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AUSTIN, TX - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HomeAway, Inc. (AWAY)– the world’s largest online marketplace for vacation rentals – today announces the launch of its free HomeAway® Vacation Rental Search application for the iPad. This expands HomeAway’s mobile portfolio to include applications for iPhone, Android and iPad, giving more on-the-go travelers access to the 260,000+ global vacation rentals available on HomeAway.com™.

August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- DEXUS Property Group today announced the sale of a LEED-certified 496,000 square feet freezer facility in Riverside, California. USAA Real Estate Company owned and sold the building as well as furnished all of the development capital for the facility. Developed by DEXUS and completed in only ten months, the specialized building was sold for $91.5 million and is one of the largest and leading state-of-the-art LEED-certified cold storage facilities in the world.

Atlanta, GA - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- USAA Real Estate Company and national developer JLB Partners, LP formed a joint venture to develop Buckhead Village, a Class-A multi-family community in Atlanta, Georgia. This constitutes the first transaction between the two companies, launching this relationship.

PHOENIX, AZ - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Clifton Gunderson, ranked as one of the nation's largest certified public accounting and consulting firms, today announced it will relocate its Phoenix office. Effective January 1, 2012, Clifton Gunderson will become a new tenant at 20 East Thomas Road, Phoenix, Ariz. The new location will accommodate the expansion of Clifton Gunderson's Phoenix practice office.

August 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the New York City Quarterly Housing Update (Q2 2011) released by NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, home sales volume declined 20 percent from the first to the second quarter of 2011, and is down 40 percent compared to March through June of 2010.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Serious delinquency rates for mortgages continue to stabilize across the largest 100 U.S. metropolitan areas, though they remain at historically high levels according to the latest data from Foreclosure-Response.org. Serious delinquency, defined as the share of loans in foreclosure plus the share of loans delinquent 90 or more days, fell 10% from the peak in December 2009 through March 2011. The 90+-day delinquency component of the figure fell from 5.5% of the mortgage market to 3.9% over the same period. However, the share of homes in foreclosure continues to rise, increasing 12% in that period.

Sylmar, CA - August 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home affordability is higher now than in the past. The down side is that during the last two years, families in Los Angeles County lost their home to foreclosure every 15 to 18 minutes. Southern California residents can take the first step in the home buying process or saving the home they already own from foreclosure, by attending a FREE Housing Workshop on Saturday, September 10, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC - August 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Serious delinquency rates for mortgages continue to stabilize across the largest 100 U.S. metropolitan areas, though they remain at historically high levels according to the latest data from Foreclosure-Response.org. Serious delinquency, defined as the share of loans in foreclosure plus the share of loans delinquent 90 or more days, fell 10% from the peak in December 2009 through March 2011. The 90+-day delinquency component of the figure fell from 5.5% of the mortgage market to 3.9% over the same period. However, the share of homes in foreclosure continues to rise, increasing 12% in that period.

PLEASANTON, CA - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ellie Mae® (NYSE Amex: ELLI), a leading provider of automation solutions for the residential mortgage industry, announced today that it has acquired Del Mar Datatrac, Inc. The acquisition accelerates Ellie Mae’s growth strategy by expanding its already extensive lender customer base, significantly increasing the number of mortgages funded by its customers, and broadening the functionality of its Encompass® solutions.

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Austin, TX - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today BuildFax unveiled its BuildFax Remodeling Index (BFRI) for June 2011 and it shows that even as the economy continues to struggle and home sales sag, the remodeling industry continued to be a bright spot from coast to coast. The index shows that June 2011 became the month with the highest level of remodeling activity since the Index was introduced in 2004

Montpelier, VT - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB) announced today a $1,134,000 grant award from The Corporation for National and Community Service. The funding will allow VHCB to sponsor nearly 100 AmeriCorps members over three years to serve at more than 20 non-profit organizations throughout Vermont, addressing community needs in the areas of housing and homelessness, energy savings, and environmental protection.

San Francisco, CA - August 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Zephyr Realtor Nicki Randolph believes in the concept of leaving things better than you find them. She serves on the all-volunteer Board of Directors for Clementina Cares, a neighborhood organization that has raised the bar for community action

New York, NY - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Building a strong relationship with a new tenant and protecting your real estate investment is of paramount importance when crafting a lease agreement. There are a multitude of considerations at this juncture that are essential to understand. Brian Davis, Vice President of EzlandlordForms.com, is a seasoned landlord and top expert on landlord-tenant relationships. Here he offers his top tips for new landlords as a helpful tool for navigating lease creation and the ongoing considerations of managing a rental property.

NORFOLK, VA - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Rent Media Solutions™, a leading resource for apartment searches nationwide and a division of Dominion Enterprises, has launched two social media advancements to their anchor site, ForRent.com®. These new enhancements will improve the user experience and reinforce For Rent Media Solutions’ position on the cutting edge of social media usage.

DALLAS, TX - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MRG Document Technologies (MRG), a provider of mortgage document preparation software and loan document packages to banks, credit unions and other lenders nationwide, has been named a 2011 Top 50 Service Provider by Mortgage Technology Magazine.

Rockville, MD - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The following analysis of the Washington, D.C. Metro Area housing market has been prepared by housing market expert Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel, based on the July 2011 RBI Pending Home Sales IndexTM released today

Washington, D.C. - August 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The NAIOP Research Foundation today released the Industrial Space Demand Forecast, the third forecast from a model that analyzes important economic factors and net absorption data to predict future demand for industrial real estate.

- August 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harry Norman, Realtors® is pleased to announce the addition of several new agents to branch offices.

CHICAGO, IL - August 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Luxury Portfolio International™, the luxury face of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, is honored to report a successful second quarter of recruiting with the announcement of several prestigious domestic and international members to the program. These new members are top firms, both in terms of sales volume and number of agents in their select markets.