CAMARILLO, CA - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura Principals Grant Harris, Grant Fulkerson and Robert Shafer transacted an 85,000 square foot industrial lease to Perfect Promotional Products in Mission Oaks Business Park in Camarillo, CA after fielding several proposals on the building.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 8.44 percent of all loans outstanding as of the end of the second quarter of 2011, an increase of 12 basis points from the first quarter of 2011, and a decrease of 141 basis points from one year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) National Delinquency Survey. The non-seasonally adjusted delinquency rate increased 32 basis points to 8.11 percent this quarter from 7.79 percent last quarter.

EUGENE, OR - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has integrated the dynamic IDX Broker software onto the website of Virginia Realtor Jim Vertrees. Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) listings are now seamlessly displayed on the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Economic and Mortgage Finance Forecasts released today project $1.1 trillion in residential mortgage origination volume in 2011, roughly $100 billion more than earlier forecasts, as low mortgage rates have brought in higher than expected refinance volume, while purchase volume has been less than anticipated. However, despite lower forecasted mortgage rates, weaker projected economic growth in 2012 led to a reduction in MBA's origination forecast for that year to $931 billion, which would be the lowest volume originated since 1997.

New York, NY - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com), the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate firm Keller Williams Realty Inc., has announced the appointment of Dudi Silberberg, Founder of the DS Group, as a licensed real estate salesperson.

EUGENE, OR - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis, Tennessee area properties are now conveniently displayed on one easy-to-use website, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and Jeremy Helton. Memphis MLS (MAARMLS) listings are synced se...

Washington, D.C. - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program. The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare building design and healthcare design-oriented research. Projects exhibit conceptual strengths that solve aesthetic, civic, urban, and social concerns as well as the requisite functional and sustainability concerns of a hospital.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today published a notice seeking a qualified partner to help launch, and then manage, a pilot fellowship program to support the Administration’s Strong Cities, Strong Communities Initiative. Initially funded through a $2.5 million donation from the Rockefeller Foundation, HUD’s partner will select, train, and place public service-minded ‘social innovators’ to serve multi-year terms in local government positions to help stimulate economic development and employment.

BARNEGAT, N.J. - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Walters Homes has sold out its current inventory of eco-friendly townhouses at Whispering Hills. Pre-construction sales are currently underway on six units in Building 10, slated for construction in October 2011.

Miami, FL - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federated Companies, a leading national real estate investment and development firm, is pleased to announce that its Founder/Chairman, Jonathan Cox, has been named as one of four finalists in the South Florida Business Journal's 2011 Entrepreneur Awards, $1 to $10 Million Revenue category. Mr. Cox founded The Federated Companies in 1999 with the vision of creating a vertically integrated organization capable of developing and constructing institutional quality assets while maintaining the agility and cost controls of a smaller organization.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Never in the history of the Federal Housing Administration has there been such demand for FHA-insured financing to build, rehabilitate or refinance multifamily apartment properties. FHA today announced that it has endorsed $10.5 billion in multifamily rental housing loans since last October, with another month-and-a-half remaining in the fiscal year.

LAS VEGAS, NV - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In today’s economy, every penny counts. The Myers Team with the Caliber Realty Group recognizes that there are many homeowners in Las Vegas who still have equity and do NOT need to do a short sale. While real estate commissions are negotiable, the fact remains that most real estate companies still charge a 6% commission to sell your home, even though Las Vegas home values have depreciated by 50% or more. Additionally, many Brokers feel it is acceptable to charge a “transaction fee” on top of the commission (a.k.a. document fees, storage fees, compliance fees, etc.) and these fees can range anywhere from $400.00 – $700.00. Why pay top dollar to sell your home when you can get BETTER SERVICE, BETTER MARKETING and BETTER RESULTS for less?

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Department of Justice, in conjunction with the State Bar of California, has sued multiple entities accused of fraudulently taking millions of dollars from thousands of homeowners who were led to believe they would receive relief on their mortgages.

BOISE, ID - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) announced today the approval of Idaho’s State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) application by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The SSBCI pro...

CHICAGO, IL - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ken P. Wilson, MAI, SRA, of Plano, Texas, was elected Thursday as 2012 vice president of the Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest professional organization of real estate appraisers.

EUGENE, OR - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jennie Ng and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to bring new levels of ease and accessibility to the Bronx, New York home search, by enabling a custom IDX solution onto her professional website. As a real estate broker, Ng has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings through the Westchester-Putnam (WPMLS)/Long Islan (MLSLI). Now, her clients can experience and view detailed proerty listings that were once solely reserved for real estate agents and brokers. Ng's IDX-synced website allows potential New York buyers to explore the database on their terms. Ng had made the right decision for her business and her clients by enabling an IDX solution for her website.

EUGENE, OR - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. announces Broker Jeff Smith of Presidio Real Estate has become the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution for his company website. Smith's IDX solution now seamlessly integrates thousands of Ventura County Regional (VCRDS) listings onto his search page, creating a comprehensive database of properties for his clients to explore online. Through his IDX solution, Smith also has access to myAgent by IDX, which gives real estate agents the ability to extend their online MLS search tools to the mobile web. This iPhone/iPad App is designed to give him an advantage in the field, and he can use it when touring neighborhoods with a client, or encourage his clients to download the app and with his Agent ID code, when his clients find a home they like, his contact information shows up over the top of every search

AUSTIN, TX - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HomeAway, Inc. (AWAY)– the world’s largest online marketplace for vacation rentals – today announces the launch of its free HomeAway® Vacation Rental Search application for the iPad. This expands HomeAway’s mobile portfolio to include applications for iPhone, Android and iPad, giving more on-the-go travelers access to the 260,000+ global vacation rentals available on HomeAway.com™.

August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- DEXUS Property Group today announced the sale of a LEED-certified 496,000 square feet freezer facility in Riverside, California. USAA Real Estate Company owned and sold the building as well as furnished all of the development capital for the facility. Developed by DEXUS and completed in only ten months, the specialized building was sold for $91.5 million and is one of the largest and leading state-of-the-art LEED-certified cold storage facilities in the world.

Atlanta, GA - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- USAA Real Estate Company and national developer JLB Partners, LP formed a joint venture to develop Buckhead Village, a Class-A multi-family community in Atlanta, Georgia. This constitutes the first transaction between the two companies, launching this relationship.

Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI-01) toured the RI Builders residential construction training program in Central Falls and hosted a press conference to highlight the passage of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, a new law that cuts through red tape, places restrictions on private equity firms buying single family homes, helps communities build new housing, and provides assistance to homeowners to repair their homes.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. District Judge David O. Carter temporarily blocked the Trump Administration from suspending the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) from federal homelessness grant programs, protecting approximately $241 million in dedicated federal funding as well as immediate future funds supporting programs that serve more than 11,000 people.

New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Board Chair Jamie Rubin and Chief Executive Officer Lisa Bova-Hiatt issued the following joint statement in response to receipt of the RAD Conversion Commitments from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the redevelopment of Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea.

This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, along with Pablo José Hernández (D-P.R.), investigation into Puerto Rico’s drinking water shortage

$84,997,036 in federal funding for major investments is coming to Georgia, which will support Georgia’s infrastructure, small businesses, housing, rural health care, and more. Senator Warnock and his office worked closely with other Congressional offices, including Senator Ossoff, Georgia communities, business leaders

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) today commended 32 U.S. Senators for issuing a letter demanding that HUD Secretary Scott Turner rescind the agency’s FY 2025 and FY 2026 Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) funding notices and spend appropriated funds to support fair housing activities as Congress intended.

U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (D-AZ) joined Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and 39 congressional Democrats in demanding that Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Deputy Administrator Matthew Cahill and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought stop delaying the advancement of public transportation projects funded by the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program

A full-time worker in Rhode Island must earn $33.95 per hour — or $70,617 annually — to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment at today’s Fair Market Rent (FMR), up from $31.71 per hour in 2025. This is Rhode Island’s “2026 Housing Wage” according to Out of Reach, a report published jointly today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and the Housing Network of Rhode Island.

Five-day campaign will drive 5,000 letters to Congress and lawmaker meetings nationwide, pressing Congress to protect the local organizations that handle 74 percent of housing discrimination complaints brought by people in local communities nationally.

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