Yearly Archives: 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Council of Residential Specialists (CRS) - Southern Nevada Chapter recently announced Shawn Cunningham, CRS of Las Vegas as the 2014 CRS of the Year. The award was presented at the Chapter's annual meeting held December 9th at Trump International Hotel

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Europe is back!  Four of the five strongest housing markets in our global survey were in Europe. In all, seventeen European markets performed better during the year to Q3 2014 than the previous year, and only four showed weaker momentum: Russia, Ukraine (down 36.60%), and Finland and Switzerland which had modest price-gains, but smaller gains than last year. Everywhere else in Europe, housing market momentum was stronger this year than last

COLUMBIA, S.C. - December 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) closed its office Friday afternoon, December 5th, so that its staff could lend a helping hand at Harvest Hope Food Bank.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Introduction to the types of commercial properties, the terminology used for each type of property and how each property is classified. This program includes an introduction to the basics of office, retail and shopping centers, industrial and warehouse, senior living, special purpose, hotels and hospitality property, multifamily development, farm and ranch and others

Miami, FL - December 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a new to market deal, New York based Spafinder Wellness, Inc. ® will move its global headquarters from New York to the Miami market, leasing 10,047 square feet at MetLife’s Wells Fargo Center in downtown Miami

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced $26,976 in federal funding to provide rental assistance and clinical services for homeless veterans in Toledo as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program. This funding will provide rental assistance – in partnership with the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority – for homeless veterans, while partnering them with a local Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center. This is second round of housing assistance awarded this Fiscal Year

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - December 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Modular Building Institute is pleased to announce the Modular Building of the Month for December 2014 is Champion Commercial Structures’ Hilltop House. Hilltop House is a five-story apartment complex built in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina designed to appeal to the area’s young professional population.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, in response to the announcement of enhancements to the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)’s President and CEO John Taylor made the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- BHA Administrator Bill McGonagle is pleased to announce a new draft Designated Housing Plan for its federally funded elderly/disabled public housing developments. The Plan governs the percentage of elderly and non-elderly disabled households living in BHA’s 36 federal elderly/disabled public housing developments located throughout Boston

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) forecasts a steady and ongoing economic recovery for the U.S. commercial and industrial construction industries in 2015. The reasonably brisk industry recovery in 2014 should continue in 2015, with momentum especially growing in segments closely related to the current American energy and industrial production resurgence

BOSTON - December 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- On behalf of The Davis Companies and Principal Real Estate Investors, CBRE/New England announces that two leases totaling 27,868 square feet have been executed at The Center at Corporate Drive in Burlington, Massachusetts. Ryan, an award-winning global tax services firm, renewed its 10,691 square foot lease at 25 Corporate Drive. Endurance International, a leading provider of cloud-based platform solutions for small- and medium-sized business owners, renewed and expanded for 17,177 square foot at 10 Corporate Drive.

SAN DIEGO, California, - December 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- SR Commercial, a privately held, full-service commercial real estate investment company, has completed a full-cycle repositioning project in Vista, California with the $13.55 million sale of a 128,531 square-foot, Class A industrial property. SR Commercial acquired the property in February 2013 for $79 per-square-foot and was able to sell the building for $105.50 per-square-foot after implementing its strategic rehab and repositioning plan, according to CJ Stos, a Principal at SR Commercial

WASHINGTON - December 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced the second round of housing assistance to help 1,984 homeless veterans find permanent supportive housing.  The rental assistance announced today is provided through the

HONG KONG - December 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate markets throughout Asia are expected to remain resilient despite weakening economic fundamentals throughout 2015, as capital continues to flow into the industry from a variety of investment sources, both domestic and international, according

Tampa, FL - December 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE completed a lease for one of the single-story Class B office buildings located in the Tampa International Business Center at 5301 Idlewild Avenue in Tampa, FL. WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a provider of health care insurance solutions, will expand into the 76,120-square-foot building owned by TerraCap Management, LLC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- In accordance with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, HUD published a Notice in the Dec. 5, 2014, Federal Register identifying Federal buildings and other real property HUD has reviewed for suitability for use to assist the homeless. The properties were reviewed using information provided to HUD by Federal landholding agencies or by GSA regarding their inventories of excess or surplus property. The list includes buildings and properties in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin

Des Plaines, IL., - December 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- How hard is it for homeowners to get financing for the remodeling project they want to undertake? The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI asked its research panel, made up of contractors across the county, their opinion in its 3rd quarter review of market conditions. NARI’s Remodeling Business Pulse conducts quarterly research that monitors the health of the remodeling industry to help educate consumers, legislators and regulators with credible information about the remodeling industry

WASHINGTON - December 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today announced the agency's news schedule of loan limits for 2015. These loan limits are effective for case numbers assigned on or after January 1, 2015, and will remain in effect through the end of the year. Read FHA's mortgagee letter detailing the agency's new loan limits

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction industry employment hit a new five-year high in November as the sector added 20,000 jobs and its unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, the lowest rate for November in seven years, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned, however, that the latest figures include signs that demand for public-sector and non-residential construction may be weakening

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR), today said she was gratified that the two new chairs of the committees with jurisdiction over District of Columbia affairs in the next Congress indicated respect for the city’s home rule without undue interference from Congress. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is the presumptive chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) will be the chair of the House OGR Committee. The statements were published by Roll Call today