WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) and Bob Corker (R-Tennessee), both members of the Senate Banking Committee, and Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Oklahoma), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation to end the Housing Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).

BISMARCK, ND - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) has secured a $174,677 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant, ensuring households statewide will have access to homebuyer education and/or housing counseling services in 2011.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage rates showed little change this week, with the benchmark conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate now 5.04 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.42 discount and origination points.

McLean, VA - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), which shows mortgage rates holding steady and below 5.0 percent.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-SD) held a hearing on the state of the nation’s housing market. The Committee heard from industry leaders and experts, and discussed the current condition and challenges facing the housing market.

March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The State Housing Board works to establish uniform construction and maintenance standards for hotels, motels, multiple dwellings and factory-built housing. The Board also develops for submittal to the General Ass...

WASHINGTON, DC - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Business Solutions, an American Bankers Association subsidiary, today announced that its Mortgage Solutions programs saved bankers over $27 million in 2010. The programs, designed to help community banks participate more successfully in the residential mortgage markets, were launched in 2001. Since that time, the banks have produced more than $160 billion in loans through the programs. In 2010, more than 1,000 ABA member banks elected to be a part of one or more of the 12 programs available through Mortgage Solutions.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Banks are successfully managing agricultural loan risk associated with rising farmland prices, said Matthew H. Williams, president of Gothenburg State Bank in Gothenburg, Neb., and vice chairman of the American Bankers Association at an FDIC symposium on U.S. farmland prices held today.

WASHINGTON, DC - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- America’s cities are better prepared to be sustainable economic engines according to a new report just released by the Department of Housing & Urban Development. The report titled The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Working for America’s Cities found that the Recovery Act has helped position American cities to out-educate, out-innovate, and out-build our competitors. The collaborative and innovative approaches initiated during the implementation of the Recovery Act have laid the foundation for American cities to win the future.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two quarterly indices produced by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) indicate a return to healthy market conditions for both new and existing apartment and condominium buildings.The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), which tracks developer sentiment about new construction on a scale of 1 to 100, is at 40.8 –up more than 5 full points since the previous quarter and the highest number since the fourth quarter of 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will host a media teleconference on March 16 to unveil its new technical guidance document providing Chinese Drywall testing and remediation guidelines. This new resource addresses techniques for determining whether problematic drywall is present in a home and if so, how to remediate the issue. The guidelines are a result of extensive research, testing and analysis conducted by Marsh Risk Consulting and Building Health Sciences, Inc., under the direction of the NAHB Chinese Drywall taskforce. During the teleconference, Barry Rutenberg, first chairman of NAHB, Katherine Cahill, global product risk practice leader at Marsh Risk Consulting and Dr. Barbara Manis, chief medical officer at Building Health Sciences Inc. will walk listeners through the details of new guidelines

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- An improving job market should help boost home sales and housing production later this year, but the ongoing problems that builders are facing in acquiring construction credit threatens to significantly slow the fragile housing recovery, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress today.

Mount Laurel, NJ - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial Real Estate, Inc. is pleased to announce that Perry S. GraBois has joined its full-service brokerage team where he will expand the firm’s presence in Central and Northern New Jersey.

BURLINGTON, VT - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Robin Howe of Colchester has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Multifamily Operations Specialist

CHICAGO, IL - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- At a time when the world is searching for facts about the stability of property markets, The Counselors of Real Estate professional association will offer an unbiased and realistic view of the U.S. property markets this week at MIPIM. MIPIM, held in Cannes, France, is the world's largest global real estate conference

March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Chris Beutler said the City today sent dangerous building notices to the owners of two "O" Street buildings damaged by fire December 12. The notices give the owners 10 days to repair or demolish the buildi...

DENVER, CO - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ann Kerr and Chrissy Graham, two of Colorado’s leading real estate professionals, have joined Kentwood Real Estate in the Denver Tech Center as Broker Associates. Kerr and Graham are working together ...

WASHINGTON, DC - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service today announced the availability of $600,000 in "Stand Down" grants that will provide an estimated 10,000 homeless veterans with opportunities to reintegrate into society. The grants are being awarded under the department's Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program

MANHATTAN, NY - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Salmanson Capital, LLC, a Manhattan-based real estate firm that specializes in the acquisition and repositioning of student housing assets, has acquired an off-campus student housing complex serving U...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 15.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 4, 2011.

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) released the following statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Preliminary BudgetRequest, which proposes slashing critical investments that benefit New Mexico families to fund massive tax cuts for billionaires like Elon Musk

Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) issued a statement on the administration’s plan for Fiscal Year 2026, calling it a dangerous, extremist blueprint ripped straight from Donald Trump’s playbook — a plan to Make America Unsafe Again.

As any homeowner knows, there’s always another project to work on. Unfortunately, these projects aren’t always cheap, and we end up letting them languish because we can’t afford them. If this sounds familiar, we’ll offer some tips below to lower the cost of your home renovation project and fix your home on a budget.

Utah’s high-desert terrain, with its mix of mountains, plateaus, and valleys, shapes how homes settle into the landscape. Wild temperature swings and sun exposure shift with each season. On a clear morning, sunlight sweeps over a valley rim, painting shadows along the slopes and filling large windows with changing light. In these places, thoughtful home design means more than shelter

As many American families struggle to find a safe, affordable place to call home, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced legislation to help build nearly 1.6 million new affordable homes over the next decade.

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