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WASHINGTON, DC - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Internal Revenue Service today announced a simplified option that many owners of home-based businesses and some home-based workers may use to figure their deductions for the business use of their homes

NATIONWIDE - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Daniel Hu, Director of NAI Capital’s new Asia Pacific Group (APG), joined NAI Apollo (Germany) in Seoul, Korea Nov 29th—Dec 1st for NAI Global’s Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2012. This conference brought together commercial real estate professionals from Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, and Japan to help solidify shared objectives and open up new lines of communication for moving business forward in 2013 and beyond.

January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Domenic J. Sarno announced today that the city has received final approval from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Housing & Community Development, on Springfield’s Market Rate Housing I...

NEW YORK, NY and TROY, MI. - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Morgan Stanley, The Kresge Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) have launched a first-of-its kind $100 million investment fund that is designed to expand access to health care and affordable housing for low-income residents and fund critical social services that help link the two in impoverished neighborhoods.

La Jolla, CA - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Southern California's housing market ended 2012 with the highest December home sales in three years, the result of robust investment activity, a record level of cash buyers and more sales gains in move-up markets. The median sale price jumped nearly 20 percent from a year ago, pushed higher by greater demand and the market's shift away from foreclosure resales and toward more mid- to high-end deals, a real estate information service reported.

New York, NY - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- SL Green Realty Corp (NYSE: SLG) today announced that WPP Group, USA, Inc. which is part of the world's largest communications services group, with 3,000 offices in 110 countries, has renewed its le...

Mt. Laurel, NJ - January 15, 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.

CUPERTINO, SILICON VALLEY, USA - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governance and Community Philanthropy veteran, David Casas, teams with Intero Real Estate Services to manage and expand the company's strategic relationships with legislators and global communities. Mr. Casas will work directly with local, state, and federal governments, as well as directing relationships with communities-based, regulatory, and advocacy organizations

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage Cadence LLC, a leading provider of Enterprise Lending Solutions (ELS), Document Services, Compliance and Default Servicing Technology for the financial services industry, announced today its readiness to meet the new Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rules released on January 10, 2013 by the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. The Rules are slated to go into effect on January 1, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To stem the loss of critically needed public and other forms of subsidized housing due to the severe backlog of capital needs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today offi...

January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Institutions of higher learning are investing heavily in new facilities—student unions, dining facilities, residence halls, and the like—that address the non-academic side of campus life. They rarely serve jus...

Alameda, CA - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harbor Bay Realtyis pleased to welcome Guy Blume, REALTOR®, to its sales team. Guy’s previous real estate experience, responsiveness, local market knowledge and strong work ethic make him a wonderful addition. “My clients don’t really care what I say, who I am or what car I drive, they just want me to ask them the right questions, understand their needs, tell them the truth and give them what they want when they want it.” said Blume.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rex McKown, Marcy Weinstein and Lili Kung Peters closed out 2012 with a bang, having facilitated the sale of a Newport Coastestate listed at just under $9 million.

New York, NY - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The largest privately-held real estate company in the United States, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., dramatically increased its range of exclusive market coverage for use of the Christie’s brand to market luxury homes valued at US$1M and above. The company, the exclusive Affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate already assigned the network’s most vast market coverage, increases that range by a third. The company now holds claim to the states of Delaware and Maryland, including Annapolis; Bucks County in Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.; Berkley, Morgan, and Jefferson counties in West Virginia, and the Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Hampton Roads areas of Virginia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has been awarded the World’s Leading Hotel Brand for the fourth year running, as well as World’s Leading Business Hotel for the second year in a row at the Grand Final Ceremony of the 2012 World Travel Awards in New Delhi, India.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- January 14, 2013) The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International announces the release of its newest publication, Building Systems Desk Reference: The Property Professional’s Guide to Building Systems Maintenance. A unique publication within the commercial real estate industry, this desk reference provides property professionals with a comprehensive guide, written in layman’s terms, to the mechanical systems used in commercial buildings.

New York, NY - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, President Clinton announced that the William J. Clinton Foundation will provide the Mission of Hope Housing Community in Leveque, Haiti with approximately 40 solar streetlights and will work with staff to solarize a school being constructed in the community. The Clinton Foundation will also work with the Mission of Hope agricultural team to explore the opportunity to install a solar drip irrigation system

WASHINGTON, DC - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of National Radon Action Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today steps the public can take to test, fix and save a life from dangerous radon gas.

Boston, MA - January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nixon Peabody LLP will promote 13 attorneys, including eight female lawyers, to its partnership effective February 1, 2013.

Inlanta Mortgage has welcomed several new employees over the last year, but only one of them can call himself the “Super-Intern.” Although Super-Intern is an unofficial title, it really sums up how Jared Wittman’s internship at Inlanta Mortgage i...