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Desirable, state-managed properties – with discounted starting bids – available at auction beginning June...
June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in collaboration with the Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority (MLB), today announced the sale of 140 properties - over 2,400 acres of land throughout the state ...
Director of USGBC’s Center for Green Schools Named World Green Building Council Chairman’s Award...
Stuttgart, Germany - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rachel Gutter, director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, received the World Green Building Council Chairman’s Award this week during the WorldGBC Congress in ...
ALBANY HOUSING COALITION RECEIVES FEDERAL GRANT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Paul Tonko announced today that the federal government has awarded a grant of $118,800 to the Albany Housing Coalition through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Homeless Veterans Reinteg...
Award winning Associates open Dominion Real Estate Partners Kierland/Desert Ridge office.
Scottsdale, AZ - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award winning real estate professionals, Ron and Joelle Baker have opened a Dominion Real Estate Partners Kierland/Desert Ridge office. The office is located at 15849 N 71st Street in Scottsdale, jus...
HGA’s Michael Ross Presents “Innovative Ideas in the Design and Delivery of Healthcare”
Torrance, CA - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Designing Healthcare facilities is a challenge because they are so functionally driven. It requires an architect who understands how healthcare facilities operate, and who has an aesthetic philosophy t...
HUD, HHS AND HEALTH GROUPS ANNOUNCE NEW SMOKE-FREE HOUSING TOOLS
WASHINGTON, DC - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and heath advocates today launched a new set of tools to encourage and guide private owners of federally assisted multifamily housing and public housing authorities to adopt smoke-free policies to protect residents from the dangers of second-hand smoke and to reduce property maintenance costs
Senate Approves Grisanti Bill to Offer Asbestos Removal Tax Credit
New York, NY - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Senate today passed legislation (S6524A), sponsored by Senator Mark Grisanti (R-North Buffalo), that will provide an asbestos removal tax credit to encourage the cleanup of old, unsa...
First-Time Buyers Can Celebrate Homeownership Month with $30K Closing Cost Assistance
Norfolk, VA - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- June is Homeownership Month and Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority’s (NRHA) HomeNet program is offering $30,000 in closing cost assistance to first-time buyers.
HOUSING AGENCY SECURES COUNSELING SERVICES GRANT
BISMARCK, ND - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) has secured a $75,003 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant to support housing counseling services statewide.
Menendez, Lautenberg Announce $7.3 Million For Community Development, Affordable Housing Opportunities for Low and...
WASHINGTON, DC - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced that Bloomfield, Perth Amboy, and Essex County will receive a total of $7.3 million in federal funding for community a...
Single-Family Housing Starts Rise 3.2 Percent in May
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Single-family housing production increased for a third consecutive month and builders pulled more permits for both single- and multifamily construction in May, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. The data reveals that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of single-family housing starts rose 3.2 percent to 516,000 units – the best pace since December of 2011
PRE-CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES EQUATE TO OUTSTANDING VALUE AT LENNAR’S RIVER WALK IN BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With construction well underway and the opening of furnished model homes scheduled for the end of the year, buyers at Lennar’s River Walk townhome community in Burlington Township now ha...
Time Running Out to Bid on FEMA Housing Units Now Up For Auction
ALBANY, N.Y. - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Time is running out for interested members of the public to bid on the current round of excess Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manufactured housing units now up for auction on a U.S. General...
FederalHousing Finance Agency Establishes Additional Anti-Fraud Measure for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Federal...
Washington,DC - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced an initiative to complement current fraud reporting by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks. FHFA is taking this additional step to ensure the regulated entities are not exposed to unnecessary risk from doing business with individuals or businesses with a demonstrated history of fraudulent conduct.
RE/MAX National Housing Report: Broad-based Housing Recovery in Full Swing
Denver, CO - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the fourth month in a row, the RE/MAX National Housing Reportis showing an increasing Median Home Price. In May, home prices were 6.1% higher than those in May 2011. Home sales also rose above the mark set last year by a significant 12.8%. With 42 surveyed metros showing increases in BOTH sales and prices, the recovery of 2012 appears to be taking hold in all regions of the country.
California housing market continues to post strong gains in May, home sales rise to...
LOS ANGELES, CA - June 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- California’s housing market continued to improve in May, with home prices posting solid gains for the third straight month and home sales well above last year’s pace, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION ...
MAYOR BLOOMBERG, HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN, HPD COMMISSIONER WAMBUA, ROSE COMPANIES AND PHIPPS HOUSES ANNOUNCE...
New York, NY - June 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua, Housing Developme...
USDA CELEBRATES NATIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH IN CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
Chambersburg, PA - June 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two USDA officials celebrated National Homeownership Month in Pennsylvania and reminded rural residents of opportunities to purchase or refinance homes in rural areas.
TENANTS COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON STATE AMONG 15 GROUPS TO WIN TOTAL OF ` $5...
SEATTLE, WA - June 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Tenants Union of Washington State is among 15 nonprofit organizations nationwide to have been awarded a total of $5 million through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new Tenan...
LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WINS NATIONAL GREEN CERTIFICATION AWARD
Greensboro, NC. - June 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Affordable Housing Management, Inc. (“AHM”) has been named a 2011 NAHB Research Center Green Partner of the Year for its outstanding contributions to advancing green building in the Greensboro area and commitment to voluntary, market-driven, third-party certification of high-performance homes.
