Yearly Archives: 2013

New York, NY - January 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX Co-Founder and Chairman Dave Liniger is one of the “100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders” for 2012 according to Inman News. Last year, Liniger also received the “People’s Choice Most Influential Real Estate Leader” award, garnering the largest vote total in the history of the online survey.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that Bloomington, Minnesota-based U.S. Bank National Association will pay $12,000 to a loan applicant with disabilities under a Conciliation Agreement settling allegations that the bank required him to provide unnecessary documentation to establish he would continue receiving disability income for three years before they would approve his mortgage loan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The kitchen in the chancellor’s residence at North Carolina State University has been selected as Room of the Year in the 2012 Best in American Living Awards (BALA) by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The year’s most outstanding work in residential real estate sales, marketing and design was honored on Jan. 22 at The National Sales and Marketing Awards gala (known as “The NationalsSM”) held during the 2013 International Builders’ Show. Hosted by the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) National Sales and Marketing Council (NSMC), the awards ceremony, considered one of the building industry’s most prestigious events, attracted more than 500 building industry professionals for an up-close look at the year’s most innovative and successful ideas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The winners of the Best in American Living Awards (BALA) demonstrate that good design is not limited to high-priced homes – and they’re also a preview of design trends home buyers will see over the next several years, according to the judges who reviewed the entries in the annual competition of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

January 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Morris County Improvement Authority (MCIA) is holding two informational meetings, one for school officials and another for local government officials, on Wednesday, Jan. 16.

New York, NY - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel and Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua announced today that the winner...

NEW YORK, NY - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Of the more than 161,000 low-interest U. S. Small Business Administration disaster loan applications sent to New York’s Hurricane Sandy survivors, fewer than 34,000 have been completed and returned.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressmen Mike Quigley (D-Ill) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) reintroduced the Excess Building and Property Disposal Act (H.R. 328) to cut wasteful federal property spending that costs taxpayers $1.67 billion annually. The bill passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support in the 112th Congress.

Washington, D.C. - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its annual list of the top 10 states for new LEED certifications in 2012, highlighting those regions that are transforming buildings and communities across the country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressmen Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Mike Quigley (D-Ill) reintroduced H.R. 328, the Excess Building and Property Disposal Act that cuts wasteful spending on excess federal property whic...

January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fifteen Canyon County REALTORS® will be honored for connecting homebuyers to affordable home loans through Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA). In the past two years, they and other REALTORS® in the cou...

SACRAMENTO, CA - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- After a 10-day trial, a federal jury found Hoda Samuel, 60, of Elk Grove, guilty of a conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud and of 30 individual counts of mail fraud.

West Hartford, CT - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing prices ares down, but rentals have held up much better. It's 2013 and we are looking forward to a year of profitable property management. Meet other property owners and managers ... sha...

West Hartford, CT- January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama -- Why do it all alone and learn everything the hard way when you can use the power of OPB - Other People’s Brains. It’s becoming easier than ever to find and connect with the people who share y...

Winter Park, FL - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Hillman + Associates lived up to the old sports adage ‘it’s not how you start, but how you finish’ when the Winter Park firm posted 119 fourth quarter existing home transactions for $43.8 million. Those figures were up 35.3 percent and 45 percent, respectively, over those in the fourth quarter the previous year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Patrice Cicalese-Carden, sales professional with Resources Real Estate in Monmouth Beach, was named Agent of the Month for the month of December.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- It’s too early to say whether 2012 marked the year that local real estate prices bottomed out, but agents throughout the North Fork saw hopeful signs of an upward trend in housing sales this y...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 2012 was a good year for high-end home sales, but frankly nowhere near the top. 2007 was the height of the high-end trades starting with Ron Barron’s ceiling-shattering purchase of the deMenil Carpenter 40 acres oceanfront in East Hampton for a record total of $103M. This was actually 2 recorded sales that held the #1 and #2 positions at $58M for 260 Further Lane and $45M for 278 Further Lane. In fact, back in 2007 the top 7 most expensive sales were all over $30M…that would make 2012’s #1 most expensive sale land in the #8 spot in 2007!

EUGENE, OR - January 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Heather Lindh, a Leadville, Colorado realtor, has become the latest real estate professional to adopt IDX Broker software, allowing her to join an elite group of agen...