Yearly Archives: 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hacienda is pleased to host the upcoming Home Retention Fair! The Fair is a great opportunity for any families worried about the possibility of losing their home to get free information and advice from Hacienda's certified housing counselors. Learn more about the Home Retention Fair below, and please share this information with any friends or family who may be in need of assistance with their home! Please also feel free to hang a copy of the attached flyer in your place of business

WORCESTER - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thursday, December 18, 2014 – Continuing the Patrick Administration’s commitment to encourage new economic opportunities for low- and middle-income households throughout Massachusetts, Department of Housing and Community Development Undersecretary Aaron Gornstein today announced over $5 million in Community Investment Tax Credits to 44 community organizations across the Commonwealth

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- “A final push to send energy efficiency legislation to the President’s Desk during the last hours of the 113th Congress proves that efficiency remains a top priority for lawmakers and sets the stage for continued action in the coming year. H.R.2126, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014, had broad bipartisan support but failed to pass by unanimous consent, due to an unexplained objection by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The following is a statement by National Association of Realtors® President Chris Polychron “The package of tax extensions approved by the U.S. House and Senate, and headed to the President’s desk for signature, includes important provisions that will help distressed homeowners and commercial property investors with transactions made during 2014. NAR applauds Congressional leaders in both chambers for their effort to pass this legislation before adjournment

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The following is a statement by National Association of Realtors® President Chris Polychron:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- When fed into medium-voltage power grids, large loads of renewable or other decentralized energies – which are generated when winds are strong or the sun is very bright – can produce short circuits that endanger the power supply. Superconducting network technologies can ensure reliable grid operation even under these conditions. Siemens is installing a superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) of the so-called resistive type at Stadtwerke Augsburg, the municipal utility in Augsburg, Germany, that is designed to solve precisely this problem. Development work and installation in the utility's medium-voltage power grid are to be completed by the end of 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The analysis covers 2013, the latest year for which complete comparable data were available. For that year, Philadelphia reported that 6 percent of property owners did not pay their tax bills in the year the money was due. That figure was down from 6.8 percent in 2012 and 9 percent in 2011. It represents the strongest tax collection performance since 2008, according to city data.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro today issued the following statement in response to President Obama signing the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015. HUD's $45 billion budget allows the Department to support the individuals and organizations that we currently serve, but also limits HUD's ability to help some new families reach the middle class or pursue their dream of homeownership. As the President has said, the legislation is a compromise and no one got everything they wanted. But, it is a step towards proving that a divided government can work without governing by crisis or threatening an economic recovery that's growing stronger - which the President believes is a hopeful sign for next year.

Coral Gables, FL - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE arranged the sale of two apartment properties totaling 36 units in Coral Gables, Florida. 1206 Douglas Road totals 20 units and 3-15 Santillane & 910 Douglas Road total 16 units. The properties were acquired from Sidonia, LLC/Truenorth Santillane, LLC by Fipro Holdings, LLC for $6 million or $166,667 per unit or $232 per square foot. CBRE represented the seller in the transaction

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Eleven Real Estate Agents recently graduated from Select Success Training Course, led by Career Development Manager Rodney Lee. Graduates of the intensive six week career development class have begun working as REALTORS® within one of the 11 Coldwell Banker Select offices throughout the Northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe region. This highly regarded program taught by experienced Coldwell Banker Select REALTORS®, is the region's premier provider of licensing and continuing education for all things real estate.

IRVINE, Calif. - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning national architecture and planning firm KTGY Group, Inc. and JTS, a Baton Rouge-based developer, announce the development of Rouzan Village, the commercial and retail center of Rouzan, a 120-acre master plan residential community in the historic Southdowns neighborhood of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The first phase of the new mixed-use community, designed by KTGY, is located near the intersection of Perkins Road and Glasgow Avenue and will feature approximately 80,000 square feet of retail anchored by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and up to 220 residential rental units including live/work studios

New York, NY - December 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- CRE // Tech Intersect has released its inaugural “CRE // Tech State of the Market Report 2014”. This resource guide includes one-page profiles on over 50 of today's emerging and established commercial real estate (CRE) oriented technology companies along with information on recent fundraising activity and commonly used acronyms

DENVER - December 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Global real estate franchisor RE/MAX, LLC divided and sold their Caribbean and Central America (CCA) region today. The new owners of RE/MAX Caribbean and Central America are John and Lucinda Turley of Belize, and Ricardo and Teresa Cardenas of El Salvador. A new RE/MAX Dominican Republic region is now owned by Mélido and Marianela Marte of Santo Domingo.

PURCHASE, NY - December 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, today announced a $765,000 federal grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Purchase College to implement green infrastructure when retrofitting campus pavement

Harrisburg - December 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Santa Claus isn’t the only one with a list this holiday season, State Treasurer Rob McCord reminded Pennsylvanians today as he urged them to check the state’s unclaimed property list at patreasury.gov. The treasurer highlighted holiday-themed names in his department’s database to encourage residents to check the list (more than twice) to find out if Treasury holds lost or forgotten money and items for them or their family and friends

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $60 million in funding for 22 innovative new projects aimed at detecting and measuring methane emissions and developing localized thermal management systems that reduce the energy needed to heat and cool buildings. The projects are funded through ARPA-E’s two newest programs: Methane Observation Networks with Innovative Technology to Obtain Reductions (MONITOR) and Delivering Efficient Local Thermal Amenities (DELTA)

Washington, D.C. - December 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- In the closing days of the 113th Congress, both the House and Senate have now passed a bill by Rep. Aaron Schock to facilitate the designation of New Philadelphia, Ill., as a National Park. The original legislation, H.R. 930, previously passed the House by a unanimous vote on Apr. 28. In final negations between House and Senate leaders, a number of federal lands bills were rolled into H.R. 3979, the FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act that establishes defense priorities and funding for the year ahead. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law within days

Pasadena, CA - December 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- At a press conference today, LA community leaders will release new data that has not previously been shared with the public about the amount of money the FDIC has paid to OneWest Bank under two controversial shared loss agreements. OneWest is part of a proposed, Too Big To Fail bank merger with CIT Group, a merger that over fifty organizations are opposing.

WASHINGTON - December 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has published an analysis of Congressman John K. Delaney’s (MD-6) Infrastructure and Global Tax Competitiveness Act (H.R. 5857), calling the legislation “fiscally-responsible” and “worthy of consideration next Congress.”