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WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today congratulated the winners of its annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration – the industry’s leading competition, where the top construction projects and the firms that displayed exemplary commitment to safety and diversity in 2012 were recognized Feb. 20 at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Washington, DC - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rebuilding Together, a Safe and Healthy Housing organization that believes Community Starts at Home, is working with Choice Hotels International to renovate a U.S.VETS facility. U.S. Vets is the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of comprehensive services to homeless and at-risk veterans

San Francisco, CA - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Zephyr agent Julie Reber has listed San Francisco’s most eco-friendly 19th Century home, located at 1436 Sanchez Street in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood. The Sanchez Street home will debut on Sunday, March 3, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the Equal Rights Center (ERC)—a national non-profit civil rights organization — announced that Watermark Residential , the apartment development brand of Thompson Thrift Development, Inc., has become the latest member of the ERC’s Multifamily Housing Resource Program (MHRP).

WASHINGTON, DC - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global research and education institute dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving, sustainable communities, will hold its 2013 Fall Meeting November 5-8 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.

WASHINGTON, DC - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs (OLA) Executive Director Roxana Olivas today announced that OLA has awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to 55 District-based non-profit organizations that provide health and other community services to the city’s Latino community

WASHINGTON, DC - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve Board today released amendments to their enforcement actions against 13 mortgage servicers for deficient practices in mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing. The amendments require the servicers to provide $9.3 billion in payments and other assistance to borrowers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International recently concluded its 7-Point Challenge, a five-year program designed to help incentivize voluntary market-driven efforts among commercial real estate companies to reduce their use of natural resources, non-renewable energy sources and waste production.

Reston, Virginia - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed an order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland dismissing with prejudice plaintiff’s complaint against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS). The District Court held that MERS as beneficiary and nominee for the lender and the lender’s successors and assigns had authority to act on behalf of the original lender and its successors and assigns.

CHICAGO February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) (“Ventas” or the “Company”) announced today that management will make a presentation regarding the Company at the Citi 2013 Global Property CEO Conference in Hollywood, Florida on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time

MADISON - February 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that $143,628,842 in loan-related relief has reportedly been provided to 3,065 Wisconsin borrowers under the National Mortgage Settlement. This represents an average savings of $46,861 for each borrower receiving benefits. In addition, 184 Wisconsin borrowers have been offered $13 million worth of savings in approved mortgage modifications. These benefits apply to borrowers who did not lose their homes to foreclosure but to consumers struggling to make payments, or to consumers who owed more than their home was worth.

MCLEAN, VA - February 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ("K Certificates") backed exclusively by multifamily mortgages with a 5-year term. The company expects to offer approximately $900 million in K Certificates ("K-502 Certificates"), which are expected to price on or about March 1, 2013, and settle on or about March 14, 2013. This is Freddie Mac's third K Certificate offering this year.

Phnom Penh - February 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Thaneakea Phum (Cambodia), Ltd. (TPC) today announced the closing of a US$ 5 million term loan to fund the expansion of TPC’s portfolio of microfinance loans for low-income borrowers

Chicago, IL - February 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nearly 2,000 top real estate professionals from 17 countries are gathered this week for the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Conference Week at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Collectively, those in attendance represent more home sales than any real estate network, selling more than 924,000 homes in 2011 – the last full-year statistics available – valued at $234.6 billion in the U.S. alone.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - February 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A project poised to deliver affordable home finance and business repair loans to more than 4000 Haitian families affected by the 2010 earthquake moved a step closer to reality today with the signing of a loan agreement between the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and a U.S. small business

WASHINGTON, DC - February 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- HOPE NOW, the voluntary, private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, mortgage insurers and non-profit counselors, congratulates former Executive Director, Faith Schwartz, on her new role as Senior Vice President of Government Solutions for CoreLogic

WASHINGTON, DC - February 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Financial Services Roundtable and its Housing Policy Council (HPC) commend the Bipartisan Policy Commission on the release of its report today entitled: Housing America’s Future: New Directions for National Policy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) released the committee's agenda for the 113th Congress, which includes among its top priorities continuing oversight of implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and stabilizing the housing market and building consensus on housing finance reform

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing Element identifies the City’s housing conditions, needs and establishes the goals, objectives and policies that are the foundation of Mission Viejo's housing and growth strategy. The Housing Element recommends ways to meet these needs while balancing community objectives and resources

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has named Cajun Industries, LLC, Baton Rouge, La., its 2012 Contractor of the Year. Cajun Industries Founder and Chairman, Lane Grigsby, accepted the award on behalf of the company during ABC’s 23rd annual Excellence in Construction and National Safety Excellence Award program held Feb. 20 at the Harbor Beach Marriott in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla