Yearly Archives: 2011

Los Angeles, CA - September 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westwood Financial Corp. (http://www.westfin.com), one of the largest privately held owner-operators of retail properties in the U.S., is about to wrap up the biggest summer season in recent company history. The firm is prepared to comment on numerous deals that have helped shape the retail transaction marketplace in 2011.

SAN JOSE, CA - September 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CALIFORNIA REALTOR® EXPO 2011, the state’s largest trade show, opens next week at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif. Running Sept. 20-22, CALIFORNIA REALTOR® EXPO 2011 features more than 70 cutting-edge seminars on topics ranging from social media, to short sales, and the millennial generation. EXPO 2011 will also feature more than 150 exhibit booths and is expected to attract more than 6,500 attendees.

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California home sales posted an increase from both the previous month and previous year in August, while the median home price rose to its highest level this year, according to data from the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.).

EUGENE, OR - September 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc has partnered with The Avery Group Realty of San Francisco, Ca. to create an enhanced website that improves the way their brokers serve their clients’ every real estate need. The Avery Group is now an IDX enabled website, which allows them to effortlessly sync their website to thousands of listings within the San Francisco Multiple Listing Search (SFMLS). Clients of The Avery Group now have access to the same level of property listings once only reserved for real estate agents and brokers.

IRVINE, CA - September 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning announces that The Crossings at Escondido celebrated its grand opening today. Developed by Urban Housing Communities (UHC) LLC, a leading developer of quality multifamily residential projects, and designed by KTGY, The Crossings at Escondido provides eco-friendly, high-quality workforce housing to families earning between 30% and 60% of the area median income. The Crossings at Escondido offers 55 thoughtfully-planned apartment homes ranging in size from two- to four-bedroom units. Rent ranges from $508 to $1,063 per month based on family size and income level.

Los Angeles, CA - September 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kitty Wallace, Executive Vice President of Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, closed the sale of the Villas at Sherman Place located at 23130 Sherman Place in West Hills, California. This 39-unit luxurious Tuscan styled property was recently completed in late 2010 and just sold for $12,800,000.

Torrance, CA - September 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- “Karen brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the community under her management,” said Denise Bergstrom, vice president of association management of Keystone Pacific Property Management. “Her extensive customer service experience and management background will enable her to provide our clients with exceptional service.”

Santa Ana, CA - September 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Data Trace Information Services LLC, the nation’s largest provider of data services to the settlement services industry, announced today that it has reached an agreement with the County of Riverside, Calif., to initiate a recording notification service as part of a county-wide real estate fraud detection program. The program is part of an effort to prevent property from being sold or refinanced fraudulently without an owner’s knowledge.

EUGENE, OR - September 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Nolia Boole are revolutionizing the Long Beach, California real estate search, by enabling IDX Broker software onto the website Boole hosts. As a broker, Boole presents area listings with ease and simplicity on her IDX-enabled website, as CARETS listings are synced to the search she hosts, creating a thorough, comprehensive and dynamic online database of local listings. By integrating IDX Broker software on her website, Boole has transformed the online real estate marketplace for her clients and her own business.

Washington, D.C. - September 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Boxer (D-CA) today praised the announcement by the Federal Housing Finance Agency that it will work to identify and reduce barriers to refinancing for millions of American homeowners who are current on their mortgage payments but underwater on their homes.

Torrance, CA - September 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has closed a $2.5 million sales transaction for 2.8 acres of land located at 13926 Carmenita Road in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. The buyer will construct a 54,500-square-foot industrial building for its own use.

IRVINE, CA - September 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning is pleased to announce that KTGY's wide range of capabilities, excellence and innovation in addressing complex design/build issues in attached, sustainable communities, mixed-use, transit-oriented developments, and campus housing has been recognized in several recent awards programs.

TUSTIN, CA - September 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coreland Companies of Tustin, Calif., one of the largest real estate service companies based in California, announced today it has enhanced its Brokerage division by adding an industry veteran to its Retail Brokerage division. Kim Talley, a veteran of the commercial real estate industry in Orange County and formerly a Senior Associate with CB Richard Ells, joins Coreland as Senior Associate, Retail Brokerage

Raffles Place, Singapore - September 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Celebrity New York fashion designer Vera Wang has splashed out US$9.2 million on a Steve Hermann designed property in Coldwater Canyon, Beverley Hills, Los Angeles.

CUPERTINO, SILICON VALLEY, USA - September 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Larry Klapow teams with Intero Real Estate Services to assist managers in business development and the growth of the company. Klapow will conduct agent trainings such as his signature class “Building Your Networks and Social Capital.” Over the course of a 19-year career involving Bay Area real estate, Klapow has earned a reputation as a peer, mentor, friend and coach. As a former President of Coldwell Banker’s Residential Brokerage San Francisco Bay Area Region, he was responsible for the development of the company and oversaw 32 offices and a talented team of up to 2,200 real estate professionals.

EUGENE, OR - September 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sacramento, California area home seekers can now experience an online real estate search experience comparable to none, on the IDX enabled website of Rocklin Realtor Shab Nash. Nash, a member of the Metrolist Sacramento Multiple Listing Service (MLS), she can display thousands of area listings instantly on her IDX synced website. Additional outlets, including an iPhone application, give potential Sacramento buyers more freedom and control than ever before afforded to home seekers throughout an online property real estate search.

Orange County, CA - September 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest real estate services organization globally, welcomes Mark Baziak and his team Terrison Quinn, Peter Spragg, Mark Joens, Casey Mahony and Jesika Tran-Nguyen, to its Orange County and DTLA Offices.

Los Angeles, CA - September 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, has completed the sale of a 34,320-square-feet mixed use property located at 312 E 1st Street Los Angeles, Calif. The transaction is valued at $3.935 Million.

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) applauds Gov. Jerry Brown for signing AB 771, a bill that prevents home buyers in a common interest development (CID), such as a condominium or townhome, from being charged excess document fees

San Francisco, CA - September 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a $30.5 million Choice Neighborhoods grant to revitalize, redevelop, and expand the Alice Griffith Housing Development, a community of 256 units of multi-family public housing in San Francisco.