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CHICAGO, IL - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RELO Direct®, Inc. has expanded its executive team with the addition of Steven M. John, GMS, CPA, CRP, as senior vice president of client services. In this role, Mr. John will oversee the delivery of services to RELO Direct’s corporate and government clients worldwide.

PORTLAND, OR - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Hacienda Community Development Corporation announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and JPMorgan Chase in support of the Portland Mercado project. The public-private partnership provides critical funding for Portland’s first Latino public market.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City’s Planning and Transportation Commission on February 11 will host a public hearing to consider an update to the Housing Element of the City’s General Plan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Foreclosure activity in 2012 was a Jekyll and Hyde affair, with the numbers up in 25 states compared to 2011 but down in the other 25 states.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released important new rules today that protect homeowners facing foreclosure when they interact with the financial institutions, called servicers, that handle their loans. The mortgage servicing rules also introduce new clarity to the mortgage payment process for all homeowners, regardless of whether they are in default.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs is releasing today its first standard agreement for a lead architect or engineer to subcontract certain design work to other design professionals and consultants. The agreement makes it easier for architects, engineers to contract with other consultants providing a portion of design services work. In light of increasing design collaboration to achieve green design and through tools like building information modeling (BIM), this is an important document to round out the family of standard contract documents offered by ConsensusDocs. Now design professionals can utilize a consensus industry-approved document that allocates risk fairly between the “in responsible” design professional and its consultants.

Washington, D.C.- January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A survey report issued just days before the threatened sequestration of federal funding forecasts the need for more, not less, spending in the year ahead to support of growing numbers of hungry and homeless families and individuals in America’s cities. The pending fiscal cliff and sequestration cuts to local social programs could stress already stretched programs designed to serve people in need as automatic cuts are expected if Congress and President fail to reach a budget deal prior to December 31.

Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) and Mercy Loan Fund (MLF) have partnered to preserve Central Annex / Union Court Apartments, a 101-unit affordable housing development for the elderly and those with special needs in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mercy Housing’s sound fiscal management practices and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- If that notion sounds wildly ambitious to you, that is because it is. But this ambition has fueled significant reductions in veteran homelessness, and has put our nation on course to prevent vet...

Albany, NY - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State housing market recovered strongly in 2012 as closed sales of existing single-family homes, condos and co-ops finished 7-percent ahead of 2011. There was a modest 1.2-percent growth ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is partnering with the National Institute for Building Science (NIBS) to teach a unique class about the science of building high performance homes at the 2013 International Builders Show in Las Vegas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] today announces that it will receive $31m in significant liquidated damages in Q1 2013 from FelCor Lodging Trust (FelCor)

Fort Lee, NJ - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales Associate Joshua Baris of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Fort Lee is being honored by New Jersey Monthly Magazine as one of its Five Star Real Estate Agents for the second year in a row. Baris is one of 1,025 licensed New Jersey real estate agents receiving the award in 2013; fewer than 2 percent of the state’s 80,700 agents are being recognized.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Proposed modifications announced yesterday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to the agency’s Small Generator Interconnection Procedures lay the groundwork for facilitating a more efficient interconnection process for small renewable generators, while maintaining safety and reliability.

Denver, CO - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kentwood City Properties, one of three locally owned offices that comprise Kentwood Real Estate, has shattered its 2011 sales record with more than $527 million in closed real estate sales volume for 2012. The figure is an astounding $200 million more than the previous high of $327 million that Kentwood City Properties posted for 2011. The exact 2012 sales volume for Kentwood City Properties is $527,373,550.

Employees and board members of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. racked up excessive travel expenses last year, from afternoon tea at a posh London hotel to a $918 dinner at an Orlando restaurant, according to a critical review released Thursday by Flo...

San Francisco, CA - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Zephyr Real Estate, San Francisco’s largest independent real estate firm, is pleased to announce the company’s Top Producers for 2012. Last year, Zephyr closed over $1.5 billion in sales. Top Producers are agents in the top 25 percent of sales production in the company, making them some of the City’s most productive agents.

New York, NY - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City developer Forest City Ratner Companies “broke ground” Dec. 18 on the tallest modular building in the world, a 32-story residential tower known as B2, part of the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn, N.Y. Taking a new twist on groundbreaking, rather than use shovels, project leaders unveiled a prototype modular chassis for B2 during the ceremony.

Seattle - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate broker, today announced a list of the hottest emerging neighborhoods and small cities for real estate in 16 cities across the country. The ranking was based on input from Redfin real estate agents and analysis of current data in the number of homes for sale, sales volume, home prices, and sales to list price ratios. Eight of the top 10 were in California.