Yearly Archives: 2013

LOS ANGELES, CA - April 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The share of equity sales rose to their highest level in five years, while March California pending home sales climbed from the previous month, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

Sacramento, CA - April 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) announces the appointment of Theresa Gunn as Deputy Secretary of its Farm and Home Loan Division. Most recently, Gunn served as the Principal Program Budget Analyst in Finance responsible for the capital outlay programs for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Military Department, California Highway Patrol, Department of Motor Vehicles, High Speed Rail, the Health and Human Services Departments, University of California, California State University, and the Community Colleges

EUGENE, OR - April 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Anthony Taylor of Caldwell and Taylor to the ever-expanding network of agents and brokers who have chosen to revolutionize their online real estate resource with a custom IDX solution. Taylor can now display thousands of San Bernardino, California area homes, thanks to his membership with the California Regional MLS (CRMLS), a MLS system that supplies Taylor and his clients with access to thousands of area properties. IDX Broker software has integrated the tools Taylor needs to revolutionize the online real estate search for his clients and other potential California buyers

EUGENE, ORE - April 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Redding, California real estate professional Jeanean Gendron 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 Shasta MLS (Shasta). The IDX solution Gendron supports automatically extracts raw listing data from the Shasta 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. - April 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An estimated 37,764 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was up 31.5 percent from 28,719 in February, and up 0.8 percent from 37,481 sales in March 2012, according to San Diego-based DataQuick.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced California’s National Mortgage Settlement Grant Program has...

ONTARIO, CA - April 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ontario office of Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial real estate firm, has released its first quarter 2013 Industrial Market Summary for the Inland Empire.

EUGENE, OR - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With thousands of properties being updated every day, real estate professional Stephanie Wagner of Del Sol Coastal Properties has integrated the revolutionary IDX Broker software onto her website, in an effort to simplify the online real estate search in Coronado, California. She can now seamlessly display thousands of San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor) listings online, creating a comprehensive database of property listings for buyers to search through. IDX Broker has forever changed the way Coronado buyers experience an online real estate solution.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The homebuilding boom could be returning to parts of California, as real estate values are starting to show strong signs of recovery in the last 12 months. According to an article by the LA Times, demand for homes in some areas of California is returning to pre-recession levels.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The median price paid for a Southern California home hit a 56-month high in March, rising 23.4 percent from a year earlier as the impact of foreclosures continued to fade and sales of mid- to high-end homes shot up. Total sales were the highest in six years for a March despite a sharp drop in sub-$300,000 deals, a real estate information service reported.

Torrance, CA - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, completed a $14.5 million, 10-year truck terminal industrial lease for C.R. England with Heitman Financial at 2250 S. Riverside Ave in Colton.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- CHF|CIRB recently released the statistical data comprising the California Construction Review (CCR) to subscribers. The new numbers reveal a 1% increase in single family housing units as compared to the previous month, while multi-family permits produced a 25% decrease in relation to December of 2012.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- AB 433 (Gordon) has been approved by the Assembly Floor on a 73-0 vote. Introduced in February, this CBIA-sponsored measure would allow residential fire sprinkler systems in new homes to be installed by licensed plumbers.

EUGENE, OR - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Susan Goulding, Broker of Crown Key Realty, to the growing network of real estate agents and brokers choosing to revolutionize the online property search by adopting IDX Broker software. As a Tracy, California area Realtor, Goulding is able to integrate thousands of MetroList-Sacramento MLS (MetroList) property listings onto her website, thanks to her IDX solution, which extracts raw listing data and displays it on her search page. Now, potential buyers can experience a one-stop-shop for their online real estate search, on the IDX-enabled website Goulding hosts

C.W. Driver serves as general contractor for the $35 million project WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premiere builder...

EUGENE, OR - April 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces Mill Valley, California Realtor Porter Farthing has become the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution. By adding the unique IDX Broker software to his Paseo Properties website, Farthing has forever changed the way he does business and communicates with his clients online. As a member of the Bay Area Real Estate Info Services (BAREIS), Farthing’s IDX-enabled website now extracts raw listing data from BAREIS and seamlessly integrates it onto his search pages. Thousands of Farthing property listings are now easily accessible to home seekers through Farthing’s comprehensive online real estate resource.

LOS ANGELES, CA - April 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Strong sales in higher-cost coastal regions and heated market conditions drove California’s median home price to its highest level in March since May 2008, while inventory shortages continued to stifle home sales, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported.

Sacramento - April 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following an extremely dry winter, CAL FIRE has increased its staffing in Southern California for fire season. Starting Monday, April 15, CAL FIRE began transitioning into fire season in San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Over the past month, CAL FIRE has been hiring and training seasonal firefighters to augment its full-time firefighters and will now staff most of the department’s seasonal fire stations around the clock along with several water dropping helicopters. Unless weather conditions drastically change, CAL FIRE will begin staffing its airtankers in Southern California on April 22

Los Angeles, CA - April 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Children from Ramona Gardens HeadStart program enjoyed a special story time with Housing Authority’s President and CEO Doug Guthrie. He stopped by the library to mark the one year anniversary of the opening of the Ramona Gardens library.

EUGENE, OR - April 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Broker John Miller of Coldwell Banker to the growing network of real estate professionals who have chosen to integrate the dynamic IDX Broker software onto their website. Home seekers can now experience an unprecedented level of access to Desert MLS (DTMLS) listings and thousands of detailed property listings are seamlessly linked to his search page, giving potential buyers the unique ability to narrow the MLS databases on their terms