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NEWARK, NJ - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aspen Stratford, a 115 unit HUD subsidized rental complex located at 19 and 29 Stratford Place in the Essex County, N.J. City of Newark, has been purchased by TreeTop Development.

Birmingham, AL - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A team of national experts assembled by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) are heading to Alabama this week to assist storm damaged communities and residents in the development of a long-t...

Los Angeles, CA - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, has completed the sale of a seven story mid-rise, 110,000-square-feet office building, which will be converted...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman toured the Commons at Third project, adjacent to Grandview to demonstrate how the President Obama's proposed American Jobs Act and Project Rebuild can help stabilize home prices, revitalize neighborhoods, create jobs, and support local economies throughout the City of Columbus.

NEW YORK, NY - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced that despite slower leasing volume over the summer, vacancy rates have fallen in Manhattan in all office building classes and every submarket in the third quarter of 201...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging Metro Net Realty, LLC, a Queens, NY, real estate agency, and a salesperson for the agency with violating the Fair Housing Act by placing advertisements on Craigslist that discriminated against families with children. HUD brings the charge on behalf of the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), alleging that the advertisements that stated “Looking For: Mature couple or single with no children” were evidence of an effort to exclude children from housing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Housing Conference announced this week that Jeanne Engel will serve as its interim president and CEO. Engel’s appointment follows the Sept. 23 announcement of former CEO Maureen Friar’s resignation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- While the nation may have added 103,000 new jobs in September, the employment report showed relative weakness, particularly as it relates to the residential construction sector, which remains far below its job-creation potential in the absence of policies to restore the health of the housing marketplace, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today announced the winners of the 2011 Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards. NAHB’s Pillars Awards, considered the most prestigious in the industry, honor excellence in multifamily housing development, design, marketing and management, and showcase future trends in the industry.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded more than $28 million to 84 fair housing organizations and other non-profit agencies in 33 states and the District of Columbia to assist people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination (see attached). This is in addition to the $10 million funding for high performing fair housing enforcement organizations awarded last month

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The second edition of the National Association of Home Builders/ First American Improving Markets Index (IMI), released today, shows 23 individual housing markets now qualifying as "improving" under the new gauge's parameters. This is nearly double the 12 housing markets that made the list last month.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on behalf of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the “Council”).

FRANKFORT, KY - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded four brownfield grants to Kentucky totaling $800,000 to fund the assess...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Eliminating or curtailing the mortgage interest deduction would have a disproportionate impact on younger, middle-class families, who would see their ability to become home owners significantly diminished, with sober implications for their longer term financial prospects, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress today

ANCHORAGE, AK - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) had the most efficient public housing program in the country during 2010. This according to a report recently published by the Center on Budget and Policy P...

NEW YORK, NY - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development today announced that construction has been completed at 109 Gold Street, a new residential development located in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the September edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard – a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. The latest housing data offer continued mixed signals as home prices improved for the fourth consecutive month but showed continued strain from foreclosures and distressed sales. Also, mortgage defaults and foreclosure completions continued a downward trend as more homeowners were able to secure mortgage relief.

Clay Center, KS - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Officials from Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC), the Clay Center Housing Authority and Clay Center Chamber of Commerce Saturday celebrated the grand re-opening of Apollo Towers. The new...

Meridian, MS - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Meridian celebrated in grand style today—including a parade led by Mayor Cheri Barry—to mark the grand reopening of Frank Berry Courts, an outdated and obsolete public housing complex that has been dramatically transformed into a beautiful, modern, sustainable affordable housing community.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On October 6th, D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham will join residents, neighbors, and community developers to celebrate the Grand Opening of the St. Dennis Apartments in Washington, D.C.’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. Low income working families, many of whom had endured deplorable living conditions at the property, can now enjoy fully renovated, energy efficient affordable apartments. The preservation and renovation of the St. Dennis was made possible due to the tenacity of the Martinez family who refused to be forced from their neighborhood when their landlord sought to convert their apartment building to luxury condominiums.