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WASHINGTON, DC - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Veterans returning from service face a number of hurdles in readjusting to civilian life. One of the biggest hurdles is finding a job; among young veterans aged 18 to 24, more than 30% are unemployed. But even employed veterans often struggle to meet their basic needs. Despite access to federal job training initiatives and other programs, many of the jobs veterans enter after service offer wages too low to make housing affordable.

July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the introduction of VAT on listed buildings on 1 October 2012 fast approaching, many owners are frantically trying to complete alteration and restoration work to their listed properties to save thousands of poun...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To highlight homeownership’s vital importance to families and to the economy, more than 600 Floridians participated in a Rally for Homeownership today in downtown Tampa.

JACKSONVILLE, FL - July 5, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), one of America’s leading community banks and the nation’s largest home mortgage lender, today announced that the NeighborhoodLIFTSM program, a ...

SEATTLE, WA - July 9, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Today Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin released a report Public & Private Investments in South Lake Union that examines the relationship between pub...

Columbus, OH – July 10, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — In an effort to improve Ohio communities and benefit job creation, the Ohio Department of Development’s Office of Community Development announced that the City of Ironton, City o...

CHICAGO, IL - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- July 10, 2012. In an effort to provide relief to residents facing high energy bills in the wake of the recent heat wave, Governor Pat Quinn today announced that applications will be accepted for the Low...

WASHINGTON, DC - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski (both D-MD) today lauded Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) Lisa Jackson’s announcement that four Maryland localities would receive...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress today that proposed mortgage lending reforms under the Dodd-Frank Act must be imposed in a manner that causes minimum disruption to the mortgage markets while ensuring consumer protections.

EDISON, N.J. - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New Jersey Association of REALTORS® Educational Foundation (NJAREF) awarded 40 students yesterday afternoon with a total of $57,000 in scholarships to use towards furthering their education. Schol...

DURHAM, N.C. - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Only a few spots are left in the first-come, first served Durham Home Energy Savings Program, and homeowners looking to save energy and money should apply before the July 31 deadline.

BEDFORD, N.H. - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) --New Hampshire Housing Finance Authoritytoday announced its first round of awards to New Hampshire cities and towns through the Community Planning Grant (CPG) Program. The CPG Program was created by New...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will host a webinar this Thursday to share its latest housing forecast and an overview of top issues with members, industry watchers and reporters.

$10 million in tax credits to spur investments in Ohio’s low-income communities Columbus, OH - July 2, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The Ohio Department of Development Director Christiane Schmenk announced that $10 million in Ohio New Ma...

MADISON, WI - July 6, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The Village of Menomonee Falls will receive up to a $500,000 Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment award from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) for redevelopment...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hawaii will receive $17,014,671 to build an aircraft rescue and fire fighting building at the Kona International Airport at Keahole, Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Senator Daniel K. Akaka, U.S. Represen...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Business owners often learn how to run a successful company the hard way—through trial and error. Builders no longer have to rely on this haphazard approach to entrepreneurship. BuilderBooks, the publishing arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently released Survive and Thrive in Building: Fundamentals of Business Management which covers basic, but essential knowledge for running a successful company.

New York, NY - July 10, 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 today launched the adAPT NYC Com...

DICKINSON, ND - July 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- GLS Properties, LLC will showcase the new Prairie Hills Townhomes, affordable housing built to replace apartments lost in a 2009 tornado, and recognize the work of its development partners at a Grand ...

CHICAGO, IL - July 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat Quinn today signed a new law that will help more Illinois Veterans find employment following their service to our country, an important measure he proposed during his State of the State addr...