Yearly Archives: 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An estimated 39,051 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was up 3.4 percent from 37,764 in March, and up 2.1 percent from 38,241 sales in April 2012, according to San Diego-based DataQuick

EUGENE, OR - May 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oceanside, California real estate advisor Bob Botkin has adopted the IDX, Inc. premier IDX Broker software to integrate detailed property listings onto his Hass Team Realty website. With his incredible IDX solution, Botkin has transformed the way San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor) listings are displayed online, as potential buyers can now access thousands of properties on their own, with unprecedented access to real estate market trends and updated listing information. Finding a California home online has never been easier, thanks to Botkin and his IDX-enabled website.

EUGENE, OR - May 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Phyllis Cameron to the ever-expanding networks of agents and brokers dedicated to transforming the online real estate search on their professional websites. As a member of the Central Coast Regional MLS (CCRMLS), Cameron has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, her clients and other Los Osos, California home seekers can experience the same level of accessibility to the CCRMLS. IDX Broker has forever changed the way potential buyers search for homes online

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Southern California homes sold at the fastest pace for an April in seven years amid the release of pent-up demand for move-up homes and high levels of investor purchases. The median sale price rose to a 58-month high, reflecting both home price appreciation as well as the simultaneous plunge in foreclosure resales and surge in mid- to up-market buying, a real estate information service reported

JOSHUA TREE, CA - May 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) today cut the ceremonial ribbon to commemorate the opening of the new Joshua Tree Elementary School. Cook was joined by approximately 25 students and more than 50 individuals from the community. The new building is located about a mile north of the previous Joshua Tree Elementary School, which was built on an earthquake fault. The new school is located at 4950 Sunburst Avenue in Joshua Tree and will serve approximately 300 students when it opens this fall.

LOS ANGELES, CA - May 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) will host a free “Endeavor to Achieve Homeownership Home Buyers Fair” to help prepare prospective first-time home buyers enter the California housing market and assist previous homeowners who have suffered economic hardships regain their footing

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fred Córdova and Christine Deschaine, two of commercial real estate’s most respected brokers on the West Coast and in the nation, have joined the brokerage team in the Beverly Hills headquarters of international real estate investment and services firm Kennedy Wilson. In addition, Ryan Eddy, formerly with Córdova at Colliers International, has joined the firm

LOS ANGELES, CA - May 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Higher home prices put a dent in California’s housing affordability during the first quarter of 2013, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported

EUGENE, OR - May 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome San Luis Obispo, California real estate agent Dianna Vonderheide to the growing network of agents and brokers that have chosen to integrate the innovative IDX Broker software onto their website. Vonderheide now supplies thousands of Central Coast Regional MLS (CCRMLS) listings to area home seekers, giving them a unique and thorough database of listings for them to utilize throughout their search. With the dynamic search page Vonderheide now hosts, as well as the IDX Broker application for iPhone, her clients are always connected to the easily accessible database on the website of Vonderheide. Never again will a San Luis Obispo buyer experience a complicated or time-consuming online real estate search, when they work with Vonderheide and her professional website

EUGENE, OR - May 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Alfred Sandoval have joined forces to present Newport Beach, California home seekers with access to thousands of up-to-the-second real estate listings. Sandoval has adopted IDX Broker software, giving him the ability to host an innovative, five-tiered approach to the online property search process. California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) database, which lists and displays thousands of area properties, is now seamlessly integrated and linked to the website of Sandoval. The IDX enabled search page Sandoval hosts has revolutionized the way potential California homebuyers find homes online

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- (RealEstateRama) -- On April 29, 2013, Mercy Housing California will take an important step with local and federal officials and celebrate the opening of a new affordable community for low-income and formerly homeless residents in downtown Sacramento. 7th & H’s new 150 studio and one-bedroom apartments is a key component of the city and county’s effort to end chronic homelessness, provides essential living options to the budding downtown workforce, and represents a vision for one of the largest redevelopment areas in the country

EUGENE, OR - May 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The latest real estate professional to adopt the innovative IDX Broker software is Tony Maciel of La Quinta, California. IDX, Inc. welcomes Maciel to the growing network of agents and brokers who have chosen to employ a powerful and effective IDX solution onto their professional websites. Desert MLS (DTMLS) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the site Maciel hosts, giving his clients a thorough, complete and comprehensive database of properties to search through online.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premiere builder serving the Western U.S. since 1919, has broken ground for the new 103,500-square-foot Life Sciences building at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles. The $110 million (total project cost), three-story building will serve as a teaching, research and laboratory facility for the Seaver College of Science and Engineering’s biology, chemistry and natural science departments. Designed to LEED® Silver specifications by Los Angeles-based CO Architects, construction on the building will begin May 13, 2013, and will be completed in two years.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento today returned a superseding indictment charging Andrew B. Katakis, of Danville, Calif., with obstruction of justice related to a federal investigation into conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in San Joaquin County, Calif., the Department of Justice announced

EUGENE, OR - May 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has teamed up with North Fork, California Realtor Marie Iden to integrate the dynamic IDX Broker software onto the professional website Iden represents. Her customizable IDX solution has made finding the perfect California area home online monumentally easier for herself and her clients. As a member if the California Regional MLS (CRMLS), Iden has long had access to the detailed listings only available to agents and brokers. Now, thanks to her IDX solution, home seekers can experience the same levels of unprecedented access to real estate listings of the website Iden hosts.

CAMARILLO - May 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Department of Insurance (CDI) is currently monitoring several wildfires in the state, including the Springs Fire in Ventura County and the Summit Fire in Riverside County. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is reminding fire evacuees that they may be eligible for reimbursement for additional living expenses (ALE) due to mandatory evacuations.

EUGENE, OR - May 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- San Diego, California area buyers can now experience a revolutionary online property search, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and Realtor Claudette Cooper. The IDX enabled real estate website Cooper now hosts syncs thousands of San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor) listings with the search capabilities her page employs. Home seekers can find their dream home, by utilizing the dynamic online IDX solution Cooper supports, making their real estate search customizable and efficient. Potential buyers around San Diego can look for their dream property from the convenience of the search page Cooper hosts and the comfort of their own home.

EUGENE, OR - May 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the latest real estate professional to integrate IDX Broker software onto a dynamic property search page: Kevin Goehring of California Seller Realty in Lodi, California. Goehring has synchronized his search page to an IDX solution, which extracts raw listing data directly from the Metrolist-Sacramento (Metrolist) Goehring is a member of and seamlessly displays thousands of detailed property listing online. The IDX enabled website Goehring hosts has forever simplified the online real estate search for himself, his business associates, and clients.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- (NHS). For over two decades now, NHS has continued making this neighborhood a neighborhood of choice by creating BLOC clubs, putting first time homebuyers in homes and revitalizing the neighborhood through Neighborhood Pride Day. NHS is teaming up with the 3rd Avenue Block Club, Park Mesa Heights Community Council along with over 100 residents and volunteers to beautify a block in Crenshaw on Saturday, May 4, 2013 for Neighborhood Pride Day. Councilman Bernard Park is schedule to drop by at the event to see the activity taking place in his district

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.