebuilding Together AmeriCorps celebrates the Martin Luther King, Jr. Week Day of Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Members of Rebuilding Together’s AmeriCorps program, CapacityCorps, will dedicate the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service to rebuilding homes and revitalizing communities in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
ULI Releases Governors Advisory Panel Report For the Redevelopment of Chicago’s Iconic Wilson Station
WASHINGTON, DC - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) Wilson Station in Uptown Chicago has tremendous potential for attracting developers and business investors, according to widely renowned land use experts from the Urban Land Institute (ULI). This week, ULI released the written report of the ULI Governors Advisory Panel it conducted in 2012
Chairman Hensarling Responds to CFPB’s New Mortgage Rules
Washington, DC - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling made the following comments about the Ability to Repay and Qualified Mortgage rule released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today
Erica Chouinard Joins Kentwood Real Estate in Denver Tech Center as Broker Associate
GREENWOOD VILLAGE - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Erica Chouinard, an accomplished real estate professional since 2001, has joined Kentwood Real Estate as a Broker Associate. Chouinard and her experienced team of selling brokers are now serving the diverse real estate needs of clients from The Kentwood Company in the Denver Tech Center.
McGUCKIN: LOCAL OFFICIALS, NOT TRENTON BUREAUCRATS, BETTER SUITED TO REBUILDING SHORE TOWNS
January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assemblyman Greg McGuckin said a proposal by an Assembly Democrat lawmaker to establish a state agency to oversee the rebuilding of Jersey Shore towns that were damaged by Super Storm Sandy may be well intended, b...
Ability To Repay And “QM” Rules Cement New Consumer Mortgage Protections
Washington, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) release on Thursday of a final rulemaking implementing key provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act cements in place important consumer protections in the mortgage market, CFA said today.
MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. December 2012 News Summary
Reston, Virginia - January 10, 2012 - (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 MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. Communications department with any questions and visit the MERS Newsroom for a full list of news releases.