Yearly Archives: 2011

Torrance, CA - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in La Jolla announced today the sale of the Razor House, an 11,000-square-foot architectural landmark that rests high above the Torrey Pines State Reserve. Sol...

Marietta, GA - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- East Cobb based RE/MAX Greater Atlanta has long practiced the holiday tradition of collecting toys for the U.S. Marine’s Toys for Tots program. Despite this year’s economic challenges, the loca...

EUGENE, OR - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Los Angeles, California real estate broker Brian Moore have created a dynamic real estate search page on the Prudential California Realty website. The California Real Estate Technology ...

EUGENE, OR - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Advanced online search features are now available on the OneRes International Realty website of real estate broker Marnie Vaughn. Celebration, Florida properties are integrated directly onto the IDX ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago named Leo Ries Vice Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee for their Board of Directors. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is a $73 billion wholesale bank serving the needs of member housing finance institutions located in Illinois and Wisconsin. Executive Director of LISC Milwaukee since 1999, Ries has served on the Federal Home Loan Bank's Board of Directors for three years.

Seattle, WA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal homeless assistance funds totaling more than $21.8 million have been awarded to the City of Seattle and King County for 2012-2013, making it possible to continue to provide a range of housin...

NEW YORK, NY - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Christian Louboutin will open its first men’s boutique in the US at TF Cornerstone’s 808-10 Washington St. in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. RKF arranged the long-term, 1,035-square-foot ground-floor retail lease for the new store at the base of TF Cornerstone’s luxury rental apartments, located between Gansevoort and Horatio Streets. Scheduled to open in late spring 2012, the boutique will be steps from the High line Park and upcoming Whitney Museum.

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 ...

San Francisco, CA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Redfin launched Redfin for iPad, a home-buying app that combines the best real estate data with an industry-first "swipeable" interface. This app follows on the success of Redfin for Android, the highest-rated real estate app in Android Market.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it has launched the HUD Language Line, a telephone language service pilot that will offer live, one-on-one interpretation services in more than 175 languages. Accessible throughout the nation, the language line will help HUD staff to better communicate with Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals and families about HUD housing programs, services, and activities.

New Haven, CT - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) applauded the renewal of $4,523,659 in funding for 23 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance programs in Connecticut’s 3rd District today. The Continuum of Ca...

SACRAMENTO, CA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California housing production increased for a fourth consecutive month in November but the state is still on track to end the year with the third-lowest housing starts tally on record, the Califo...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bob Nielsen, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Reno, Nev., today issued the following statement on a congressional plan to pay for extending an expiring payroll tax cut by raising fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the third largest global real estate services organization, has completed a portfolio of five CVS assets totaling 52,416 square feet and $11 million in transaction values.

Phoenix, AZ - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Voit Real Estate Services’ Phoenix office has announced the addition of Tom Richards to its brokerage team, according to Todd Brown, Managing Director of Voit’s Phoenix office. As an investment...

Washington, DC - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. house prices fell 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September to October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.9 percent increase in September was revised downward to reflect a 0.4 percent increase. For the 12 months ending in October, U.S. prices fell 2.8 percent. The U.S. index is 19.2 percent below its April 2007 peak and roughly the same as the February 2004 index level.

Washington, DC - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate...

HANOVER, MD - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oceaneering International, Inc. has signed a 68,000-square-foot industrial lease expansion at 6090 Dorsey Road, bringing the company's presence in Hanover to 260,000 square feet. Owner Prudential Real Estate Investors was represented by Michael Elardo and Brian Kruger of the Baltimore office of Cushman & Wakefield. Oceaneering was represented in both expansions by Paul Schweitzer of Studley's Suburban Washington office.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today’s Department of Justice fair lending settlement with Countrywide Financial is welcome news in a housing market still reeling from the costs of rampant predatory lending. Countrywide was the largest of the rogue mortgage lenders that caused the current crisis. Regulators’ lax lending rules and loose oversight allowed these bad practices to flourish.

NORFOLK, VA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Rent Media Solutions™ (FRMS), a leading resource for apartment searches nationwide and a division of Dominion Enterprises, today announced the upgrade of its Marketplace Expert social media offering to Marketplace Network 2.0, a move which reaffirms the company’s commitment to community development, building relationships and fostering resident retention.