Yearly Archives: 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Day 3 of Building Innovation 2013—The National Institute of Building Sciences Annual Conference and Expo, activities continued with the Integrated Resilient Design Symposium, FEDCon® 2013, the second day of educational sessions at the buildingSMART alliance Conference and the kickoff of a new project with the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new rules generally strike a balanced, reasonable approach to mortgage lending and implement important consumer protections. The standard CFPB establishes for a safe, well-underwritten mortgage is appropriately broad enough to include the vast majority of creditworthy home owners, and it is clear enough for lenders and borrowers alike to understand. And the rules preserve legal protection for borrowers with the riskiest loans

ORLANDO, FL – Stiles Realty announced today the leasing of 49,000 square feet of office space to several fast-growing Central Florida firms at the Class A Baldwin Park Office Complex in Orlando. This brings the property to approximately 93 percent le...

Reston, Virginia - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit held that Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) is a mortgagee in its capacity as nominee for the lender and its successors and assigns, that there is nothing impermissible in this arrangement and that “[a]t all times, the Note and Mortgage were united.”

DENVER, CO - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the 10th time in 14 years, global real estate franchisor RE/MAX, LLC has been recognized as the highest ranking real estate company in Entrepreneur magazine’s 34th annual “Franchise 500.” RE/MAX has now earned the year’s number one ranking in the industry’s two most respected franchise surveys. With an increasing agent count and a recent expansion to 5 countries including China, RE/MAX continues to grow, with an unequalled presence in more than 85 counties around the world.

Lenexa, KS - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Albracht Perma-Siding and Window Co., of Omaha, Neb., has agreed to pay a $6,188 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it failed to notify an Omaha couple about lead-based pain...

TALLAHASSEE, FL - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today announced 61,271 new unclaimed property accounts, worth more than $25 million, are being received as part of a settlement with AIG related to un...

January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the demolition of four vacant deteriorated houses completed and financing in place, construction is set to begin on the Village Lofts project - a rental housing project that will create 29 affordable and mode...

Albany, NY - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a global leader in the semiconductor manufacturing industry, will build a new multi-billion dollar research and development facility at i...

NEWARK, NJ - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that Infinity Healthcare LLC, a Somers Point-based home health agency, has ceased operating and its o...

Washington, DC - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager today announced that USDA has awarded loans and grants to 12 organizations to construct, purchase and rehabilitate rural, multi-family, farm labor housing properties.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Fiscal Year 2012, the Senate Committee on Appropriations asked the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) to provide an assessment of the progress of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program and of efforts to address homelessness experienced by veterans in rural communities and on Native American reservations. USICH has released the resulting report:

WASHINGTON, DC - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With 11 months of data reported, 2012 will clearly go down as a record year for favorable housing affordability conditions, and a great year for buyers who could get a mortgage, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 09, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mortgage applications increased 11.7 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 4, 2013. The results include an adjustment to account for the New Year’s Day holiday

LOS ANGELES, CA - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to conform state law to a federal law passed last week that extended mortgage debt forgiveness, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) is sponsoring Senate Bill 30, so tha...

January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- More Idaho families will have warm, safe places to call home in the coming year thanks to collaboration between the Home Partnership Foundation and nonprofits throughout the state.

Torrance, CA - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Auction.com (http://www.auction.com/), the world’s largest online real estate marketplace, today announced that Bruce Felt has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most...

L?HU'E, HI - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The days of lugging multiple copies of building plans and blueprints to Kaua'i County’s Building Division for review will soon be over, thanks to a new online permitting system called the electroni...

LANSING - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) Executive Director Scott Woosley today announced three Upper Peninsula communities will receive Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) totaling $83...

DES MOINES - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds were accompanied by Iowa Finance Authority Executive Director Dave Jamison today to announce that eligible Iowans can now buy a home and reduce their federal income...