Yearly Archives: 2013

SAN DIEGO, CA - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice are remembered this Memorial Day weekend, help is on the way for homeless veterans in the City of San Diego thanks to 185 federal housing vouchers awarded to the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC)

EUGENE, OR - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Solana Beach, California area properties are now conveniently displayed on one easy-to-use website, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and Richardson Griswold of Red House Property. San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor) listings are synced seamlessly to the search page enabled by IDX, creating a comprehensive online database of properties for Griswold‘s clients to search. The IDX solution customized to fit the functionality his website has allowed Griswold to provide his clients and other potential California buyers with unprecedented access to Sandicor listings, search tools and other IDX-hosted features

CORONA DEL MAR, - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Auction.com (www.auction.com), the nation’s leading online real estate marketplace, announced Thursday the final sale of a luxury beach front estate in Corona del Mar

SOUTH PASADENA, CA - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has closed a $4.45 million multifamily sale at 601 Meridian Avenue.

Torrance, CA - May 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has closed the $10 million sale of a 10.67-acre land site for the construction of a 232,000-square-foot industrial property at 300 N. Baldwin Park Blvd. in the City of Industry.

EUGENE, OR - May 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Finding a home online just became monumentally easier for Santa Rosa, California home seekers, thanks to the recent partnership between IDX, Inc. and Broker Joe Lucci. As a dedicated and seasoned real estate broker, Lucci has once again proven his professionalism and famous client service by enabling IDX Broker on his website. Bay Area Real Estates Info Services (BAREIS) listings are now seamlessly displayed on Lucci’s website through his custom IDX solution, which extracts raw listings data directly from the BAREIS

LOS ANGELES, CA - May 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Distressed home sales continued to decline in April, as previously underwater homes rose in value, and the share of REO sales registered in the single-digits for the first time in more than five years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today

EUGENE, OR - May 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce San Francisco, California real estate broker Michael Mazzocone as the latest realty professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution. His website now hosts a dynamic search page that seamlessly integrates thousands of San Francisco MLS (SFARMLS) listings to his HillScape Properties, Inc. website. Potential buyers throughout the California region can experience an online property search comparable to none, on the IDX-enabled website Mazzocone now supports

EUGENE, OR - May 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mammoth Lakes, California real estate professional Lauren Tracy has revolutionized her website with the dynamic IDX Broker software. She now hosts thousands of property listings directly on her website, thanks to her partnership with IDX, Inc. and Mammoth Lakes MLS (MLBOR). The IDX solution Tracy supports automatically extracts raw listing data from the MLBOR database and integrates them onto her page, providing home seekers with a dynamic and comprehensive group of listings to help them find their dream home.

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

Torrance, CA - May 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Paul Earnhart, senior vice president of Lee & Associates’ Ontario office, has been named one of the panel moderators at I.con: The Industrial Conference 2013.

EUGENE, OR - May 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Caliber Real Estate Group Broker Charisse Okamoto has collaborated with IDX, Inc. to deliver potential buyers a dynamic and simplified real estate resource. Searching for a home has never been easier for Orange, California home seekers, as the California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the search page Okamoto hosts, giving buyers thousands of options to consider in their real estate search.

Torrance, CA - May 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senior Associate Jim Slaught of Lee & Associates Santa Barbara has closed the sale of 215,202 square feet of Palmdale Marketplace, a 500,000-square-foot power center at 39176-39340 10th St. West. The transaction price was not disclosed.

COLTON, CA - May 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Hodgdon Group, a full-service real estate brokerage, development and construction firm, announced today that it has completed construction of the conversion of the former Borders Books and Music building at Montclair Plaza in Montclair, Calif., for the opening of an Ashley Furniture HomeStore today, May 17, 2013. Hodgdon Group's HMC Construction, Inc. handled all entitlements and served as the design-build contractor for the major renovation of the 42,000-square-foot freestanding building located at 5055 S. Montclair Plaza Lane

IRVINE, CA - May 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning national firm KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, is pleased to announce that Hutton Companies, one of Southern California’s foremost developers, has begun construction on La Verne Village, a 172-unit mixed-use residential and retail community in La Verne, Calif., located in the San Gabriel Valley, east of Los Angeles, on Foothill Boulevard, the Historic Route 66.

Washington, D.C. - May 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week, Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA 25) and Congressman Scott Peters (D- CA 52) introduced H.R. 1997, the Communities Achieving Sustainability Act (CASA). CASA Authorizes the Housing Urban Development (HUD) to make 203k loans to small investors for a 2-year period. This legislation will help revitalize communities (especially those hurt most by the recent foreclosure crisis), increase property values and create economic growth in the housing market.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jason Sterlino pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to paying bribes to a bank official in order to procure residential mortgage loans, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton), joined by Congresswoman Doris Matsui, Congressman John Garamendi, and Congressman Ami Bera, called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to keep its Sacramento office open in response to HUD’s announcement of its plans to close that branch. The Sacramento office currently serves the epicenter of the housing crisis. The region continues to have one of the highest rates of foreclosures and underwater homeowners in the Nation

EUGENE, OR - May 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tomea, Inc. Broker Melania Mirzakhanian has collaborated with IDX, Inc. to deliver potential buyers a dynamic and simplified real estate resource. Searching for a home has never been easier for California home seekers, as the San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the search page Mirzakhanian hosts, giving buyers thousands of options to consider in their real estate search

LOS ANGELES, CA - May 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fueled by high demand and tight inventory, California home sales and prices both experienced strong increases in April, with the median price surpassing the $400,000-mark for the first time in five years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported.