Yearly Archives: 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City is proud to present an Artisan Home Tour in the fall of 2015, September 12-20. This tour will showcase eleven of Kansas City’s finest custom home builders and the unique and impeccable qualities of their one-of-a-kind homes and featured products. It also will be a ticketed event for the public to purchase that will benefit charity and the proceeds will go toward the event’s charitable partner, the Ronald McDonald House Charities Kansas City. The HBA is also proud to partner with the presenting sponsor, Ferguson

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal board of appeals ruled the Veterans Administration broke its contract with the contractor building the new VA hospital in Aurora. The contractor, Kiewit-Turner is stopping work at the project.

WASHINGTON - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced it will fund the Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet Fund.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee, announced today that she has secured critical federal funding for transportation infrastructure and housing programs in the Fiscal Year 2015 funding bill that was unveiled late Tuesday. The bill contains provisions, authored by Senator Collins and overwhelmingly approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee in June, to improve safety on our nation’s roadways and to study the impacts of federal regulations forcing trucks to drive during crowded, morning rush hour times rather than overnight when the roads are less congested.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, yesterday voted for the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act, H.R. 5059, important legislation to stem the epidemic of veteran suicide. The bill passed the House of Representatives and now moves to the Senate for consideration

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) continued his support for a long-term California water infrastructure vision and voted against H.R. 5781

WASHINGTON - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A better understanding of commercial real estate along with its various investment strategies and benefits is the subject of a new publication from the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

ELLICOTT CITY, MD - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, state officials announced $10 million in state tax credits that will fund nine historic restoration projects across Maryland. The tax credit will infuse positive change and jobs to communities from Cumberland to Cambridge.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressional appropriators released a proposed $1.01 trillion spending bill the evening of December 9 that will fund most of the federal government through September 2015. The legislation provides full year funding for 11 of the 12 appropriations bills Congress is required to pass each year, including the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill. Congress is expected to approve the bill and send it to the President to sign in the coming days.

BOSTON - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing and the state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $22 million in Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) loan closings today for affordable housing in 16 communities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced they plan to suspend evictions on foreclosed single-family properties nationwide during the holidays, from December 17, 2014 through January 2, 2015. Legal and administrative proceedings for evictions may continue, as well as pre-foreclosure activities, but families who are living in foreclosed homes will be allowed to remain in their homes during that time. The foreclosure moratorium applies to all foreclosed occupied single-family homes as well as properties with two to four units that have mortgages owned or guaranteed by Freddie Mac.

Salem, OR - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Kitzhaber and Oregon Housing and Community Services are pleased to announce the awarding of funds to build or preserve 14 apartment complexes across Oregon, providing critical housing to low-income Oregonians. The State Housing Council on Friday approved grants and tax credits across Oregon – from St. Helens to Medford, and from Hillsboro to Prineville to LaGrande

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board will consider nomination of the Eberharter Garage/Antique Liquidators property (503 Westlake Avenue N) and the Henry R. Wold Building (413 Fairview Avenue North) at its meeting on Wednesday, January 7 at 3:30 p.m. in the Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Avenue, 40th Floor, Room 4060.

HARTFORD, CT - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the state has awarded $19.2 million in grants to help fund 12 affordable housing developments in the State Sponsored Housing Portfolio

WASHINGTON - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs announces that since September 2007 nearly $250,000 worth of standard contracts have been donated for charitable and educational uses.

FRAMINGHAM - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Deval Patrick today announced the launch of a Massachusetts Pay for Success (PFS) initiative that will leverage philanthropic and private capital investments to reduce chronic individual homelessness, creating a new model of sustainable state support for chronically homeless individuals. The initiative will provide 500 units of stable supportive housing for up to 800 chronically homeless individuals over 6 years, improving the well-being of individuals while saving taxpayer dollars by reducing the utilization of costly emergency resources like shelter and Medicaid payments

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Jack Conway, the Kentucky Real Estate Commission, and the Kentucky County Clerks Association are joining together to warn recent Kentucky homebuyers to be vigilant of official-looking mailings being sent by “Record Transfer Services” that attempt to sell homebuyers copies of their property deeds for an excessive fee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kevin Kelly, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del., today issued the following statement regarding announcements by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac of programs to purchase mortgages with downpayments of as little as 3 percent

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that Iowa will receive a total of $79,318 in grant funding through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing program (VASH). The funding will provide homeless veterans with rental assistance. Harkin is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the subcommittee that funds HUD

Los Angeles - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, today announced the launch of its new global brand positioning – transforming real estate into real advantage – along with a platform to express the positioning inside and outside the company, Build on Advantage