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TOPEKA, KS - February 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC) is pleased to release its annual report for Fiscal Year 2011. The report, which covers the Corporation's achievements from July 1st, 2010 to June 30th, 201...

Atlanta, GA - February 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today awarded David Roberts, CMB, President and COO of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, with the CREF Distinguished Service Award at the Association's 22nd Annual Commercial Real Estate Finance(CREF)/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo held in Atlanta, GA. The award was given to Roberts in recognition of his dedication and service to MBA and the real estate finance industry.

WASHINGTON, DC - February 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global research and education institute dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving, sustainable communities, will mark the conclusion of its 75th anniversary and the start of its next 75 years at the institute’s 2012 Fall Meeting, set for Denver’s Colorado Convention Center October 15-18. The theme for the meeting, “What’s Next,” will explore short-term and long-term challenges and opportunities facing real estate and land use in the 21st century.

WASHINGTON, DC - February 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced $404 million in Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) allocations to nearly 300 tribes in 27 states.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak at the 2012 International Builders’ Show (IBS) on Friday, Feb. 10.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today commended Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) for introducing the Home Building Lending Improvement Act of 2012 (S. 2078), legislation to help restore the flow of credit for new housing production in order to create jobs, meet rising housing demand and bolster the economic expansion.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Will Cooper Sr. has been honored as the recipient of the Robert J. Corletta Award for Affordable Housing by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The presentation was made Feb. 6 in Orlando, Fla., at the NAHB International Builders’ Show.

PELLA, IA - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This year, builders and consumers looking to incorporate smart home features will be able to add convenient new technology designed to help save effort and energy.

NEW YORK, NY - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- TNS Development Group Ltd., Great American Construction Corp. and Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that sales have launched on the open market at The Shelton, a newly construc...

JOPLIN, MO - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On February 6, households residing in Federal Emergency Management Agency mobile homes in Joplin dropped below 500, recovery officials said today.

NEW ORLEANS, LA - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 365 Connect, the New Orleans based, award winning online technology platform provider for the multifamily industry, announced today publication of a Two-Year Study of its Multifamily Internet Platforms: Delivering Resident Services in Affordable Multifamily Housing Utilizing Online Platforms. The study tracks two years of usage by apartment dwellers of Internet-driven leasing and resident platforms.

WASHINGTON, DC - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the January edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard – a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. Data in the January Housing Scorecard underscore fragility as the overall outlook remains mixed. Inventories of existing homes for sale and the overhang of homes held off market improved over the last two quarters and foreclosure starts continued to fall in December.

PORTLAND, OR - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continued easing from the Federal Reserve is driving historically low interest rates for Portland OR real estate buyers says local REALTOR® David Somerville.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market for single-family homes rose four points to 18 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI) released today.

New York, NY - February 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fed up with companies and organizations that are lowering standards for quality of work and treatment of workers in the commercial moving industry, a group of the area’s largest and most well-resp...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hallie Bowie, GCP, architect and owner of New Leaf Home Design, based in Akron, Ohio, earned her Green Certified Professional (GCP) designation through NARI in 2007 when it was first introduced to the remodeling community. Back then, Bowie says, green remodeling was a “new thing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The list of housing markets showing measurable improvement expanded by 29 metros in February to include a total of 98 entries on the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI), released today. Thirty-six states are now represented by at least one market on the list.

NORFOLK, VA - February 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Rent Media Solutions™ (FRMS), a division of Dominion Enterprises, announces the promotion of Harvey Rosenberg to the position of assistant vice president of sales effective January 1, 2012. For the past 10 years, Rosenberg has worked as the general sales manager for the New Jersey and New England markets and most recently as the company’s regional sales manager for the Mid Atlantic Region that includes New England, Washington DC, Philadelphia and the Greater New York City Area. As assistant vice president of sales, Rosenberg will now manage those areas as well as the Great Lakes Region in addition to overseeing two regional managers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a notice issued today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Public and Indian Housing clarified and strengthened policy guidance in an effort to curb the decades-long sale and needless destruction of the public housing stock that is affordable to the lowest income people

WASHINGTON, DC - February 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hundreds of very low-income senior citizens will have access to affordable supportive housing thanks to $31.5 million in housing assistance announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).