Washington, DC - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman John Tierney joined Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congressman Dennis Cardoza, Co-Chair of the Housi...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-SD) held a hearing to discuss housing finance focusing on the role of a government guarantee, as well as the benefits and risks to taxpayers. This is the tenth in a series of hearings the Committee has been holding related to housing finance reform

WASHINGTON, DC - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ad Council, in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), have joined together to launch a new phase of their Foreclosure Prevention Assistance Public Service Advertising (PSA) Campaign. The campaign aims to increase awareness of the Making Home Affordable® Program’s free resources and assistance for homeowners who are struggling with their mortgage payments.

SHELTON, CT - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The enduring appeal of classic Colonial style homes designed for contemporary, maintenance-free living has helped spur continued strong demand at Shelton’s Cranberry Hill Estates.

Concord, MA - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jacob Clayton, Executive Director of Business Development, at Barrett & Company Real Estate was a speaker at the recent Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Fall Workshop in Providence, RI. The meeting attracted brokers, managers and relocation professionals from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, a global network of 550 premier real estate firms. His session, Rental & Property Management Opportunities in Today’s Market, addressed a topic of vital interest in the real estate community, sharing insights to help educate fellow LeadingRE members.

Fairfield, NJ - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), David Landau & Associates, LLC (DLA) is pleased to announce the launch of its new compliance practice. DLA is a leading provider of advisory services to private equity firms, hedge funds, REITs and other public and private real estate and financial service firms

NEW YORK, NY - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Empire State Building has been awarded LEED® Gold for Existing Buildings certification as further recognition from the $550 million Empire State ReBuilding program. The Empire State Building is the tallest and most well known building in the U.S. to receive LEED certification.

Jacksonville, FL - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Over 69,000 square feet of Class A space is newly available to the Jacksonville/St. Augustine area. Named for the sole tenant, Tree of Life, the building is being reintroduced as Golfway Place. The former tenant, who occupied the space as a headquarters location for their specialty foods distribution business, will be vacating the building in December as a result of an acquisition. CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) is the exclusive listing advisor for the newly renamed Golfway Place.

Las Vegas, NV - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A recent report released by IMS Advanced Realty Data Services named The Myers Team the #1 Short Sale Real Estate Team in Nevada. Number one status was determined by actual short sale listings ...

Trenton, NJ - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dozens of union members and community supporters rallied Tuesday afternoon outside the landmark Glenpointe Office Centre to protest the firing of 18 hard-working office cleaners. The cleaners, some of whom had been working at the building for years, were abruptly fired effective September 1st when building owner Sanzari Enterprises replaced its union cleaning contractor with a non-union contractor that is ironically named Union Building Services (UBS).

EUGENE, OR - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Mark Pearlstein have united to present Fort Lauderdale, Florida home seekers with a comprehensive online real estate solution. Pearlstein and the Lionstar Property Performance Group have employed IDX Broker software on their website, giving Florida clients access to thousands of detailed property listings. With his customized IDX solution, Pearlstein now hosts one of the most dynamic and informative real estate websites and online property searches for Fort Lauderdale area buyers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 6.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 9, 2011. This week’s results include an adjustment to account for the Labor Day holiday

NEWARK, N.J. - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Saluti Law Group has leased 2,000 square feet of office space at 50 Park Place, relocating from the adjacent 60 Park Place and more than doubling the 850 square feet the firm had previously occupied. Both properties are part of the Robert Treat Center, owned by The Berger Organization

EUGENE, OR - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has expanded its network of agents and brokers who have adopted IDX Broker software, once again. Mary Ballard, of Naples, Florida, had integrated an IDX solution onto her professional real estate website. As a member of the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS), Ballard has long had access to thousands of detailed Naples listings. Now, the same levels of accessibility to the SSMLS database is available to clients of Ballard on her IDX enabled website.

EUGENE, OR - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Michael Perry have joined forces to present Florida property listings in one convenient and easy-to-use online real estate resource. Perry has proven himself as a smarter broker by integrating an IDX solution onto his website; syncing his customizable search page to thousands of Mid-Florida MLS (MFRMLS) listings. Never before has such a concise online real estate search page been so easily accessible by home seekers. Perry has forever changed the way potential Tampa buyers search for properties online

EUGENE, OR - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Milwaukee Realtor Michael Whittaker of Whittaker & Associates has become the latest real estate professional to adopt a custom IDX solution for his website. As a...

NEW ORLEANS, LA - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 365 Connect, the New Orleans based, award-winning online technology platform for the multifamily industry, announced today the integration of its Marketing Syndication Platform with The Housing...

WASHINGTON, DC - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and provide support to homeowners and ...

CUPERTINO, SILICON VALLEY - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- David Troyer, Dominic Nicoli, Minhua Jin, Efi Luzon and Eric Fischer-Colbrie of Intero Real Estate Services, Inc. were named one of America’s top real estate professionals by The Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends. They are now a member of the “The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals,” a prestigious national awards ranking sponsored annually by the two respected publications. Troyer, Nicoli, Jin, Luzon and Fischer-Colbrie are now ranked in the top one half of 1 percent of the more than 1 million REALTORS® nationwide

Washington, DC - September 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --Today NeighborWorks America, the administrator of the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) Program, announced that more than 1.1 million homeowners across the nation have received foreclosure counseling through the NFMC Program, according to the Program’s sixth Congressional report.

As President Trump continues to slow-walk a bipartisan housing affordability bill that already passed through Congress, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) is teaming up with U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several colleagues in urging the president to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 million in federal housing construction funds.

The real estate market in 2026 is navigating a period of significant transformation. After years of volatile interest rates, shifting remote work patterns, and...

Package management tops the multifamily amenity list. Discover what property owners need to know to meet rising demand.

The legislation aims to ensure that data centers and other large-load facilities pay the full cost of the power and water infrastructure needed to serve them. On Wednesday, Congressman Michael Baumgartner introduced the Power and Water for Families Act of 2026 (H.R.9419), which aims to ensure that AI data centers and other large-load facilities pay the full cost of the power and water infrastructure needed to serve them.

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP®) has released its annual Top 250 Latino Agents Report today, recognizing 788 top-producing Latino real estate agents from all regions of the country. The 2026 rankings reveal that, while the overall number of transactions in the nation reached the lowest level in decades, Latino real estate agents recognized on the Top 250 list closed nearly 49,500 transactions, totaling $22.6 billion in sales volume.

CIH has today welcomed the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 in England and Wales, marking the end of a 200-year-old law that criminalised people for sleeping rough or begging. The repeal comes into effect alongside commencement of measures under the Crime and Policing Act 2026, which received Royal Assent in April.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, applauds today’s final passage of the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act, the largest legislative housing package in decades. This landmark legislation will build more homes, bring down home purchasing and renting costs, preserve affordable housing in rural areas, help reduce homelessness, and address the rising share of housing owned by large corporate investors.

Senator Reverend Warnock slammed President Trump for refusing to sign the ROAD to Housing Act, which would have banned large corporations from mass purchasing single-family homes. Hours before the President was set to sign the legislation, he cancelled the signing ceremony, insisting that Congress pass his voter suppression legislation, the SAVE America Act  

The New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection is providing consumers with important water safety tips to support a fun, safe summer. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identifies drowning as the number one cause of death for children under four years old and the second leading cause of death among children ages five to fourteen, with over 4,000 fatal unintentional drownings every year.

The New York State Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) is alerting consumers about the dangers of television (TV) tip-over hazards. Millions of New Yorkers will watch the Super Bowl this Sunday either on TVs at home or at parties with friends. DCP is taking this TV-focused occasion to remind consumers of critical TV safety tips.

Fast-growing Florida has been a favorite of real estate investors for many years. With so much interest having been focused on the state, though, investors need to take care to seek the best available opportunities.

Office of General Services Commissioner RoAnn Destito today announced that the Senator Walter J. Mahoney State Office Building located at 65 Court Street in Buffalo will be sold at auction in 2020. A work group formed earlier this year made up of City, County, and State officials working with professional real estate consultants CBRE, determined that in the current competitive and robust Buffalo real estate market

The Bureau of Land Management today announced that Karen Mouritsen has been named the new California State Director—a key leadership position based in Sacramento. As State Director, Mouritsen will direct a team that manages lands encompassing 15% of the Golden State’s total land mass

The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) today announced the opening of the new JLC Recovery and Wellness Center in New York City. JLC is operated by Exponents Inc. and provides free help and support services for people affected by addiction and for their families.

In spite of a robust U.S. economy, a strong employment rate, and steadily increasing 401(k) plan earnings, Black homeownership rates continue to drop. Drawing from the 2019 release of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, asked the Department of the Interior about its commitment to the Yakima River Basin during a hearing on the president’s FY 2017 budget request. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael Connor agreed with Sen. Cantwell that the Yakima River Basin plan “is a model for the rest of the nation in water management.”

“Consumers Energy is thankful to be a part of holiday celebrations across the state as warm Thanksgiving memories are being made, and we are committed to providing many more generations of Michigan families with reliable, affordable energy in all seasons,” said Garrick Rochow, Consumers Energy’s vice president and chief customer officer

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Six federal financial regulatory agencies today issued a final rule that creates exemptions from certain appraisal requirements for a subset of higher-priced mortgage loans. The exemptions are intended to save borrowers time and money while still ensuring that the loans are financially sound

Atlanta, Georgia - November 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (“Department”) entered into a Consent Order with Equity Loans, LLC, License Number 23300, located at 1150 Hammond Dr., Building E, Suite 650, Atlanta, Georgia 30328, to resolve allegations pertaining to violations of the Georgia Residential Mortgage Act