Yearly Archives: 2012

New York, NY - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com), the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate firm Keller Williams Realty Inc., has announced the appointment of Jamie Knuckles to the Walt Frazier Team at Kell...

BRICK, N.J. - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the January acquisition of Barclay Arms in Atlantic City, N.J., private equity real estate group Tryko Partners, LLC, marked a 12-month period of aggressive growth that nearly doubled its multif...

Washington, DC - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The single tenant Office/Industrial market is highly competitive today, however, this competitiveness varies due to the nature of the tenant and the relevant market. High credit tenants in primary – especially urban – markets are among the highest in demand. According to CoStar the market for single tenant NNN investments is averaging 10,000 transactions a quarter. A majority of those were Retail spaces, Corporate and Regional HQ's in Primary and Secondary Markets. Of these primary markets, none is more interesting than Washington DC.

IRVINE, CA - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sperry Van Ness International, one of the fastest-growing commercial real estate brokerage franchisors in the nation, added 16 new franchises across the United States in 2011. The new franchises are part of Sperry Van Ness International’s national expansion program, which started in 2001 and has grown to more than 1,000 advisors and staff serving more than 150 markets today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today issued the following statement.

EUGENE, OR - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. welcome Florida Realtor Gary Goldberg to the team of agents and brokers utilizing the amazing IDX Broker software for their professional websites. Now, Palm Beach Regional MLS (RMLSFL...

EUGENE, OR - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The innovative technology of IDX Broker software is now easily accessible on the professional real estate website of broker Michael Dunn, thanks to his partnership with IDX, Inc. Now, Southwest MLS (S...

EUGENE, OR - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the network of real estate agents and brokers who have chosen to upgrade their professional websites is growing yet again, with the addition of an IDX solution to the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- David H. Stevens, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), today announced the appointment of Peter J. Grace to be MBA’s new Vice President of Strategic Planning and Internal Technology. Mr. Grace will facilitate the implementation of strategic initiatives through a coordinated project management and leadership role. Mr. Grace will manage cross-functional alignment on strategic initiatives that include broad membership engagement and coordination. He will also be responsible for managing MBA’s internal technology activities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In the annual State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama offered his “Blueprint for an America Built to Last,” which centers on reducing the disparities in income and wealth among Americans. He wants people of means to pay their fair share of taxes and he wants to improve the prospects for low and middle income Americans to get good jobs that pay a fair wage. He appealed to Congress to set aside ideological differences and act together on behalf of the American people.

DETROIT - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary Sandra B. Henriquez today joined Detroit Mayor Dave Bing to announce a transition plan to return the Detroit Housing Commission to local control. HUD assumed control of the agency in 2005.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In deals arranged by Douglas Weinstein of Sholom & Zuckerbrot Realty (S&Z), Harbor Freight Tools, the nation’s largest tool and equipment retailer, will open an approximately 19,000...

Torrance, CA - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Brian Westre has been named REALTOR® of the Year for 2011 by the San Diego Association of REALTORS® (SDAR). A San Diego resident since the age of eight, W...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hudson Realty Capital LLC has funded a $4 million bridge loan involving two multi-family rental properties in Washington, D.C. The borrower utilized the loan proceeds to pay off the properties’ existing mortgage, which had matured, and to fund necessary reserves.

Northbrook, IL - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased CVS property located at 1001 East Main Street in Trotwood, OH for $1,950,000.

January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE released today the State of Florida MarketViews for fourth quarter 2011. The CBRE MarketView reports cover office, industrial and retail properties in Florida's Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa Bay, and South Flo...

Torrance, CA - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, in a combined effort by two of the firm’s Southern California offices, has won its bid to secure the leasing assignment to the industrial portfolio of Watt Properties, a div...

Torrance, CA - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Industry Speaks™, the web-based application that allows architecture, engineering and construction/construction management firms to search nationally for technical and administrative consultants w...

WASHINGTON, DC - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging the owner of a 24-unit apartment building in Holyoke, Massachusetts, with housing discrimination for denying units to families that have children. HUD’s charge alleges that Nilma Fichera, who owns and manages New York-based N.A.G. Realty, LLC, violated the Fair Housing Act when she refused to show or rent apartments to families with children because she could not certify that the building was free of lead-based paint.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Remodeling sentiment rose to the highest level in five years, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the fourth quarter of 2011. Released today, the RMI increased to 46.6 in the fourth quarter from 41.7 in the third quarter.