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Pittsburgh, PA - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) of Pittsburgh today announced Williamson, WV-based Bank of Mingo as its newest member. The addition of Bank of Mingo complements the nearly 200 commercial bank members of FHLBank Pittsburgh and the nearly 5,500 commercial banks within the FHLBank System. At year-end 2010, Bank of Mingo had $116 million in assets.

Greenbelt, MD - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bozzuto Homes, a subsidiary of The Bozzuto Group of companies, will host a groundbreaking event today at 11:00am EDT at Towson Green, a new sustainable townhome development in Baltimore County. The community has been recognized for its environmental achievements by The Chesapeake Fund, a non-profit project that works to reduce the amount of the Chesapeake Bay’s two biggest pollutants – nitrogen and phosphorous.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Six federal agencies have approved and will submit a Federal Register notice that extends the comment period on the proposed rules to implement the credit risk retention requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The comment period was extended to August 1, 2011, to allow interested persons more time to analyze the issues and prepare their comments. Originally, comments were due by June 10, 2011.

CLINTON, MS - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --Many Mississippians are just getting access to their property since the devastating May floods. Now is the time to call the FEMA inspector.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that $3.6 million in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants will be awarded in fiscal year 2011 to assist in the transformation, rehabilitation and preservation of public housing and privately owned HUD-assisted housing. Read HUD’s FY 2011 Choice Neighborhoods Notice of Funding Availability.

IRVINE, CA - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, and some of this country's top builders/developers have earned nine Awards of Merit in the 2011 Gold Nugget Award design and planning competition. The awards honor the firm's wide range of capabilities, excellence and innovation in addressing complex design/build issues in attached, detached, sustainable communities, mixed-use, transit-oriented developments, and campus housing. The winning projects include: University of California, Irvine (UCI) East Campus Apartments Phase III; The Crossing at Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif.; Gallery 421 in downtown Long Beach, Calif.; Paragon at Old Town in Monrovia, Calif.; La Floresta in Brea, Calif.; 12th & Burnside in Portland, Ore.; and The Shell House in Nassau, Bahamas.

RALEIGH, N.C. - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal Emergency Management Agency experts who can offer free rebuilding information and answer questions about how to strengthen property against future storm damage will be in Raleigh, Cary, Garner and Erwin for six days beginning Thursday, June 9.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Six federal agencies have approved and will submit a Federal Register notice that extends the comment period on the proposed rules to implement the credit risk retention requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The comment period was extended to August 1, 2011, to allow interested persons more time to analyze the issues and prepare their comments. Originally, comments were due by June 10, 2011.

West Haven, CA - June 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Well the season for strong storms has arrived, which are typically followed by beautiful weather. Unfortuantely, these severe weather patterns are also follwed by storm chasers, and not the kind looking to catch a cow flying through the air on video. These storm chasers are looking to take advantage of bewildered, confused, and desperate homeowners looking to get their homes back in good shape as soon as possible.

CLINTON, MS - June 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mississippians who are repairing or rebuilding after recent severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding are facing many choices – and opportunities – regarding how they put the pieces of their homes and lives back together.<!--

BROOKLYN, NY - June 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Marketing Directors, Inc. is executing one of the most successful leasing programs in today’s market at Arias Park Slope, the upscale collection of 95 rental homes located in Brooklyn’s Park Slope

New York, NY - June 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rental vacancy rates are declining, rents are increasing, and low cost rental units are disappearing from the nation’s housing stock. These are among the findings of The State of the Nation’s Housing: 2011, a report of the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released here today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CHFA is currently accepting 2011 applications for the Housing Tax Credit Contribution (“HTCC”) Program.

SOUTH BEND — (May 25, 2011) — The Saint Joseph County housing market is showing significant improvement in one key measure over the first four months of 2011. According to the latest data compiled by RE/MAX of Indiana, average home sales prices in Saint Joseph County went up nearly 11 percent from January to April over the same period in 2010. But, that’s only part of the story.

ALISO VIEJO, CA - June 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Susan J. Barlow, chief executive officer of Newport Beach, Calif.-based Fiduciary Capital Inc., has been named to the board of directors for CT Realty Investors.

June 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- At a time when there are 10 million extremely low income renter households in the United States and only 6.5 million homes renting at prices those households can afford, Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) has introduced a bill that would eliminate the only housing program designed to fill this gap. On May 25, NLIHC President Sheila Crowley testified at a hearing on this bill, which would abolish the National Housing Trust Fund.

Washington, DC - June 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- West Palm Beach Coalition for Independent Living Options (CILO) and the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) have filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against Cornerstone Group Development Corporation (www.cornerstonegrp.com), one of the largest multifamily housing developers in Florida and the United States. The organizations allege discrimination by Cornerstone Group and several of its affiliates against people with disabilities under the federal Fair Housing Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Members of Media:Yesterday, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) sent a letter to Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner Robert C. Ryan requesting the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) permit the use of electronic signatures (e-signatures) for all mortgage origination forms required by the FHA

WASHINGTON, DC - June 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a commitment to insure a mortgage loan to the Stillwater Hospital Association in Columbus, Montana. The $14.3 million loan i...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Tuesday, June 7 at 1:30 p.m., the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will host a media teleconference to reveal the results of a national survey looking at the value voters place on homeownership. The survey of 2,000 likely voters in the 2012 presidential election finds that, despite the economic downturn and housing crisis, respondents still consider owning a home to be a solid financial investment. The survey examines attitudes on homeownership among current homeowners including those who currently owe more than their house is worth as well as renters, and asks about the biggest barriers to buying a home