Yearly Archives: 2011

Torrance, CA - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial brokerage firm, has closed a $6.2 million sale of an industrial building at 4200 Mission Blvd. in Ontario, Calif.

River Edge, NJ - December 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc. (REMN), is introducing their customized Wholesale FHA 203(k) Rehabilitation Product to remove the complexity out of the process for independent retail lenders across the country. This new REMN Wholesale product dramatically improves the 203(k) experience for everyone involved by leveraging an in-house REMN team to manage the entire procedure. In challenging times, REMN Wholesale’s 203(k) initiative is just one more way in which the company is helping independent brokers find success.

Outer Banks, NC - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- This is the third year in a row with increased real estate sales across all sectors of the Outer Banks real estate market from the low end properties all the way up to oceanfront real estate.

December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hatters Island, on the south end of the Outer Banks, is in the middle of an oceanfront home shortage. No need to worry though, because the shortage is only because there are not enough oceanfront houses for sale...

December 20, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) - GPE Companies (www.gpe1.com) reported closing 16 sales and leasing transactions in the amount of $3.95M for 62,225 square feet. Additionally, GPE Management Services successfully concluded construction supervis...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cushman & Wakefield’s Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group (CMG) has orchestrated the sale of 10 Exchange Place. The 748,005-square-foot building is a 30-story trophy office tower and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Tuesday announced southern West Virginia has been awarded more than $1.4 million for homeless housing and support initiatives. “We all know what having a home ...

Trenton, NJ - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Chris Christie has put forward a common sense policy to finally end the wasteful practice of paying out taxpayer dollars to public workers for unused sick days. These local government oblig...

New York, NY - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chairman John B. Rhea and NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua announced today the release of a Request for Propo...

PROVIDENCE, RI - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that Rhode Island will receive $4.6 million in federal Continuum of Care funding to combat homelessness. These funds were made available through the...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today announced a total of $584,259 in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants were awarded to local organizations and nonprofit agencies that ser...

ROCHESTER, NY - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Calvin Brainard, Esq., 66, and Mary Brainard, 52, both of Seneca Falls, NY, were arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint with mail frau...

December 20, 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona) - GPE Commercial Advisors, an award-winning commercial real estate firm, secured the sale of a 13,531 square foot, two-story office building in upscale, Scottsdale Airpark on 7020 East Acoma Drive in Scottsdale. ...

Torrance, CA - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Valley Performing Arts Center (VPAC) at California State University-Northridge has won several recent design awards for architectural excellence. Designed by HGA Architects and Engineers, the P...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment rose in only 19 states and the District of Columbia in November, a weaker showing than in recent months, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. In contrast, 25 states plus D.C. added jobs on a year-over-year basis, while 24 states shed construction jobs.

Torrance, CA - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has completed a 36-month lease for a 141,200 square-foot industrial space located at 105...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prospective homebuyers believe now is a good time to buy, given today’s low home prices and low mortgage interest rates, but potential sellers are nearly unanimous in reporting that it is not a good time to sell a home, citing difficulty in finding buyers at desired sales prices, according to a study released today by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

Funding supports Obama Administration strategy to prevent and end homelessness WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $1.47 billion...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Production of new single-family homes and apartments rose 9.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000 units in November, according to figures released by the U.S. Commerce Department today. This marks the fastest pace of housing starts since October of 2008.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., (December 19, 2011) –Voit Real Estate Services has hired Susan Doris as an Asset Manager in its Sacramento office to increase the company’s Asset Services business in Northern California and Reno, according to Kevin Sheehan, Man...