Yearly Archives: 2012

WASHINGTON, DC - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two Alabama real estate investors and their company pleaded guilty today for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in southern A...

WINDSOR, CT - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- While the Federal Emergency Management Agency expects to help the state pay for repairing infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Sandy, FEMA can also help cover the costs of rebuilding critical infrast...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) applauds the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for listening to the industry’s plea to consider the negative implications the recent change in the fall protection requirements — such an important component of job site safety — would have on residential construction companies.

DES MOINES, IA - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Board of Directors recently announced awards of more than $10 million to preserve and rehabilitate affordable housing in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, La Porte City a...

LOS ANGELES, CA - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a sign of an improving housing market, California home buyers are more optimistic about the housing market now than they were three years ago, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALT...

Anchorage, AK - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Beautiful holiday gingerbread houses and ugly Christmas sweaters highlight Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s annual Christmas Fest.

December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Building Boston is a celebration of public spaces – the architectural and cultural cornerstones that make Boston the city it is. Along with examining parks, sports arenas, libraries, and transportation centers,...

TALLAHASSEE, FL - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater released the following statement regarding his public comments to the Federal Housing Finance Authority regarding the proposed tax on Floridians. The...

BISMARCK, N.D. - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Jack Dalrymple and representatives from WPX Energy today announced the energy exploration and production company’s $100,000 contribution to the North Dakota Housing Incentive Fund (HIF), a...

Albany, NY - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that major banks and mortgage servicers will take action to expedite insurance payments to New York homeowners. Currently, insurance claim checks must be endo...

December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- I am honored that the members of our Senate Republican Conference have voted unanimously today to reelect me as their leader. I appreciate their support and confidence, and look forward to being a strong voice f...

MEMPHIS, TN - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for November increased 8.5 percent from a year ago, with 1,180 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sa...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 6.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending December 7, 2012.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by $6.6 billion, or 0.3 percent, in the third quarter of 2012, as three of the four major investor groups increased their holdings, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

WASHINGTON, DC - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-SD) held a hearing on the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s rental housing assistance programs. The Committee heard from HUD Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Sandra B. Henriquez

WASHINGTON, DC - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The cost to insure apartments increased by 9.5 percent between 2011 and 2012, marking the second consecutive year of rising insurance expenditures according to the National Multi Housing Council’s (NMHC) Apartment Cost of Risk Survey (ACORS). The survey covers data from more than one million apartment units, the largest number of units covered by the survey to date, operated by 55 apartment firms, tracking three principal components of insurance premiums: property, general liability and workers’ compensation. The 9.5 percent increase in 2012 came entirely from property risk costs, with general liability and workers’ compensation costs staying virtually unchanged from 2011.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lisa M. Pape, the national director, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) homeless programs within the Department of Veterans Affairs, has been named recipient of the 2012 Knee – Wittman Award for outstanding achievement in health and mental health policy.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To increase awareness of the Making Home Affordable® Program’s free resources and assistance for struggling homeowners, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Ad Council today unveiled the third and final phase of their Foreclosure Prevention Assistance Public Service Advertising (PSA) Campaign.

Denver, CO - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kathy Baker, RE/MAX Vice President of Franchise and Business Solutions was awarded RISMedia’s 2012 National Homeownership Award during its 17th annual Power Broker Dinner in Orlando, Fla.

Washington, DC - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today announced that Stephen Cross, FHFA’s Deputy Director of the Division of Federal Home Loan Bank Regulation, will retire from the Agency in March, 2013. An important part of FHFA’s leadership team since the Agency was created, Cross has served in the position since October 2008. In addition to leading FHFA’s program for regulating and supervising the Federal Home Loan Banks, Cross also served as the acting Chief Operating Officer from September 2009 to December 2011.