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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

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Chairman and CEO, Howard W. “Hoddy” Hanna, III, announced today that the company’s 2012 donations to local children’s hospitals topped $760,000, up from $695,000 last year.

SAN FRANCISCO and COLUMBIA, MD - March 27, 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.

Boston, MA - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hines and Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) announced today that it will ceremonially break ground to celebrate the acquisition of 101 First Street, a land parcel sold by Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJ...

CHICAGO, IL - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- RELO Direct®, Inc. has expanded its team with the addition of Patricia Tooman, CRP, GMS, as vice president, government services. In this role, Ms. Tooman will oversee sales and account management activities for RELO Direct’s U.S. government services group.

BOSTON - March 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Milton man was convicted today of bank and wire fraud charges in connection with a property flipping scheme. Edward Johnson, 52, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper to bank fraud and six counts of wire fraud.

DES PLAINES, IL - March 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Spring forward on your long list of home repairs and renovations with helpful tips from the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). Whether you’re doing it yourself or working with a contractor, an objective, comprehensive assessment of the condition of your home will guide homeowners through the renovations, helping to identify problem areas and prioritize repairs

DENVER - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kentwood Real Estate, Colorado’s Premier Real Estate Company, celebrated its 32nd anniversary on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Since the company’s inception, Kentwood Real Estate has been known for its highly experienced, knowledgeable real estate professionals who continue to establish sales records for the company as a whole and for average total sales volume and number of transactions per individual agent.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On the eve of the third anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today said the health care law continues to create uncertainty and confusion in the construction industry, making it difficult for the nation’s contractors to plan for the future

ERIE COUNTY, NY - March 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District (“the District”) has been awarded two New York State Agricultural Non-point Source Abatement and Control Program Grants to help protect the quality of Erie County’s water resources. The grants are awarded through the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, and will assist farmers in implementing programs to protect lakes, streams, and rivers from potential agricultural runoff.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has recognized Samaritan Inns, Inc. and the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing Inc. (APAH) as part of its Neighborhood Builder® program. The recognition awards high-performing nonprofits that have made a significant impact in the community working in the bank’s priority funding areas of housing, jobs and hunger relief. The Neighborhood Builder program is a strategic investment that pairs leadership training with a $200,000 unrestricted grant so leaders gain valuable skills while applying funding where it is most needed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 22, 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 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In accordance with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, HUD published a Notice in the March 22, 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 in California, Connecticut, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

Philadelphia, PA - March 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (PA-2) announced today that sponsors of affordable housing developments across the city will receive a total of $960,000 in grant money to help them complete their projects

Washington, DC - March 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s schedule for April. Throughout the month, the committee will continue its focus on creating a sustainable housing finance policy, relieving the regulatory burden on small community financial institutions, and ending “Too Big to Fail.”

LUBBOCK, TX - March 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- After two tours in Iraq and almost being killed by a roadside bomb explosion, Gabriel Perez’s back was in bad shape. After retiring from the military in 2007, he continued to live in pain until finally finding an effective treatment last year

TUPELO, MS - March 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jessie Baker waited a long time to replace the roof on her 40 year old home in Tupelo, Mississippi. Ms. Baker is disabled and lives on a fixed income, and the cost of replacing the roof was more than she could afford. When the roof began to leak and the exterior siding near the roof crumbled, she knew it wouldn’t be much longer before the roof caved in completely.