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National Service Agency Awards Grants to Strengthen Nonprofit Capacity and Impact

Washington, DC - September 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Corporation for National and Community Service today announced Nonprofit Capacity Building Program grants totaling $998,000 to increase the capacity of nonprofits to improve lives in communities facing economic hardships

Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates

Washington, DC - September 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some ARM contracts, was 4.56 percent based on loans closed in August. This is a decrease of 0.01 percent from the previous month.

AG Coakley Sues Owner and Landlord of Cambridge Property for Housing Discrimination

BOSTON, MA - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The owner and landlord of a Cambridge apartment building has been sued for violating state anti-discrimination, lead paint, consumer protection, and housing laws, Attorney General Martha Coakley ann...

HUD CHARGES WASHINGTON STATE PROPERTY OWNER WITH DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

WASHINGTON, DC - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it has charged the owner and manager of a Lakewood, Washington trailer park with discriminating on the basis of di...

HUD AND PARTNERS LAUNCH “I-10-K: COLLABORATING FOR LIVABLE AND INCLUSIVE CITIES” AT CLINTON GLOBAL...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- DC The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has forged an exciting and unique partnership focused on the use of competitions and networks to discover and disseminate the most imaginative solutions for creating sustainable and livable communities.

New-Home Sales Decline 2.3 Percent in August

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes declined 2.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 295,000 units in August, according to newly released data from the U.S. Commerce Department. The decline is from an upwardly revised, 302,000-unit rate in the previous month.

GoFightForeclosure.com/Blog Reveals Best Foreclosure Help Resources

Atlanta, GA - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- GoFightForeclosure.com/Blog today announced foreclosure help resources for homeowners wanting to stop foreclosures. Detailing a variety of foreclosure help and foreclosure assistance programs offering help for foreclosures. Homeowners may access a special page that provides information on the varies programs, application forms, and more.

Norfolk to Hold 11th Annual Project Homeless Connect

September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Norfolk Office to End Homelessness is holding its 11th Annual Project Homeless Connect Wednesday, September 14, 2001 at Scope Arena. The event brings together local homeless service agencies and org...

FEMA Assists Vermonters with $10.1 Million in Housing Needs

September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Most of the homeowners who were displaced will need to live somewhere else until their flood-damaged home is repaired and they can move back in. Those whose homes cannot be repaired or whose rental housing is go...

Albuquerque Real Estate Agent Sentenced to 56 Months in Prison for Federal Mortgage Fraud...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales announced that, on September 13, 2011, a United States District Judge sentenced Albuquerque real estate agent Kevin Powers, 51, to a 56-month term of ...

REP. PASCRELL ANNOUNCES $10.2 MILLION IN FEMA GRANTS WILL BE AWARDED TO ELEVATE HOMES...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continuing his efforts on behalf of Passaic County residents who have endured repeated losses due to severe weather and flooding, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today announced that the F...

Las Vegas Woman Pleads Guilty in Connection with Scheme to Fraudulently Control Condominium Homeowners’...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a scheme to fraudulently gain control of condominium homeowners’ associations (HOA) in the Las Vegas area so that the HOAs would direct b...

Fourth Las Vegas Resident Pleads Guilty in Connection with Scheme to Fraudulently Control Condominium...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a scheme to fraudulently gain control of condominium homeowners’ associations (HOA) in the Las Vegas area so that the HOAs would direct business to a certain law firm and construction company, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Kevin Favreau of the FBI Las Vegas Field Office, Sheriff Doug Gillespie of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Special Agent in Charge Paul Camacho of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)

HUD AWARDS $500,000 TO REJUVINATE EL DORADO’S “MAIN STREET”

KANSAS CITY, KS - September 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the city of El Dorado a $500,000 grant today that will allow the city and its local partners to include affordable housing as it revitalizes its historic central business district or “Main Street.”

HUD CHARGES WISCONSIN LANDLORD WITH REFUSING TO RENT TO AFRICAN AMERICAN COUPLE

WASHINGTON, DC - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged a La Crosse, Wisconsin landlord with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to rent an apar...

Final 31 Homes Turned Over to American Samoan Families; Completing FEMA Permanent Housing Reconstruction...

OAKLAND, CA - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is announcing that Phase II of the American Samoan permanent housing construction program was completed on Septem...

HUD’S NEW EDITION OF EVIDENCE MATTERS, A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION ON RESEARCH-BASED POLICY, FOCUSES ON...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The summer edition of Evidence Matters, HUD's quarterly publication that informs the public on issues related to housing and community development, is available today. This issue focuses on strengthening the evidence behind sustainability, a concept that while embraced by many businesses, government and families, still faces some skeptics.

New Housing in McPherson Benefits People with Disabilities

McPherson, KS - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Officials from Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC), the State of Kansas, City of McPherson, McPherson Chamber of Commerce and Multi-Community Diversified Services (MCDS) celebrated the ...

California Housing Starts Rebound in August, CBIA Announces

SACRAMENTO, CA - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Driven by a substantial increase in the multifamily sector, California housing starts surged in August posting a 30 percent increase over the same month a year ago, the California Building In...

Management of MISMO to Transfer to MBA

Washington, DC - September 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and MERSCORP,Inc.® (the parent company of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., MERS) jointly announced today that management of the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, Inc. (MISMO®) will transfer to MBA on December 1, 2011.

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