Feinstein to White House: Fund West LA VA Renovation for Homeless Vets
Washington - February 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congressman Henry A. Waxman (both D-Calif.) sent a letter to Acting Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget Jeffery Zeints urging the president to inc...
Southland Begins 2013 With Sales and Price Gains Vs. Year Earlier
La Jolla, CA - February 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Southern California's housing market started 2013 with the highest January home sales in six years as sales to investors and cash buyers hovered near record levels and move-up activity remained rel...
Lee & Associates Closes a $2.69 million Industrial Sale in Pomona
ONTARIO, CA - February 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, closed a $2.69 million, 43,900 square foot industrial building at 2778-2788 Pomona Blvd in Pomona,...
Governor Brown to Speak at Housing Summit on Tuesday
OAKLAND - February 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will join Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan to speak at the “Summit Meeting on the Future of Housing in California,” presented by the Fisher Center for Real Estate and ...
Former L.A. City Building Inspector Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges of Taking...
LOS ANGELES, CA - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A former inspector with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) has been named in a federal bribery case that alleges he took more than $30,000 in bribes in relation to at least...
Record Number of California Homes Bought with Cash
La Jolla, CA. - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of California homes purchased with cash reached an all-time high last year, the result of high investor interest, a difficult mortgage environment, and perceived higher returns on invest...
Albert Del Rio Joins Surterre Properties®
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Fountain Valley native who earned his bachelor’s degree at USC, Albert Del Rio has a passion for Southern California, which is evidenced by the incredible amount of work he’s done from the...
$4,095,000 – Carmel Home Sold Through Intero Prestigio
Cupertino, CA - February 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Intero Real Estate Services is happy to announce the closing of another Prestigio property. The property, 2313 Bay View Ave. in Carmel, sold for $4,095,000 and closed escrow on January 30th. The tr...
Department of Insurance announces $160 million in savings with homeowner insurance rate reductions –...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced an average of 8.5 percent insurance rate reduction for San Francisco area homeowners insured with State Farm General Insurance Company. The red...
House Financial Services Committee Vice Chairman Gary Miller Calls for Improvements to the FHA
Washington, DC - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the House Financial Services Committee convened a hearing about the role of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in the mortgage insurance market.
Waters Requests Hearing on Termination of Independent Foreclosure Review Process
Washington, DC - February 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, today sent the attached letter to Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the committee, requesting that he hold a hearin...
Northern California Real Estate Investor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public...
WASHINGTON, DC - February 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern Californ...
Another Chino Short Sale In the Inland Empire Closed By The Randy Charlton Real...
Rancho Cucamonga, CA - February 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Randy Charlton Real Estate Group, lead by Randy Charlton, a Certified Short Sale Specialist in the Inland Empire, under the brokerage of Keller Williams Realty Rancho Cucamonga, uses a c...
California Department of Insurance announces $20.6 rate reduction for homeowners
SACRAMENTO, CA - February 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today a 35 percent rate reduction for lender-placed (also called force-placed) homeowner insurance coverage offered by QBE Insurance Corporation. The ra...
California 2012 Million-Dollar Home Sales Highest in Five Years
La Jolla, CA. - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of Golden State homes sold for a million dollars or more rose to its highest level since 2007, fueled by a recovering economy, rising home prices and a record number of cash purchases. T...
Hill & Co. Real Estate Announces Its Top Producers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In 2012, Hill & Co. Real Estate enjoyed a 41 percent increase in revenues over the previous year, thanks in large measure to a rebounding San Francisco real estate market and the efforts of...
Public Works to Accept Online Water Measure Protests
Los Angeles, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Los Angeles County property owners will now be able to protest the Clean Water, Clean Beaches Measure online, thanks to a motion by Supervisor Don Knabe that was unanimously approved at yesterday...
Congressman Garamendi Inspects Fire Damage at Beale Air Force Base, Announces Likely Source of...
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, inspected the damage at Beale Air Force Base’s 9th Civil Engineer Squadron buil...
Newsroom FHLBank San Francisco Board of Directors Appoints Donald Falk to Affordable Housing Advisory...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald Falk to its Affordable Housing Advisory Council (A...
Colliers International Completes 22,775 SF Lease With Panavision Federal Systems of an Office/ Industrial...
CHATSWORTH, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the third largest global real estate services organization, recently represented Panavision Federal Systems on a 3-year lease. The 22,775 square foot office/industrial buil...