Virginia RealEstateRama
City Council to Hold Public Hearing on Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Rates
April 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Alexandria City Council will hold a public hearing on the 2012 Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Rates on Saturday, April 14, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in City Council Chambers, Room 2400 (2nd Floor) at Alexand...
Menendez, Reed, Warner, Merkley lead call for FHFA to fix flawed study on principal...
Washington, DC - April 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Housing Subcommittee, Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman of the Securities Subcommittee, Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the International Trade and Fina...
Fund Offers Incredibly Low Interest Rate on 30-Year Fixed Mortgage
April 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- There has never been a better time to purchase a home in West Virginia. The West Virginia Housing Development Fund is providing qualifying families a 30-year fixed rate loan at 3.25%. Down payment and closing cost a...
Chesapeake Men Indicted for Foreclosure Rescue Scheme
NORFOLK, VA - January 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Philip Villasis, age 41, and Ray D. Gata, age 56, both of Chesapeake, Va., were indicted by a Norfolk federal grand jury on nine charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and mon...
Why – and how – Hampton purchased Harbor Square
January 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governments shouldn't get involved in property deals that can be handled by the private sector. But sometimes when the interests of developers and the interests of the community conflict, a City has the responsibil...
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Awards $3.6 Million in Grants for Homeless...
NORFOLK, VA - December 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $3.6 million in grants to sustain homeless housing programs in Norfolk and Chesapeake in the first phase of the HUD Homeles...
Norfolk to hold workshop on how to apply for World Changers home repair program
December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- World Changers Norfolk is a partnership between the City of Norfolk and a ministry of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The program provides exterior home repair opportunities t...
Governor McDonnell Asks for Additional Earthquake Recovery Assistance for Homeowners and Local Governments
RICHMOND - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bob McDonnell today asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve disaster assistance for nine additional localities recovering from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake on Aug. 23 and the ...
Lender Representative Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - December 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Victoria L. Allen, 57, of Chesapeake, Va., pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, stemming from a mortgage fraud orchestrated by Allen and several oth...
Housing Authority Addresses Issues At Apartments
December 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority now owns the Harbor Square Apartments in downtown Hampton and is taking steps to address the most serious problems at the complex.
Virginia announces new public-private partnership to reduce homelessness for children and their families
December 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A State and federal initiative will help communities improve the availability of affordable housing for children and their families experiencing homelessness by increasing the provision of rapid re-housing. Rapid ...
LOCAL EVENT LAUNCHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH GOVERNOR McDONNELL’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW PUBLIC –...
City, VA - December 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development has partnered with the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness and the National Alliance to End Homelessness in a new initiative aimed at meet...
NEW PUBLIC – PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS FOR VIRGINIA’S CHILDREN
Richmond, VA - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development has partnered with the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness and the National Alliance to End Homelessness in a new initiative sponsore...
Utah Man Pleads Guilty in West Virginia to Charges Connected to Multi-Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud...
CHARLESTON, WV - November 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Utah man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston to charges connected to a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme involving properties at a Hurri...
Volunteer to help at the Freedom Marathon Event on the Office to End Homelessness...
Norfolk, VA - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office to End Homelessness's Volunteer Team is focusing our participation on race day, Sunday November 13. Many spots are open, but volunteers who can serve as Course Marshalls early Sunday morni...
Run on the Norfolk Office to End Homelessness’s Freedom Marathon Team
Norfolk, VA - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Run in the Inaugural 1/2 Marathon or Run/Walk the Wounded Warrior and Family Fun 5K on Sunday, Nov. 13 in downtown Norfolk. When registering, indicate you are "running for a cause" and select: City o...
Housing Authority Designated a High Performing Agency by HUD
October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) is again ranked among the best of the nation’s more than 3,000 housing authorities, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmen...
Bill gives surviving spouses of fully disabled veterans access to VA loans
Washington, DC - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Virginia Foxx’s (NC-05) bipartisan legislation that fixes a flaw in the VA home loan system passed the House last night as part of H.R. 2433, the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act. ...
Norfolk to Hold 11th Annual Project Homeless Connect
September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Norfolk Office to End Homelessness is holding its 11th Annual Project Homeless Connect Wednesday, September 14, 2001 at Scope Arena. The event brings together local homeless service agencies and org...
Homebuyers and Real Estate Professionals Wanted for Website Focus Groups
Leesburg VA - September 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Loudoun County is inviting potential or recent homebuyers and real estate professionals to participate in focus groups to test newly-created Loudoun County Homebuyer Education web pages. After ex...
