Yearly Archives: 2013

IRVINE, CA - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning national firm KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, is pleased to announce that KTGY Principal Keith Labus, AIA and LEED AP has been invited to be a speaker at the San Diego Housing Federation’s Annual Affordable Housing and Community Development Conference on October 3. It is the largest affordable housing gathering in the region, attracting over 300 attendees every year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The five mortgage servicers included in the National Mortgage Settlement must better address loan modifications, single points of contact with borrowers and billing statement accuracy under four ...

TALLAHASSEE, FL - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi, along with her colleagues on the National Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Committee, today announced that Bank of America and Wells Fargo have agreed to implement new pr...

Vero Beach, FL - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE’s Private Capital Group arranged the sale of Shoppes at Vero Mall, a 13,000-square-foot retail strip center located at 6480 20th Street, Vero Beach, Florida. Greeley Retail Partners, LLC of ...

LANSING, MI - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the appointments of Scott Wierda, of Georgetown Township, and Tyrone Hamilton, of Belleville, to the Michigan State Housing Development Authority Board

New York, NY - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As students return to school, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced that energy efficiency and renewable energy training courses are available this fa...

PIERRE, S.D. - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Dakota Housing Development Authority (SDHDA), in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), will be hosting a public meeting to solicit comments on the drafts of t...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Nov. 20-21, the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV), in partnership with The Home Depot Foundation and Citi Salutes, is hosting the third annual Veterans Access to Housing Summit in Chicago, IL.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Superstar singer Taylor Swift is getting a new neighbor. A spectacular sale in the historic and architecturally distinguished seaside town of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, the third highest sale this year, has astute real estate watchers assessing the "star power" of celebrity in driving prices and activity.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Turner Construction Company announced that the Third Quarter 2013 Turner Building Cost Index – which measures costs in the non-residential building construction market in the United States – has increased to a value of 868. This reflects a 1.05% increase from the Second Quarter 2013 and 4.33% annual increase from the Third Quarter 2012.

DENVER - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement, today issued new metrics that impose greater oversight over Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, CitiGroup and Wells Fargo under the National Mortgage Settlement. These new metrics are the result of violations that the monitor reported earlier this summer regarding the banks’ compliance with the settlement. Staff of the Consumer Protection Section of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office serve on the monitoring committee and throughout the summer, Smith and the committee developed new protocols to give greater protection and additional resources to homeowners working to save their homes from foreclosure. These improved protocols are now being tested as part of these new metrics.

BOSTON - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing is sponsoring a free Homebuyer Fair, this Saturday, October 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Dartmouth Mall.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop (GA-02) released a statement regarding the failure of Congress to pass a budget or ‘continuing resolution’ to fund the government and keep services open f...

Washington, DC - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), Rebuilding Together, and teams of Wells Fargo volunteers kick off the Healthy Housing Challenge. The project will make critical home repairs for low-income families, seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities living in homes with health and safety threats, starts in nine cities

AUGUSTA - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Contrary to media reports, touring the beautiful areas of Maine is not threatened by the shutdown of our federal government. Acadia National Park may be closed for a short time, but the Bar Harbor and the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the U.S. government shut down for the first time in 17 years as a result of Congress failing to agree on FY14 spending levels. This failure to act by Congress marks another missed opportunity to address the critical state of affordable housing in our country

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bank of America has been selected as the first Qualified Issuer of loans to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) through the U.S. Department of the Treasury CDFI Bond Guarantee Program. The selection was announced on September 30

TEMECULA, CA - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- WestMar Commercial Real Estate, a leading local real estate services firm, today announced the following transactions

Northbrook, IL - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant triple net leased Walgreens property located at 4520 Balfour Road in Brentwood, California for $...

Denver, Colorado - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.(the “Company” or “RE/MAX”), one of the world's leading franchisors of real estate brokerage services, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 10,000,000 shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $22.00 per share. The Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares of Class A common stock to cover overallotments, if any. Shares of the Company’s Class A common stock are expected to begin trading on October 2, 2013 on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RMAX."