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U.S. SENATE - February 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With wide-ranging support from sportsmen to local governments, Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) are introducing a bipartisan bill that streamlines permitting for renewable ener...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has announced new regulations which go into effect on April 1, 2013. These regulations were developed to provide additional revenues for the insurance fund (making more moneys available for any future housing" bubble") and to add additional underwriting standards for specific insured loans (see below).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Helen George, sales professional with Resources Real Estate in Monmouth Beach, was named Agent of the Month for the month of January.

Denver, CO - February 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fuller Sotheby’s International Realty, a leader in the sale and purchase of luxury residences throughout Colorado, has announced the formation of the Ernstsen Brennan Team of brokers. The new team is comprised of some of the metro area’s most outstanding residential real estate brokers, Joanne Ernstsen, Michael Ernstsen and Jane Brennan, who will have the opportunity to combine their local real estate expertise, extensive industry resources, and high tech marketing research tools to offer their clients tangible results with exceptional personal service.

Newport Beach, CA - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Trailblazing the vacation industry is a luxury villa supplier that has taken the nation by storm. Launched in 2007 with only a handful of properties, Private Trade Winds is an award-winning supplier of luxury villa accommodations. Considered to be the low-cost alternative to high-priced destination club

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued a bulletin advising mortgage companies about their legal obligations that protect consumers during loan transfers between mortgage servicers. When handing over the processing of loans, mortgage servicers should not lose paperwork, lose track of a homeowner’s loss mitigation plans, or hinder a consumer’s chances of saving their home from unnecessary foreclosure. The CFPB has a heightened concern about these practices given the large number and size of recent servicing transfers.

Atlanta, GA - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harry Norman, REALTORS® announced today that it has received the Website Quality Certification (WQC) from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, which presents the certification to member real estate firms that demonstrate best practices in website design and Internet communications.

San Francisco, CA - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Darryl Honda was appointed to the position of Commissioner on San Francisco’s Board of Appeals by Mayor Edwin Lee on December 4, 2012. The Board of Appeals provides the public with a final administrative review process for appeals relating to a wide range of City determinations. Originally created under the Charter of 1932, the Board provides an efficient, fair and expeditious public hearing and decision-making process before an impartial panel as a last step in the City's permit issuance process

WASHINGTON, DC - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- HOPE NOW, the voluntary, private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, mortgage insurers and non-profit counselors, released its final 2012 loan modification data, which shows that 850,034 homeowners received permanent, affordable loan modifications from mortgage servicers in 2012.

Orlando, FL - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Central Florida office of Duke Realty Corporation (Duke Realty) announces that it has closed five leases totaling 435,728 square feet at industrial properties in the Orlando area, including a long-term renewal of 275,000 square feet with Ford Motor Company at Park 27 Distribution Center in Davenport, Fla., southwest of Orlando

MIAMI, FL - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world’s leading global hotel companies, today announced signings of two new Holiday Inn® hotels in Colombia. The new properties – to be located in the northeast region’s cities of Bucaramanga and Cucuta – will bring IHG’s hotel pipeline in Colombia to 5 hotels.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Equal Rights Center (ERC)—a national non-profit civil rights organization with 30 years of experience advancing equal housing opportunity—issued the following statement in support of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) new regulations implementing the Fair Housing Act’s ‘discriminatory effects’ standard

NEW YORK, NY - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services provider, today announced a joint venture with Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, to invest in high-quality office properties in Boston, New York and Washington. TIAA-CREF owns a 50.1 percent share and will manage the joint venture. NBIM holds the remaining 49.9 percent share.

Seattle - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Technology-powered real estate broker Redfin (www.redfin.com) today introduced a first-of-its-kind website feature in which Redfin real estate agents highlight details from their clients' winning and losing offers to buy a home, giving consumers up-to-the-minute insight on real estate activity at a neighborhood level. In today's competitive market in which there are very few homes for sale, many homes receive multiple offers at once, making it more important than ever for homebuyers to know how to win

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides a welcome and critically important national standard for discrimination in housing and housing lending. Fair housing is fundamental to every family’s pursuit of the American Dream. By issuing this disparate impact rule, HUD reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to fairness for all.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD) today released results of a year-long studyinto the potential for transit-oriented development to unlock economic, environmental and fiscal benefits for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Silverleaf website has just been launched by local Scottsdale agent Frank Aazami of Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty who represents the luxury Silverleaf community in North Scottsdale, Arizona. The many communities in Silverleaf are showcased as well as Frank's own personal listings in Silverleaf and all Silverleaf homes for sale

HOUSTON - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that it has been retained by Franklin Street Properties Corp. (and its affiliates, collectively “FSP”), an investment firm specializing in real estate, to manage a three-building office portfolio in the West Houston Energy Corridor

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to demand for a reprise of the Assets Learning Conference session, Housing as an Asset-Building Platform, at the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) Conference, this webinar will present innovative strategies to integrate asset building and other financial services into affordable housing programs. As families across the country struggle to become financially secure,

WASHINGTON, DC - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs released the new ConsensusDocs 299 Joint Venture LLC Agreement today, which provides the first industry standard contract for joint ventures of contractors, contract managers, design builders and design professionals utilizing an LLC model. The agreement is flexible to accommodate joint ventures between contractors, construction managers and design builders, as well as those incorporating an architect, engineer or other design professional