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June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harry Norman, Realtors® East Cobb Office sales associate Karen Hughes, was a featured speaker at the recent Agent Reboot Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Atlanta. Agent Reboot is a 24-city tour offering local agents one day to learn the latest technologies and training from some of the industry’s leading speakers.

June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harry Norman, Realtors® is pleased to announce that Lane Jones has been named Vice President and Managing Broker of the Cobb Marietta office. Lane comes to Harry Norman, Realtors® from Prudential Georgia Realty, where she served as managing broker for both the Sandy Springs and East Cobb Regional offices.

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A weak economy and tightened financing conditions contributed to a slowdown in California home sales and median price during May, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

NEWARK, NJ - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Cape May County campground, accused of failing to tell mobile home owners it would take half the profit when their mobile home was resold, plus a 10 percent sales commission, has agreed to pay restitution to affected consumers, under terms of a settlement reached with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs.

Torrance, CA - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has closed a $3.1 million sales transaction for a 15,436-square-foot industrial building located at 2 Wrigley in Irvine, Calif.

June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 made statutory changes to how income limits are calculated for LIHTC and bond-financed properties. HERA protected owners from rent decreases in 2009, and established a new system for owners to hold their income limits and rents harmless beginning in 2010.

IRVINE, CA - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, is pleased to announce that KTGY Principal Manny Gonzalez, AIA, LEED AP has been invited to be a speaker in the Boral Sustainability Speaker Series at the PCBC 2011 show, Homebuilding’s Premier Tradeshow and Conference, held June 22-24, 2011, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif. Gonzalez will speak at the Boral booth #5111 on Thursday, June 23, at 11:00 a.m. Gonzalez is a frequent guest speaker and panelist at the various industry events including PCBC, NAHB and ULI

Las Vegas, NV - June 16, 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 closed in 2010. According to the report, The Myers Team with the Caliber Realty Group has closed more short sale transactions than any Realtor or Broker in Las Vegas. The Myers Team is nationally recognized as one of the most influential figures in real estate today. According to Myers Team owner, Bill Myers, “Surrendering a home worth half of what you owe is NOT a failure, it's a business decision. A short sale is an opportunity for you and your family to take control and walk away free and clear. Nobody wants to lose their home; however, loan modification doesn’t work and there is no need to go down with a sinking ship.

Denver, CO - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- An overwhelming majority of families start their home search online and they find what they’re looking for on www.remax.com, the number one real estate franchise website. With advanced search properties and complete home listings in thousands of cities and towns, the site also connects homebuyers and sellers with award-winning and experienced RE/MAX agents through the RE/MAX LeadStreet® system. To date, remax.com and Leadstreet have provided more than 10 million unique leads for RE/MAX Associates across the country. And, those agents have helped millions of families buy and sell homes.

BATON ROUGE, LA - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of Rodney Noles to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission. The commission serves to protect the public interest in real estate transactions and o...

Washington, D.C. - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI) and The Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) joined a growing coalition called ConsensusDOCS that produces best practices construction contracts that are fair to all parties in the design and construction process. Endorsements by AWI and IEC increase the number of endorsing organizations of the standard construction contract documents to 34.

La Jolla, CA. - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Bay Area housing market in May posted modest month-to-month gains in sales and median prices, but those same measures fell sharply from year-ago levels, which had been pumped up artificially by homebuyer tax credits. Move-up buying and new-home sales were especially weak last month, while the share of sales involving distressed properties, cash buyers and investors remained far above normal, a real estate information service reported.

Torrance, CA - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Leslie D. Reed, an attorney with the national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, will be honored with Commercial Real Estate Women-Los Angeles’ 2011 Women on the Rise award at CREW-LA’s Women at the Top event June 22.

Torrance, CA - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, represented both the buyer and seller in a $5.7 million industrial sale at 1400 Victoria Ave., in San Bernardino, Calif.

LITTLE ROCK, AR - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Homeowners rebuilding after the spring storms or planning for future emergencies can receive valuable information from specialists with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at two Arkan...

EUGENE, OR - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Dickey Andress have teamed up to bring thousands of Monroe County, Alabama real estate listings to the fingertips of online property seekers. IDX Broker software extracts raw listing data directly from the Monroe County Alabama MLS (MCALMLS) and the Gulf Coast Alabama MLS (GCAMLS) databases and seamlessly integrates listings online, creating a thorough and comprehensive group of properties for each potential buyer to search through.

EUGENE, OR - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and David Brimhall have brought a new IDX solution to the Seattle, Washington area real estate market. IDX Broker software now syncs directly to the website of Brimhall, extracting raw listing data from the Northwest MLS (NWMLS) and displaying it seamlessly on the IDX enabled search page Brimhall hosts. Now, Seattle home seekers can experience and dynamic, time-saving, online real estate search from the convenience of the website of Brimhall, thanks to IDX Broker software. Brimhall has forever changed the way potential Seattle buyers find the homes of their dreams.

June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Turner Construction Company announced that the Second Quarter 2011 Turner Building Cost Index has slightly increased over the First Quarter of 2011. The Turner Building Cost Index measures costs in the non-residential building construction market in the United States. The Turner Building Cost Index of 811 reflects a 0.62% increase from the First Quarter 2011 and 1.63% increase from the Second Quarter 2010.

THE COLONY, TX - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Matthews Southwest – one of the region’s most progressive developers – today announces Kathy Cunningham has been named Vice President at The Tribute Resort Community on the shores of Lake Lewisville.

Las Vegas, NV - June 15, 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 closed in 2010.