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Seattle, WA - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Join the Seattle City Council's Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture Committee on Thursday, July 7 for a walking tour of the "Nickelsville" homeless person's encampment. This tour will continue ...

WASHINGTON, DC - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of a criminal information earlier today, charging four defendants – Louis Gendason, 42, of Delray Beach, Fla.; Kimberly Mackey, 46, of Pittsburgh; John Incandela, 24, and Marcos Echevarria, 29, both of Palm Beach, Fla. – with conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving a nation-wide reverse mortgage scam that defrauded elderly borrowers, financial institutions and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

MEMPHIS, TN - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for June rose 4.5 percent from a year ago, with 1,612 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Existing home sales we...

HOUSTON, TX - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Claymon “Butch” Trammell, along with his wife, Jeannettea Williams, and daughter, Michelle Trammell, have all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their roles in a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. The three residents of Houston entered their pleas yesterday in federal court before United States District Court Judge Vanessa Gilmore.

Des Moines, IA - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Board of Directors today approved a $50,000 grant to Jasper County Habitat for Humanity to assist in the construction of a single-family home in Mingo. The funding is ...

CLINTON, MS - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Housing Open House in Amory Saturday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. will bring together state government experts in safe rooms, home financing and insurance, along with builders, bankers, realtors a...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) has announced details surrounding the 2011 Future Technology Pavilion that will appear on the CEDIA EXPO tradeshow floor.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications decreased 5.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 1, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today published an online newsletter that provides a guide for national banks seeking to invest in solar energy projects under the national bank public welfare investment authority. The on-line newsletter describes how banks have used the public welfare investment authority to invest in funds and other financing vehicles that are structured to pass-through the benefit from the energy investment tax credit to entities such as schools, universities, hospitals, and Federally- subsidized rental housing developments.

TAVARES, FL - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Lake County Board of County Commissioners launched today, the GO GREEN GET GREEN energy efficiency rebate program for Lake County small commercial business owners and residents. Participants who GO GREEN by installing energy efficient products can GET GREEN through the new rebate program funded by an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG).

BURLINGTON, VM - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Bonnie Black of Essex has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Homeownership Outreach Coordinator. Black’s real estate and home loan experi...

Albany, NY - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today traveled to Erie County to sign New York's first property tax cap. The tax cap, a hallmark of Governor Cuomo's campaign and a priority of his administration's first year, will finally deliver relief to millions of homeowners and business owners across the state who for too long have been burdened by out-of-control property taxes.

BOSTON, MA - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced today that it has closed $106.2 million in loans for the redevelopment of the Charlesview Apartments in Brighton, making the transaction the second-largest in MassHousing’s 45-year history for a single rental housing development.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department today announced the settlement of a lawsuit alleging that the owner and operators of a Monroe, Mich., mobile home park violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. The case was brought by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department announced today that it has sued the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), the nation’s largest mortgage insurance company, and two of its underwriters, Elgina Cunningham and Kelly Kane, for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against women on paid maternity leave.

Boston, MA - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Menino will declare a longstanding problem property and known site of drug use and prostitution as the first target of his Problem Properties Task Force.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today joined other federal and City of Paterson officials in opening the Belmont Senior Apartments, which provide 85 units of affordable housing for seniors. The Congressman also announced a $425,491 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for resident support services at the Belmont Senior Apartments and other affordable housing developments in the city.

DENVER, CO - July 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Denver resident David Joseph Lawless, age 30, was named in a sealed criminal complaint on Monday, June 27th, on charges of arson of a building and other real property and use of a destructive device durin...

WASHINGTON, DC - July 4 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the June edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard– a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 1 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) approved $45 million to enable Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) to expand its housing microfinance lending (HMF) – a growing impact investment sector that will help thousands of low-income families around the world build, improve, and maintain decent homes.