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December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the past 3 ½ years it is very accurate to say that the mortgage industry has undergone a battle for its very survival. One of the deepest recessions in our nation’s history, the sharpest decline in single-family housing values since the Great Depressions, and the highest unemployment rates since the 1970s have all combined to make the past few years the most difficult ever faced in our industry. The survivors of this difficult time must focus on being part of the solution and building a stronger mortgage industry.

December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin and legislative leaders announced today that the state would add $6.1 million to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP, to help ensure Vermonters can afford to heat the...

Atlanta, GA - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On December 21, 2011, an Order to Cease and Desist issued by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (“Department”) to National African American Relationships Institute, Inc. (NAARI) dba N...

ANCHORAGE, AK - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) yesterday announced its annual Greater Opportunities for Affordable Living (GOAL) grants that will be awarded to five communities statewide for developing...

New York, NY - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rev. Al Sharpton will rally with hundreds of New York City office cleaners today as 32BJ SEIU and the Realty Advisory Board (RAB) move into the Sheraton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for round-the-clock negotiations

WASHINGTON, DC - December 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to continue stabilizing home values and improve conditions in communities experiencing high foreclosure activity, Acting Federal Housing Administration Commissioner Carol J. Galante today extended a temporary waiver of FHA’s anti-flipping regulations through 2012. Read FHA’s anti-flipping waiver.

TRENTON, N.J. - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of its on-going commitment to create more community-living options for people with developmental disabilities, the Christie Administration today announced 12 municipal partners of the Spec...

BISMARCK, ND - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) issued the following statement in response to a $1.2 million contribution to the North Dakota Housing Incentive Fund (HIF) by U.S. Bank.

Washington, DC - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven and Congressman Rick Berg again today pressed U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan for additional Community Development Block Gran...

Destin, FL - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing Predictor, the online real estate forecasting company, is releasing its annual housing market forecasts for 2012. The firm issues more than 230 local housing market forecasts in all 50 U.S. states, and updates them throughout the year as local market conditions warrant

Outer Banks, NC - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Outer Banks Real Estate headed by REALTOR Bill Holt reports about the coming Annual Membership Run of the Outer Banks Running Club. The event will be held on Kill Devil Hills Skateboard Park, of...

Boston, MA - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Mayor Thomas M. Menino presented an affordable housing voucher to a homeless family who will move into a new home this New Year and announced that 500 additional homeless families are receivin...

AUGUSTA, ME - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Paul LePage has asked Maine State Housing Authority and Efficiency Maine Trust to develop a contingency plan to address the unmet need should Congress not appropriate sufficient funds for t...

DES MOINES, IA - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has approved the Branstad/Reynolds Administration’s request for a temporary waiver of incom...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes edged up 1.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 315,000 units in November, according to newly released figures by the U.S. Commerce Department. This marks the third consecutive monthly gain in new-home sales and the fastest pace of such activity since April.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago named Leo Ries Vice Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee for their Board of Directors. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is a $73 billion wholesale bank serving the needs of member housing finance institutions located in Illinois and Wisconsin. Executive Director of LISC Milwaukee since 1999, Ries has served on the Federal Home Loan Bank's Board of Directors for three years.

Seattle, WA - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal homeless assistance funds totaling more than $21.8 million have been awarded to the City of Seattle and King County for 2012-2013, making it possible to continue to provide a range of housin...

RICHMOND - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Bob McDonnell today asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve disaster assistance for nine additional localities recovering from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake on Aug. 23 and the ...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it has launched the HUD Language Line, a telephone language service pilot that will offer live, one-on-one interpretation services in more than 175 languages. Accessible throughout the nation, the language line will help HUD staff to better communicate with Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals and families about HUD housing programs, services, and activities.

New Haven, CT - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) applauded the renewal of $4,523,659 in funding for 23 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance programs in Connecticut’s 3rd District today. The Continuum of Ca...