Yearly Archives: 2011

EUGENE, OR - November 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Palm Desert, California broker Rosemary Woodward to the growing network of real estate agents and brokers who have adopted a customizable IDX solution for their professional websites. As a member of the Desert MLS, Sloan has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, her clients and other area home seekers attain the benefit of viewing the same listings that were once classified as available only to Realtors, via her IDX-enabled search page

Torrance, CA - November 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The HGA Architects & Engineers-designed Student Services Center at Monterey Peninsula College in the Northern California town has officially opened, showcasing the architectural firm’s ability to create a sustainable, flexible facility that can be re-purposed for the future. HGA provided full architectural service for the project, which is designed to meet LEED® certification guidelines and also successfully centralizes several diverse programs that were previously scattered across the college’s campus.

Torrance, CA - November 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NxGen Modular LLC, an innovative provider of fast, cost-effective methods of building scalable data centers, has named Brett Jones as its vice president of sales and business development.

TUSTIN, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Present Value Properties, Inc., a full service retail real estate brokerage, and consulting firm headquartered in Tustin, Calif., announced today that it has represented Menchie's in six lease transactions. Sharon Courtway, SCLS, Vice President, Bernie Labowitz, Senior Vice President, and Greg Fisher, President of Present Value Properties, represented the self-serve frozen yogurt franchisee. Menchie's has over 100 locations open in the US and 50 under construction. Present Value Properties is Menchie's exclusive real estate representative in Southern California.

LOS ANGELES, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pending home sales in California rose in October and were up from the previous year for the sixth consecutive month. Additionally, distressed home sales rose in October from both the previous month and year, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California housing production increased for the third consecutive month in October as builders pulled permits for 17 percent more housing units when compared to October 2010, the California Building Industry Association announced today.

Los Angeles, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home affordability is higher now than in the past. Potential homebuyers are encouraged to purchase their home during this holiday season. Reports indicate lower home prices and record low interested rates in the third quarter of 2011 for the state of California. The down side is that during the last two years, families in Los Angeles County lost their home to foreclosure every 15 to 18 minutes. Southern California residents can take the first step in the home buying process or saving the home they already own from foreclosure, by attending a FREE Homeownership Fair on Saturday, December 3, 2011.

Torrance, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In one of the largest transactions in Long Beach this year, Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s leading commercial real estate providers, has closed a sales transaction of more than $20 million for the Park Tower, a 119,287-square-foot office building located at 5150 Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach, Calif. The sale price of the off-market transaction could not be disclosed.

EUGENE, OR - November 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the latest real estate professional to adopt the dynamic IDX Broker software: RE/MAX Execs realtor Lauren Perreault. Perreault’s customized IDX solution extracts raw listing data from the California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) and integrates thousands of listings onto Frey's search page displaying Manhattan Beach, California properties with ease. IDX Broker and the solutions it enables, has revolutionized the property search tools that Perreault makes available to her clients online.

LOS ANGELES, CA - November 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) Leadership Team for 2012 is now in place. LeFrancis Arnold is the Association’s 2012 president; REALTOR® Don Faught is president-elect; Chris Kutzkey is treasurer; and Joel Singer is state secretary. The officers for 2012 began their official term earlier this week at the close of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) Conference and Expo in Anaheim, Calif.

LOS ANGELES, CA - November 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Congress late yesterday passed a “minibus” appropriations measure that will continue to fund the government and includes a provision to reinstate the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan limit in high-cost areas for two years. President Obama signed the measure into law today.

Aliso Viejo, CA - November 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Marblehead Community Association has selected Merit Property Management, a FirstService Residential Management company, to manage 997 single-family homes and condominium units in San Clemente, CA. Merit will assist the community with all its HOA property management needs.

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IRVINE, CA - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hanley Investment (HI) Urban Retail Advisors, a division of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, specializing in the sale and advisory of high profile mixed-use and urban retail properties in dynamic commercial districts across the United States, announced today that Carlos J. Lopez, President of HI Urban Retail Advisors represented Arenda Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based private real estate investment firm, and AEW, a Boston-based pension fund advisor, in the purchase of an 87,000-square-foot retail/office complex situated within the South Lake District of Pasadena, Calif. The purchase price was $21 million.

San Francisco, CA - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Zephyr Real Estate once again leads the race in technology advances for the real estate industry. San Francisco home shoppers need look no further than their iPhone to find every available listing in the city with Zephyr Real Estate Search, now available in the iTunes Store

SACRAMENTO, CA - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Californians were able to afford a higher percentage of homes sold in the third quarter of 2011 as housing affordability increased in 22 of the state’s 28 metropolitan areas included in the report, the California Building Industry Association announced today.

EUGENE, OR - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Sotheby’s International Realty and Anthony Paradise have chosen to integrate the revolutionary IDX Broker software onto the website Paradise supports, creating a dynamic and efficient online real estate resource for buyers and agents alike. As a member of the California Real Estate Technology Services MLS (CARETS), Paradise can easily display thousands of Los Angeles, California area listings on his IDX-enabled website, simplifying his job and the entire search process for his clients. Home seekers can explore NWMLS listings like never before, quickly and easily, without ever leaving the website that Paradise hosts.

SACRAMENTO, CA - November 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to a new study released today, the use of residential nexus analysis (RNA) in determining inclusionary housing percentage requirements and in-lieu fees for both residential and commercial development is unreliable and often produces highly inflated affordable housing requirements and in-lieu fees, the California Homebuilding Foundation announced today.

Orange County, CA - November 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The South Coast Villas Homeowners Association has selected Merit Property Management, a FirstService Residential Management company, to manage 304 condominium units in Santa Ana, CA. Merit is assisting the community with all its HOA property management needs.