Yearly Archives: 2013

LOS ANGELES, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hines, the international real estate firm, today announced that it has closed on a 3.5-acre land parcel in Pasadena, CA, for the development of a new Class A for-rent multifamily residential complex.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To stem the loss of critically needed public and other forms of subsidized housing as a result of the severe backlog of capital needs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today officially launched its Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), the Obama Administration’s groundbreaking strategy to preserve tens of thousands of public and HUD-assisted housing units.

Washington, DC - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, in reaction to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) release of the Qualified Mortgage (QM) rule and the inclusion of a legal “safe harbor” for certain qualified mortgages, NCRC President and CEO John Taylor made the following statement:

ATLANTA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], one of the world’s leading global hotel companies, today announces the opening of the Holiday Inn Express Mill Valley San Francisco Area. The hotel, formerly the Larkspur Mill Valley Hotel, an independent brand, recently went through a $4 million renovation and is a contemporary hotel in southern Marin County, Calif. The conversion of the 100-room hotel includes a redesign of all guestrooms, a remodeled public space, and extensive improvements to the property’s exterior.

HONOLULU - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Estrellita “Esther” Garo Miguel, age 62, a Honolulu mortgage broker who operated the business Easy Mortgage, was sentenced yesterday to 52 months’ imprisonment by Chief United States District Judg...

Des Moines - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today awarded $900,776 in grants to twenty-seven organizations to assist homeless and domestic violence shelters with costs associated with providing esse...

BOSTON, MA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On the heels of recent good news about fewer foreclosures, rising home prices and increased home sales comes another encouraging sign for the Massachusetts housing market. MassHousing reported today t...

ATLANTA, GA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Terry Burgess, Career Services School Director in the Harry Norman, REALTORS® Corporate office, was elected as a Director of the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association (GREEA) Board of Directors ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three wishes will come true for Atlanta area children with severe medical conditions this holiday season thanks to the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Harry Norman, Realtors’ Young Realtors Council. For the past seven years, the Young Realtors Council has held a bowl-a-thon at Midtown Bowl to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harry Norman, Realtors® teamed up with the Atlanta Board of Realtors® and Habitat for Humanity to construct a home for a family in need. The house, 3146 Delowe Drive in East Point, Ga., is the Board’s 11th home build project

San Francisco, CA - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Zephyr Real Estate is pleased to announce its new headquarters location at 850 Seventh Street in San Francisco. This new South of Market office reflects Zephyr’s reputation as a modern, tech-oriented, forward-thinking company. The expanded office space affords ample room for the growing Zephyr team in an environment representative of the company’s commitment to creativity, diversity and results-oriented customer care.

Washington, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Karen Thomas, senior executive vice president of government relations and public policy for the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), testified today during the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) field hearing on mortgage policy in Baltimore, Md. Thomas’ testimony comes on the day that the CFPB released its final rule on consumers’ ability to repay mortgage loans—provisions known as the “qualified mortgage” rule. Included below are Thomas’ remarks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Members of Rebuilding Together’s AmeriCorps program, CapacityCorps, will dedicate the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service to rebuilding homes and revitalizing communities in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) Wilson Station in Uptown Chicago has tremendous potential for attracting developers and business investors, according to widely renowned land use experts from the Urban Land Institute (ULI). This week, ULI released the written report of the ULI Governors Advisory Panel it conducted in 2012

Washington, DC - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling made the following comments about the Ability to Repay and Qualified Mortgage rule released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today

PHOENIX - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Arizona homeowners should be on the lookout for a mailing that appears to be a legal document, but may be a ploy against mortgage consumers, Attorney General Tom Horne said today.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Erica Chouinard, an accomplished real estate professional since 2001, has joined Kentwood Real Estate as a Broker Associate. Chouinard and her experienced team of selling brokers are now serving the diverse real estate needs of clients from The Kentwood Company in the Denver Tech Center.

New York, NY - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City, January 9, 2013 – New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) today announced the next major step in transforming the larg...

New York, NY - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City residential and commercial real estate brokers’ confidence levels hit their second highest ratings in December 2012 of the last seven months, according to the inaugural release of th...

Washington, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) applauded the Air Force’s decision today naming Fairchild Air Force Base as a candidate base to serve as one of the first “main operating bases” (MOB) to...