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EUGENE, OR - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. announces Bogdan Ryabyshchuk of Bay Realty in San Diego has become the latest professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution for his real estate website. His IDX solution now seamlessly integrates thousands of SANDICOR listings onto his search page, creating a comprehensive database of properties for his clients to explore online. Adding IDX Broker software to his website has revolutionized the way Ryabyshchuk presents listings to his clients and other potential San Diego, California buyers.

Phuket, Thailand - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Engineering consultants presented their feasibility study for the controversial Kathu to Patong tunnel project during a meeting held at the Royal Phuket City Hotel in Phuket Town earlier this week.

New York, NY - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that 88 Morningside, a premier new development located on the corner of Morningside Avenue and West 122nd Street, has completed construction.

Washington, DC - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As NAR’s Home Ownership Matters bus crosses Alabama this week, Realtors® are providing assistance to victims of the April 27 tornadoes with funds raised from Realtor® donations across the country.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Evidence of recovery has spread throughout New Jersey’s office and industrial real estate markets at mid-year 2011, according to Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. in East Rutherford.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In the midst of a slow recovery from a prolonged recession, home prices have dropped and some employers are slowly starting to hire. Yet workers in many newly filled jobs still may not be able to afford housing at the wages currently being offered. The latest edition of the Paycheck to Paycheck database from the Center for Housing Policy (the Center) reveals the gap between wages and the costs of housing, both rental and owned, in more than 200 U.S. metro areas for workers in 72 occupations.

ORLANDO, FL - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida’s existing condo sales rose 8 percent in June with a total of 7,941 units sold statewide compared to 7,330 sold in June 2010, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. The statewide existing condo median sales price last month was $93,900; a year earlier, it was $92,300 for a 2 percent increase.

DENVER, CO - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Stacy Neir and John Hayden of Kentwood City Properties are co-hosting a grand opening and groundbreaking in conjunction with McStain Neighborhoods at McStain’s newest urban infill project in Curtis ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 450,177 refund checks worth almost $108 million to homeowners who were allegedly overcharged by Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. As part of the FTC’s efforts to protect financially distressed homeowners, the FTC reached a settlement with Countrywide last year over allegations that the company collected excessive fees from borrowers who were struggling to keep their homes.

EUGENE, OR - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Bill Marshall had united to present San Diego, California home seekers with a unique and thorough online real estate solution. Marshall has employed IDX Broker software on his website, and by doing so, created an innovative search page that gives his clients access to thousands of San Diego Regional MLS (SANDICOR) listings. Additionally, Marshall has widened his coverage to include Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) listings, giving his clients a more dynamic and comprehensive real estate search page to utilize throughout their online property search.

EUGENE, OR - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. announces Bill Austin has enabled an IDX solution to his real estate website and now hosts a dynamic search function. Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are now easily integrated onto the website he hosts, making thousands of Texas property listings accessible for agents, brokers and home seekers alike. The Texas online real estate search will never be the same, thanks to Austin and his IDX-enabled website.

Los Angeles, CA - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc (NYSE:CBG) today announced that the United States Postal Service (USPS) has awarded CB Richard Ellis a contract to serve as its exclusive provider of strategic corporate real estate solutions nationally. CB Richard Ellis will provide transaction management services for USPS, including leasing and disposition. USPS’s portfolio consists of approximately 35,000 facilities, totaling over 300 million sq. ft.

ENGLEWOOD, N.J. - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate owner/operator Prism Capital Partners, LLC is set to break ground this summer on Phase I of The Parkway Lofts, a multifamily adaptive reuse in Bloomfield and East Orange, N.J. The project will convert a 114-year-old, 365,000-square-foot former General Electric Company warehouse property, located on the Garden State Parkway, into 361 loft-style apartments. At build out, the 14.5-acre site will be transformed into a distinctive, high-density residential village also featuring 150 for-sale townhomes, a clubhouse and other lifestyle amenities, to be built as part of Phase II.

Washington, DC - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Existing-home sales eased in June as contract cancellations spiked unexpectedly, although prices were up slightly, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has temporarily halted a telemarketing operation that targeted consumers trying to sell their timeshare properties. The defendants allegedly charged consumers thousands of dollars, falsely claiming they had buyers lined up for sales that supposedly would be reviewed and approved by the FTC. As part of its continuing crackdown on con artists who prey upon financially distressed consumers, the FTC seeks to permanently end the defendants’ deceptive practices and make them refund consumers’ money.

HARTLAND, WI - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --Visionary Apps LLC (www.visionaryapps.com), creators of innovative smart-phone and tablet tools that aim to improve people’s lives, today announced that its popular Complete ForeclosuresSM application (app) for the iPhone and iPad is now exclusively powered by data from RealtyTrac® (http://www.realtytrac.com/), the leading online marketplace of foreclosure properties. One of the many new features is the RealtyTrac® Single Property Details Purchase feature which will allow Complete Foreclosures to offer full details on EVERY listing, whereas before some of the property listings only had partial details.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As President Obama and Congress continue their negotiations on a package to increase the debt ceiling, the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) and the National Apartment Association (NAA) are urging lawmakers to reject proposals to change the tax treatment of carried interest,[1] which would have a devastating effect on affordable housing.

Carson CA - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, has negotiated a 10-year lease renewal for a property 91,603 square foot building located at 2202 E. Del Amo Blvd., Carson, Calif. The renewal is valued at over $7 million.

CINCINNATI, OH/TEANECK, N.J. - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Encelium Technologies will showcase its innovative energy management and lighting control systems at GovEnergy 2011: A River of Energy Solutions Workshop and Trade Show, Booth #834, from Sunday, August 7 to Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the trade show, attendees will get an insider’s look at Encelium’s new Polaris 3D, its next generation of lighting control software for the company’s Energy Control System (ECS).

Torrance, CA - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thomas Bryant and Richard Bryant from the Atlanta office of Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial real estate services firm, have completed a lease worth in excess of $1.1 million for an industrial property in Suwanee, Georgia. They were able to achieve this within four months of taking the assignment.