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Albany, NY - July 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A limited number of exhibitors will have the opportunity to showcase their company, organization or programs to some 500 renewable energy and energy efficiency educators expected to attend the fifth Clean Energy Workforce Education Conference, November 14-15 in Albany, NY

PEORPIA, IL - July 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- When the non-profit Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) begins its work in earnest in Peoria, it will focus first on two neighborhoods: the South Side and East Bluff. Both have high rates of poverty and unemployment, large numbers of vacant properties, significant crime and crumbling housing stock. Today LISC invited families in both areas to celebrate its launch with a block party to mark its commitment to neighborhood rebuilding.

Chicago, IL - July 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Leading community organizations report evidence of a two-tiered mortgage market characterized by high rates of government-backed loans made both to borrowers in communities of color and to borrowers of color in their new report, “Paying More for the American Dream VI: Racial Disparities in FHA/VA Lending.”

Mayor Chris Beutler and Block 38 LLC will participate in the grand opening and naming announcement for the downtown Catalyst building at 10 a.m. Monday, July 23. The ten-story building is on the north half of the block bounded by 13th, 14th, “Q&#...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On February 9, 2012, the Justice Department announced that the federal government and 49 state attorneys general reached a $25 billion agreement with the five largest mortgage servicers in America, to address mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuses. While the majority of the settlement funds will go to various forms of relief provided directly to borrowers, $2.5 billion may be used by state governments to fund foreclosure prevention services including housing counselors, legal aid and other similar public programs as determined by the state attorneys general.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CHFA has been notified by the State Commission on Education regarding changes to the listing of Priority and Transitional School districts and Subject-matter Shortage areas that go into effect on July 1, 2012 for the Teachers Mortgage Assistance Program. The changes are as follows

WASHINGTON, DC - July 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives Jim Himes (CT-4) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) along with Senator Richard Blumenthal announced a $938,360 grant today for The Workplace in Bridgeport. The funding will be used to improve ho...

Vancouver, WA - July 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of things office workers plug into the socket is growing rapidly. To help commercial building owners and occupants get control of the energy used by office equipment and other electronic devices, New Buildings Institute (NBI) today released the Plug Load Best Practices Guide. The guide, based on research by Ecova and NBI for the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program, offers actionable information on how to save money by reducing plug load energy use in office spaces.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Leading community organizations, including Chicago’s Woodstock Institute, report evidence today of a two-tiered mortgage market characterized by high rates of government-backed loans made both to borrowers in communities of color and to borrowers of color in their new report, “Paying More for the American Dream VI: Racial Disparities in FHA/VA Lending.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 18, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) announced nearly $2 million in federal grants from the Department of Veteran Affairs to two South Florida organizations. Recipient Am...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 18, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA-3) today announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded $362,170 to Primary Health Care, Inc. in Urbandale to help serve homeless vet...

Washington, D.C. - July 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Thursday, July 19, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty will mark the 25th Anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the first major federal legislation to address homelessness, at an event with U.S. Representatives Judy Biggert (R-IL) and Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL). Members of the media are welcome to attend.

Federal Investment from VA Will Help Keep Vets and Families on Stable Ground Washington, D.C. – July 18, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced federal grants worth $1,206,025 to help prevent homeles...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) process reveals serious flaws that threaten to undermine the program’s success. The IFR is intended to compensate borrowers for mistakes their mortgage servicers made in the foreclosure process.

Washington, D.C. - July 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Shelley Berkley today announced that three organizations in Nevada will receive more than $1.8 million in federal grant funding through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to aid ...

U.S. Congressman John Barrow (GA-12) today announced that the Central Savannah River Area Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. (CSRA EOA) will receive a $661,334 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The grant is being awarded from the Su...

WASHINGTON, DC - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today the award of nearly $100 million in grants that will help approximately 42,000 homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families. The grants are going to 151 community agencies in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

New York, NY - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the New York City Quarterly Housing Update (Q1 2012) released by NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, home sales volume rose in the first quarter of 2012, with the number of transactions citywide up almost five percent. In Staten Island, home sales increased by more than 43 percent from the previous quarter, although transactions in the borough are down nearly 20 percent from the first quarter of 2011

CHICAGO, IL - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the condition of the global economy continues to cause uncertainty across all industries, The Counselors of Real Estate®, an invitation-only international professional association of top executives in real estate, asked its members to identify the “top ten” broad structural issues that will define the real estate industry over the next 10 – 30 years. Many of the issues have strong interrelationships and are common across industries

HARTFORD, CT - July 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Connecticut’s distressed homeowners have another opportunity to explore loan modification and foreclosure prevention options with their banks at a day-long, state-sponsored forum Tuesday, July 10, at...