Yearly Archives: 2012

Torrance, CA - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) has hired Jaime Mora, AIA, LEED AP, as associate vice president and healthcare principal in the firm’s Sacramento office. He will focus on client relations and ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a transaction pointing to rising demand for single-user, Class A space in Broward County’s Cypress Creek office market, Stiles Realty has closed the $10.8 million sale of a four-story b...

NEW YORK, NY - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ariel Property Advisors has been retained to sell a Washington Heights development site at 605 W. 161st Street near Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. The asking price is $3.15 million.

Torrance, CA - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates Investment Services Group, representing the seller, VMA Mariner’s Mile, LLC, has brokered the $25 million sale of the iconic Mariner’s Mile Marine Center in Newport Beach,...

Chicago, IL - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CostaBaja, the highly acclaimed beachfront resort community in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico (www.CostaBaja.com) announced today it has retained DCP International (DCP), pioneers of the reside...

EUGENE, OR - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Carol Bitner have joined forces to produce and display a comprehensive online real estate search page, directly onto the website Bitner hosts. Bitner can conveniently sync thousands of ...

EUGENE, OR - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Broker Helena Nordstrom and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to revolutionize the way Signature Sotheby’s Realty home seekers search for homes online with a custom IDX solution. IDX Broker software is sync...

EUGENE, OR - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome the real estate expertise of Perry Pilgrim & Associates of Abbit Realty Company LLC to the growing network of realty professionals dedicated to serving the needs ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate investment banking firm George Smith Partners has successfully arranged two loans, totaling $25 million in financing for Upside Investments, LP., for its Carriage Square S...

LOS ANGELES, CA - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Raintree Partners, a Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based real estate investment and development company, has completed the acquisition of two luxury vacant condominium projects, Vista Paradiso and Villa...

February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction charity organization AGC Charities, Inc. announced today that it will renovate the facility of a Honolulu-based charity group that supports families with seriously ill children as part of its annual Operation Opening Doors event in March. As part of that effort, contractors will donate their time, expertise and money to make a series of improvements to the headquarters of HUGS: Help, Understanding & Group Support for Hawaii's seriously ill children and their families

EUGENE, OR - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Broker Mark Von der Burg have joined forces to present Bellevue, Washington home seekers with a unique and informative online real estate search page and website. Von der Burg has adopt...

EUGENE, OR - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Carol Olson have joined forces to revolutionize the way Pine Grove, California home seekers search for properties online, by adding the innovative IDX Broker software to the website Ol...

WASHINGTON, DC - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of ongoing efforts to encourage the return of private capital in the residential mortgage market and strengthen the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, Acting FHA Commissioner Carol Galante today announced a new premium structure for FHA-insured single family mortgage loans. FHA will increase its annual mortgage insurance premium (MIP) by 0.10 percent for loans under $625,500 and by 0.35 percent for loans above that amount. Upfront premiums (UFMIP) will also increase by 0.75 percent.

Washington, DC - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the first pilot transaction under the Real Estate-Owned (REO) Initiative, targeted to hardest-hit metropolitan areas — Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and parts of Florida. With this next step, prequalified investors will be able to submit applications to demonstrate their financial capacity, experience and specific plans for purchasing pools of Fannie Mae foreclosed properties with the requirement to rent the purchased properties for a specified number of years.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Builders, remodelers and other building professionals interested in green building are invited to register for the 2012 National Green Building Conference and Expo. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in multiple cutting-edge education sessions, take advanced level courses, attend special sessions offered by the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance and earn credits towards NAHB’s green designations. Additionally, participants will be able to tour the show floor and visit the booths of numerous suppliers and manufacturers of green products.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Visnic Homes Inc. has been named the 2011 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Custom Home Builder of the Year. Ted Visnic Jr., president of Visnic Homes, was presented with the award this month during the 2012 International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla.

Festus, MO - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Festus MO real estate owners will once again fly high as organizers of the annual Jefferson County Balloon Festival provide visiting tourists and locals an unforgettable weekend filled with aerial pl...

Charlotte, NC - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ambling Management Company (AMC) has expanded its portfolio, taking on management of The Flats at Campus Pointe, a luxury student housing community developed by Vestcor Communities. Located in Cha...

NEW YORK, NY - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RKF, the country’s leading independent real estate firm specializing in retail leasing, investment sales and consulting services, recently arranged two long-term retail leases in Morris County, N...