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OLYMPIA, WA - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Washington State Department of Commerce awarded more than $48 million from the state’s Housing Trust Fund for 47 affordable housing projects across the state. Approximately 1,647 housing units will be built or rehabilitated. The projects will directly support an estimated 1,800- 2,000 jobs, with about 500 local jobs supported annually once the projects are completed.

Washington, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a longtime advocate for homeowners in Ohio, today released the following statement upon the news that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will move fo...

November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Secretary of State Jim Condos announced that over $23,000 in grants were awarded to 5 municipalities to help them to continue to meet the mandates of the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) which was signed into ...

Washington, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Kent Conrad secured a commitment from Federal Emergency Management Agency officials today to build additions onto the entry ways of the temporary housing units in an effort to keep houses ...

New York , NY - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano was joined today by Legislator Howard J. Kopel, the Long Island Housing Partnership and homeowners to break ground on four new affordable workforce homes o...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released $72.1 million for the Low Income Home Energy...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today appeared at a press conference with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to urge passage of the “Rebuild America Jobs Act,” a proposal that would...

Des Moines, IA - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today certified the NIACOG Housing Trust Fund through the State Housing Trust Fund’s Local Housing Trust Fund program. The designation means the gr...

November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Legislation providing tougher penalties to those who knowingly engage in mortgage fraud has been passed through the legislature and recently signed into law by Governor Snyder. These new Public Acts seek to addres...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today congratulated the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) on winning the 2011 GreenGov Presidential Award for Green Innovation. NREL’s Green Data Center was recognized for its innovative design that minimizes its energy footprint and reduces costs, without compromising service quality.

WASHINGTON, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Yorkshire Apartments, Thackeray Ledges and Wales Ridge Apartments in Massillon, Ohio, for discriminating on the basis of race and f...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Housing Conference, known as the united voice for housing, voiced strong support for the HOME Investment Partnerships program, which is under scrutiny by the House Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity and the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. NHC Vice President for Policy and Advocacy Ethan Handelman said the federal block grant program provides critical funding for state and local governments to create affordable housing for low-income families.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 0.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 28, 2011

Raleigh, NC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mergers, restructuring, and streamlining. That was only the beginning for RE/MAX Preferred Associates in 2011. The three office real estate brokerage powerhouse now flexes its muscle with the additio...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Sustainable Building Industry Council (SBIC) announced an open call for entries for the 2011 Beyond Green™ High-Performance Building Awards. In February 2012, SBIC will recognize buildings and initiatives that best exemplify the eight design objectives of a High-Performance building: sustainability, accessibility, aesthetics, cost-effectiveness, functionality, productivity, historical sensitivity and safety and security.

HERNDON, VA - November 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, has named William E. Hunt as its 2012 Chairman of the Board. Hunt will serve as chairman for the leading organization for developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial, retail and mixed-use real estate.

WASHINGTON, DC - November 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Mortgagee Review Board (MRB) today immediately suspended Allied Home Mortgage Corporation, thereby preventing the company from originating and underwriting new mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). HUD is also suspending the company’s president and chief executive officer, James C. Hodge, and proposing to debar him as well as the company’s executive vice president, Jeanne L. Stell.

WASHINGTON, DC - November 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs is reaching out to homeless Veterans by providing free meals and spending money to eligible homeless Veterans. “VA is committed to ending homelessness for our Veterans who defended our nation,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “As part of that effort, I am pleased the Canteen Service has added these incentives that help Veterans get off the streets and into the care and housing they need.”

CROWNSVILLE, MD - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) today met with officials of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and statewide housing advocates to discuss the continuing foreclosur...

Norfolk, VA - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office to End Homelessness's Volunteer Team is focusing our participation on race day, Sunday November 13. Many spots are open, but volunteers who can serve as Course Marshalls early Sunday morni...