Yearly Archives: 2010

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The board of directors of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® on June 12 approved a new structure for the statewide MLS that will merge the efforts of calREDD® with the Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service Inc. (MRMLS)

EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kirby Nicol, CEO of Capitola Realty, has partnered with IDX, Inc. to revolutionize his professional website, bringing potential home buyers in Capitola, California the most comprehensive search available online. Through the MLSListings database, Nicol's clients can access thousands of coastal California listings from the convenience of Nicol's own website. Never before has searching for a home online been easier for both agents and potential buyers.

WASHINGTON, D.C - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted to help families realize the dream of homeownership, save taxpayers money, and protect Americans from mortgage fraud by passing H.R. 5072, legislation that institutes reforms to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The Federal Housing Administration Reform Act is part of a larger commitment of Rep. Matsui and her colleagues to provide working Americans and small businesses in Sacramento with the tools to drive our economic recovery.

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) today announced that the Ventura County Coastal Association of REALTORS® (VCCAR) has signed an agreement to provide Clarus MarketMetrics® as a free REALTOR® member benefit for an additional three years to its nearly 1,800 members.

EUGENE, OR - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prudential California Realty's Forrest O'Connor and IDX, Inc. have collaborated to give Los Angeles area home seekers the most comprehensive real estate website around. Combined LA-Westside MLS (CLAW) listings sync directly with the search tool IDX Broker software provides on O'Connor's website to display properties in Silver Lake and the surrounding areas. Searching for a home online has never been easier for real estate professionals, like O'Connor, and potential home buyers. The addition of IDX Broker software has simplified O'Connor's real estate website and made his online business easier to manage.

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) today announced that the Victor Valley Association of REALTORS® (VVAR) has signed an agreement to provide Clarus MarketMetrics® as a free MLS member benefit for an additional two years. Clarus MarketMetrics® retails for $240 for an annual subscription

EUGENE, OR - June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realty One Group of California has partnered with IDX, Inc. to apply IDX Broker software onto their real estate website. CEO Joseph Scrofani can now manage and display his listings along side the California Real Estate Tech Service (CARETS) listings to bring thousands of Laguna Niguel area properties together in one place. The comprehensive listing data now brings potential home buyer the most up-to-the-minute details right to the home seeker, with the ease and efficiency of never leaving Scrofani's website.

SACRAMENTO, CA - June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-Sacramento) today announced that Sacramento County will receive $650,637 this year from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Program. This amount represents a 14-percent increase over last year’s funding for the VASH Program, which makes vouchers available for Sacramento-area displaced veterans and their families. Funds will be available through the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA).

WASHINGTON, DC - June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Laura Richardson announced a grant of $881,808 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) has been awarded to the Long Beach Housing Authority to assist homeless U.S. veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Senate this morning approved SB 1178 (D-Corbett) by a 30 to 4 vote, extending anti-deficiency protection for consumers who have refinanced their original mortgage loans and now are facing foreclosure. The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) is the sponsor of the consumer protection legislation.

EUGENE, OR - June 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jehns Real Estate professional, Serge Santos, has chosen to employ IDX, Inc. to simplify and improve the search options and capabilities on his real estate website. Through the Bay Area Real Estate Info Service (BAREIS) listings, Santos' website is constantly updated with a plethora of property listings, thanks to the integrated IDX solution that extracts raw listing data from BAREIS and displays it directly on Santos' search page for his clients' convenience

June 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Building on his commitment to strengthen employment, economic opportunities and services for California’s veterans and their families, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today launched Operation Welcome Home, a first-in-the-nation, statewide campaign to connect every returning veteran with the services they need to transition successfully from the battlefront to the home front.

Irvine, CA - June 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In 1990, Jamboree Housing Corporation began in Irvine with just four homes, and one dream: to build quality housing that people could afford. Today more than 16,000 residents in dozens of communities across California call a Jamboree property home

EUGENE, OR - May 31, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) - Jehns Real Estate professional, Serge Santos, has chosen to employ IDX, Inc. to simplify and improve the search options and capabilities on his real estate website. Through the Bay Area Real Estate Info Service (BAREIS) listings, Santos' website is constantly updated with a plethora of property listings, thanks to the integrated IDX solution that extracts raw listing data from BAREIS and displays it directly on Santos' search page for his clients' convenience.

EUGENE, OR - May 31, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) - IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Sevan Sean Baroni to the ever-expanding number of real estate agents and brokers who have updated their professional websites with the revolutionary IDX Broker software. The California Real Estate Tech Services (CARETS) listings display instantly on Baroni's website, giving his potential clients the most comprehensive search available online.

May 31, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today celebrated the Grand Opening of the Manchester- a senior public housing community in South Los Angeles."One of my highest priorities is to increase our City's supply of affordable housing," said Mayor Villaraigosa. "And today, we're putting words into action."

Pasadena, CA - May 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- After a federally declared disaster, like the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Imperial County April 4, getting money to reimburse communities for emergency response and debris removal, and to repair or rebuild damaged public facilities is a critical part of the response and recovery process

LOS ANGELES, CA - May 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home sales decreased 8.1 percent in April in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home rose 21 percent, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today

SACRAMENTO, CA - May 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- After three straight months of gains, total housing starts in California dipped slightly in April, but year-to-date totals were still above 2009, the California Building Industry Association announced today

Washington, DC - May 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representatives from more than a dozen mortgage servicers plus several local HUD-approved housing counselors were on hand last week in Anaheim and San Bernardino, California to assist struggling homeowners with their mortgages