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TALLAHASSEE, FL - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today announced the arrest of an Oviedo business owner for overbilling State Farm Insurance Company for fraudulent sinkhole claim repairs. Michael Hodge, owner of A&M Contracting Company, is charged with multiple counts of racketeering and insurance fraud involving billings of materials he never used to repair properties in Orange, Seminole and Volusia counties.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that HUD will provide assistance to families affected by this spring’s catastrophic tornadoes in Joplin, MO, and central Alabama, by entering into an unprecedented purchase agreement to sell real estate owned properties (REO) to public housing authorities in the affected areas

BIRMINGHAM, AL - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Alabamians affected by the April storms and tornadoes, now is the time to work toward a permanent housing plan. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agen...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nationwide housing starts edged down 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 604,000 units in July, according to figures released by the U.S. Commerce Department today. The slight decline comes on the heels of significant gains in housing production in June, and was attributable to a moderate drop-off on the single-family side while production of multifamily units continued upward.

Alexandria, VA - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) is opening both its Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher program waiting lists. These rental assistance programs, funded by the U.S...

Harrisburg, PA - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania is a statewide membership organization working to increase the availability of homes within reach of all Pennsylvanians, especially those with low incomes. Ou...

August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority (HRHA) recently hired Ronald Jackson as their new executive director. Jackson fills the position vacated by Frank Lofurno who retired in March 2011 after 37 years ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s final mortgage loan originator rule, which exempts licensed attorneys when they are providing legal services to their clients and are in compliance with all applicable state court ethical rules and standards, is not just a win for the already well-regulated legal profession, but also for their homeowner clients.

Lansing, MI - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Michigan State Housing Development Authority announced today it has received nearly 9,000 applications for foreclosure prevention assistance during the past five months since the launch of a ne...

August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Honolulu FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying residents of Hawaii who may have been defrauded by a Missouri-based company doing business as 1st Financial Resource LLC and 1st Federal Resource...

BIRMINGHAM, AL - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kids headed back to school aren’t the only ones with valuable lessons in their futures. You can get potentially life-saving lessons on disaster-resistant construction when the Federal Emergency M...

HELENA, MT - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents who were affected by flooding may be waiting to have their homes inspected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for damage. The damage inspection is part of the recovery process.

LOS ANGELES, CA - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California home sales fell in July but were up from the previous year, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes held unchanged at a low level of 15 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for August, released today.

NEWARK, NY - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Superior Court Judge has determined that a Camden County businessman committed multiple violations of the state’s Consumer Fraud Act (“CFA”) when he misled homeowners in foreclosure into believing that they needed his help in obtaining surplus funds to which they were legally entitled.

NEWARK, NJ - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced that the City of Camden, Union County and Union Township will receive more than $11,513,236 million in federal funding for community development, emergency homeless shelters, housing assistance and supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS, and to expand access to affordable housing for low-and moderate-income families.

Edison, N.J. - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Reacting to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®' (NAR) 2011 Second Quarter Metropolitan Area Home Prices/State Resales report, New Jersey Association of REALTORS® (NJAR®) Chief Executive Officer Jarrod C. Grasso today issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Finance Commissioner David M. Frankel and Small Business Services Commissioner Robert W. Walsh today announced a new program aimed at granting business and residential tenants access to information about refunds that they could be entitled to.

Washington, D.C. - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Patty Murray and Illinois Senator Dick Durbin sent a joint letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki expressing...

COLUMBUS, OH - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced Ohio’s 2010 average auto and homeowners insurance rates were among the most competitive in the United States. The De...