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WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 6, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Last night, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), who served as California’s State Insurance Commissioner for eight years, voted for and spoke in favor of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which passed the House of Representatives on a bipartisan vote of 306-91. The legislation addresses an unintended and serious problem stemming from the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012: unreasonably high and immediate increases in flood insurance rates.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that the Obama administration has approved San Francisco’s public housing improvement plan, the largest such plan in the country, by approving a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), that will help refinance and preserve up to 4,584 public housing units

WALNUT GROVE, CA - January 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), whose Sacramento Valley-based District was one of the areas hardest hit by the housing crisis, congratulated the cities of Colusa and Fairfield on obtaining grants to improve housing for their residents. The California Department of Housing and Community Development awarded HOME Investment Partnership grants to Colusa of $350,000 for its First-Time Homebuyer Program and $350,000 for its Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program. Fairfield was awarded $400,000 for its First-Time Homebuyer Program and $100,000 for its Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program.

Visual Text SAN FRANCISCO, CA - November 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) has installed its 2014 Board of...

Torrance, CA - October 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The former office of Carroll Shelby, the American icon who made the AC-based Shelby American Cobra and later the Mustang-based performance cars for Ford Motor Company, was sold along with two other office buildings for $10.7 million.

Torrance, CA - October 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premier builder serving California since 1919, has announced the promotion of Richard Freeark, LEED® AP, to senior vice president of the firm’s San Diego offices. Freeark will oversee the office and all C.W. Driver projects within the region.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- There is a sense of energy and hopefulness that resonates from the young residents of Young Burlington Apartments located just West of downtown Los Angeles. The twenty-one (21) unit complex is home to formerly homeless youth from ages 18-24. Young Burlington opened its doors almost a year ago and those who contributed to making this project a reality all gathered to celebrate the achievements on October 18. The HACLA is providing rental subsidy for twenty (20) units, a commitment of $3.9 million in Housing Assistance Payment over the 15 year contract term. The project is part of the Permanent Supportive Housing Program (PSHP) portfolio to house the chronically homeless.

La Jolla, CA. - October 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bay Area home sales dropped more than usual in September compared with August but climbed slightly above the year-ago level thanks to more robust sales above $500,000 this year. For the second consecutive month the median sale price declined month-to-month, though it remained nearly 24 percent higher than a year earlier, a real estate information service reported.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An estimated 41,027 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was down 6.9 percent from a revised 44,087 in May, and down 3.5 percent from 42,513 sales in June 2012, according to San Diego-based DataQuick.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced

EUGENE, OR - June 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Scott Leonard has become the latest announced real estate agent to adopt the IDX,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mercy Housing California is accelerating its efforts to improve the standard of living of low-to-moderate income affordable housing residents by creating new financial models for the funding of additional services

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Miami-area home sales rose above a year earlier for the 11th consecutive month in March amid sizeable gains in mid- to high-end activity and a record level of sales to investors and other absentee buyers. The median price paid for a home rose 14.1 percent from a year ago, marking the 15th month in a row with a year-over-year increase, a real estate information service reported.

SACRAMENTO - April 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Housing Finance Agency announced today the expansion of its financing program to provide assurances and maintain best efforts that multifamily housing continues to remain affordable for California families.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced California’s National Mortgage Settlement Grant Program has...

C.W. Driver serves as general contractor for the $35 million project WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premiere builder...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An estimated 28,719 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was down 0.5 percent from 28,871 in January, and down 3.1 percent from 29,630 sales in February 2012, according to San Diego-based DataQuick

Rancho Cucamonga, - March 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the state of the economy. As the Vice Chairman of the Committee, I expressed my concerns about the impact new housing regulations mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act will have on our local economy, job creation and the value of our homes in the 31st Congressional District

SACRAMENTO, CA - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the final parts of the California...

Washington, DC - August 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (CA-39) today applauded the House of Representatives for passing the “Honoring America’s...