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ELLICOTT CITY, MD - December 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, state officials announced $10 million in state tax credits that will fund nine historic restoration projects across Maryland. The tax credit will infuse positive change and jobs to communities from Cumberland to Cambridge.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 4, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Brett Guthrie today voted in support of H.R. 647, the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act.

Vancouver, WA - December 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cities and states looking at energy efficient buildings to help meet energy goals are getting a boost from the 2015 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). Four critical proposals that will drive significant improvements in building energy performance were approved when final voting on the model energy code closed earlier this month

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 25, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Some owners hesitate to market their homes between Halloween and New Year’s Day, believing the holiday season to be an off-peak time to sell. But the idea that houses don’t sell in November and December comes from outdated historical trends

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, a national real estate law firm with offices in Chicago and Los Angeles, has announced Elena Baca has joined the firm as a new associate in the Chicago office. Baca has previous experience in real estate and property transaction law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department announced it has filed a lawsuit against Encore Management Co. Inc., Perkins Parke Limited Partnership and three former employees of Perkins Parke Apartments in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, alleging that female tenants have been subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of the Fair Housing Act

MIAMI - October 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida filed suit against Miami-Dade County and the Florida Department of Corrections, seeking a permanent injunction against a housing ordinance that is extraordinarily difficult for former sex offenders to follow without becoming homeless. The law prohibits former offenders from living 2,500 feet (almost half a mile) from any building the county labels a "school," a category the county has enforced arbitrarily since the ordinance went into effect in 2010. This restriction has left about fifty former offenders with nowhere to live other than an outdoor area along railroad tracks on the outskirts of Miami-Dade county. Each night, they sleep in chairs, in tents, and under tarps, without

CHICAGO - September 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) - Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, a national real estate law firm with offices in Chicago and Los Angeles, announced Ruth A. Schoenmeyer has joined the firm as of counsel in the Chicago office. Schoenmeyer’s practice will be focused on retail leasing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) adopted the 2014 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) and Procedures pending the Governor’s approval

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 29, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has provided supplemental guidance to potential calendar year (CY) 2014 New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program) applicants by updating the CY 2014 NMTC Program - Application Questions & Answers document on its website. The supplemental guidance is the result of specific questions that the CDFI Fund received during the two application round conference calls hosted on August 12 and 14, 2014

TALLAHASSEE - August 29, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today issued the following statement on the lawsuit to eliminate the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 21, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The following is a statement by National Association of Realtors® President Steve Brown:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Justice Department announced today that the manager and owner of the Linden House Apartments in Cleveland have agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that they refused to rent to individuals because the individuals had children . The settlement must still be approved by U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr.

Reston, Virginia, - July 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s order dismissing a wrongful foreclosure lawsuit.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nationwide housing production fell 9.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 893,000 units in June, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. The drop was due primarily to a nearly 30 percent decline in the South. All other regions posted monthly gains

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - July 2, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, a national real estate law firm with offices in Los Angeles and Chicago, announced that Asher Harrison Luzzatto has joined the firm as an associate in the Los Angeles office. Luzzatto’s experience includes a deep involvement with public interest organizations and environmental law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 20, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Insurance Committee Chair Kevin Cahill announced the passage of legislation this week to establish the Homeowners Bill of Rights to protect insurance policyholders from the problems experienced by individuals who suffered significant property losses and damages during Superstorm Sandy and Tropical

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 29, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy is expected to sign into a law a bill that will change the state’s real estate appraiser and appraisal management regulations to bring them into compliance with federal requirements, Valuation Review reported May 21

OLYMPIA - May 28, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The foreclosure crisis is anything but “over” for thousands of Washington families. Though the number of foreclosures is gradually decreasing, data from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed more than 25,000 homes in the foreclosure process at the end of 2013. Those numbers represent real people, real families, who are struggling to make ends meet — some who are facing homelessness.

Washington, D.C. - May 21, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and other leading national organizations sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling on him not to give the current Johnson-Crapo housing finance reform legislation a floor vote in the Senate. The letter outlines the groups' concerns with the bill and warns of the negative impact for first-time buyers and minority, working-class, and rural families if the bill were to become law.