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FRANKFORT, KY - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) urges consumers to take time during Financial Planning Week, Oct. 3-9, 2011, to re-evaluate personal goals and the financial paths to achieve them.

PLEASANTON, CA - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ellie Mae® (NYSE Amex: ELLI), a leading provider of automation solutions for the residential mortgage industry, announced today that it has enabled investor customization to its TQL (Total Quality Loan) program, a set of Ellie Mae and third-party services and technologies designed to enhance quality and compliance for loans originated through Encompass360® mortgage management software. The TQL program, which is currently in pilot with Wells Fargo Funding, a division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., can now be configured to accommodate the specific rules and requirements of individual secondary mortgage market investors.

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- An Eagle Rock resident who worked as an inspector for the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety was sentenced this afternoon to 18 months in federal prison for taking thousands of dollars ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court has shut down two related operations as a result of settlements with defendants who allegedly failed to provide promised debt relief services and jeopardized their clients’ privacy by tossing their personal information into unsecured dumpsters. In addition, one of the operations allegedly charged consumers a $1,495 up-front fee based on phony promises that they would get mortgage relief assistance.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a commitment to insure a mortgage loan to St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Georgia. The $210 million loan is made possibl...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today urged Congress to proceed with caution and conduct a cost-benefit analysis before implementing any new regulations or requirements that call for the federal government to develop a National Ocean Policy, which the Administration is now contemplating.

ALBANY, N.Y. - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A state and federal Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Essex County will close on Friday, October 7, according to officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Toms River, NJ - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Veteran New Jersey real estate industry executive, Peter Tront, is happy to announce that he has successfully relocated his branch of the Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc. (REMN), from Manasquan, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today applauded the launch of the City of New Orleans' NOLA Wise, one of the Department's Better Buildings Neighborhood projects. The $1.7 million initiative, funded by the Recovery Act, will allow participants to increase the comfort, safety, and affordability of their homes through energy-saving home improvements. Through DOE's Better Buildings Neighborhood Program, 41 projects are bringing state and local governments and partnering organizations together to provide high quality, accessible and affordable energy improvements to homes and businesses across the nation to reduce energy use and save families money on their energy bills.

San Francisco, CA - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement after touring the construction job site of the HOPE SF Hunters View public housing rebuild with Leader Nancy Pelosi:

WASHINGTON, DC - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids and to commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern Ca...

Charlotte, N.C. - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, today announced that it has selected North Carolina-based Bissell as the recipient of its annual Sustainable Development Award.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the developers, builders and designers of the Gateway Village Apartments, a 275-unit apartment complex in Salem, Ore., for violations of the Fair Housing Act. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants violated the law when they designed and constructed the complex with barriers that make it inaccessible to persons with disabilities.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harris County Commissioner Gerald R. Eversole and Houston-based real estate developer Michael D. Surface both pleaded guilty today in federal court in Houston to making false statements, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special-Agent-In-Charge (SAC) Stephen L. Morris of the FBI’s Houston Field Office and SAC Rodney E. Clarke of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Houston Field Office.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- AARP’s Public Policy Institute today released a new report that provides a nationwide snapshot of the changing housing landscape for boomers and elders. “The AARP State Housing Profiles” and its brief summary “Housing for Older Adults: The Impacts of the Recession” updates and expands on a 2007 report on housing for Americans 50+ with detailed findings parsed out state-by-state. Conditions have changed greatly for older households during the last decade. Housing has become less affordable for many older adults who currently devote an unsustainable amount of their budget to paying rent or for their home.

MT. PLEASANT, MI - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA-RD) and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Developm...

BATON ROUGE, LA - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of Sterling Joe Ory to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission.

SACRAMENTO, CA - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Sept. 28, 2011, charging Valeri Mysin, 31, of Citrus Heights, Calif.; Angela Shavlovsky, 52, of Sacramento, Calif.; Nikolay Katinskiy, 28, of Lynwo...

ALBANY, N. Y. - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has initiated a program, in coordination with State and local governments, to provide Temporary Housing Units (THUs) to New York communities hard hi...

Washington, DC - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MISMO, the not-for-profit data standards subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), presented its Staff Appreciation Award to Leendert (Leo) Bijnagte, Business Systems Consultant at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. The award, which was announced on September 12th at the MISMO September Trimester Meeting in Broomfield, Colorado, was presented to Bijnagte for his outstanding commitment and service to MISMO.