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WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio public agencies and non-profit organizations in Meigs, Portage, Pickaway, and Pike counties will receive federal resources to improve rural housing in Ohio. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), ...

October 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Montgomery County’s Office of Human Rights and the Interagency Fair Housing Coordinating Group will host an educational forum about fair housing on Thursday, November 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Silver ...

Washington, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Waters (CA), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, today led 15 of her colleagues in the House of Representatives, renewing her ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The current state of the national economy continues to affect the remodeling industry, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI). The index dropped to 41.7 in the third quarter from 43.9 in the second quarter, after having reached a four-year high of 46.5 in the first quarter. An RMI below 50 indicates that more remodelers report that market activity is declining than report that it is increasing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --Home builder Chip Smith and his company Blue Ridge Log Cabins of Campobello, S.C., were recognized from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Oct. 26 for building a home for women veterans. The home was donated to the Steps-N-Stages Jubilee House, a non-profit agency that provides housing for homeless and disabled women veterans and their families in Fayetteville, N.C.

SELMA, AL - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today selected recipients in 50 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for grants to make critical repairs and improve housing conditions for low- and very-low-income rural residents. Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Doug O'Brien announced the recipients today on Secretary Vilsack's behalf while attending a local Farm Bill listening session in Selma, Ala.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined 33 of his colleagues in asking the Obama Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to swiftly develop an efficient and effective real esta...

Pittsburgh, PA - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) has approved $2.99 million in grants under its Affordable Housing Program (AHP). The grants will help finance 14 housing projects – one in Delaware, six in Pennsylvania and seven in West Virginia – creating 260 units of housing for very-low, low- and moderate-income individuals and families as well as those with special needs.

BATON ROUGE, LA - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal made six appointments to the board of the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC), the state’s streamlined housing agency created in the 2011 Legislative Session to un...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, today unveiled his proposal to reform the secondary mortgage mar...

Las Vegas, NV - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than 180 families attended a Foreclosure Prevention Workshop and homebuyer seminar hosted by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco), with 127 families receiving private counseling. Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV-1) was a special guest at the event, which was held on Saturday, October 22.

Atlanta, GA - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On October 27, 2011, an Order to Cease and Desist issued by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (“Department”) to Home Rights Advocates, Inc. located at 2550 Sandy Plains Road, Suite 22...

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services® (REBS®) today announced that the Chico Association of REALTORS® (AOR) has signed an agreement to provide zipForm® Mobile Web Edition as a free member benefit to...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to boost the economy, create jobs, and stabilize neighborhoods, 33 U.S. Senators are asking the Obama Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to swiftly develop an efficient and effective real estate owned (REO) management strategy to make better use of vacant foreclosed homes.

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an extension of its “California REALTORS®. Champions of Home.” consumer advertising campaign, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today launched “Stories of Home,” a vi...

October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency announces four new members for its Board of Directors. Board members for the self-supporting public agency are appointed to serve two- to four-year terms by the Governor, ...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to boost the economy, create jobs, and stabilize neighborhoods, 33 U.S. Senators are asking the Obama Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to swiftly develop a...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Las Vegas attorney pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to fraudulently gain control of condominium homeowners’ associations (HOAs) in the Las Vegas area so that the HOAs would direct...

WASHINGTON, DC - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Eight Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty today for their roles in two separate conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure a...

Minot, ND - October 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With another North Dakota winter around the corner, Senator Kent Conrad returned to Minot today to inspect the progress being made at temporary group housing sites in Minot to support families still re...