Yearly Archives: 2013

SAN FRANCISCO - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a $1 million California Homeowner Bill of Rights implementation grant to The National Housing Law Project.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, introduced the Project Rebuild Act of 2013 on Thursday afternoon. This legislation would provide funding for the rehabilitation of foreclosed and abandoned properties, helping to prevent the deterioration of neighborhoods which leads to plummeting housing prices and lower quality of life for residents.

EUGENE, OR - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chino, California real estate agent Charles Chamorro has enabled the remarkable IDX Broker software on his professional website, making his the host of a dynamic and comprehensive real estate search function. The online property search process was once complicated for agents, brokers and home seekers alike. Now, with the IDX solution Chamorro employs, the online real estate search has never been a simpler, faster, or more successful experience. The customized IDX tools Chamorro supports automatically display thousands of California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) listings, giving his clients and other California home seekers comprehensive database of listings to search, while simultaneously simplifying Chamorro’s job.

EUGENE, OR - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX Broker software has once again been integrated onto the website of a real estate professional, this time with the IDX, Inc. premier technology is hosted by Palm Desert, California agent Dominick Mancuso. Thanks to his membership with the Desert MLS (DTMLS), Mancuso is able to synchronize thousands of listings to her online search page. Now, home seekers can experience an unprecedented level of the online property search right on Mancuso’s website. With the IDX solution that has been custom created for Mancuso, his website is now more complete and helpful to potential buyers

OAKLAND, CA - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning national firm KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, is pleased to announce the ground breaking of Berrellesa Palms, an affordable senior living community in Contra Costa County, developed by Resources for Community Development (RCD) of Berkeley, Calif., and designed by KTGY. Located in the City of Martinez, at the corner of Berrellesa and Buckley streets, Berrellesa Palms provides high quality, affordable one-bedroom apartments for very low-income seniors with chronic medical conditions

LOS ANGELES, CA - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pending home sales in California rose in February from the previous month but were lower than year-ago levels. Meanwhile, equity sales rose to their highest level in nearly five years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With her family and friends by her side, Lillian Thompson, a long-time resident of the Marina Manor Public Housing Development, and one of the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles’ (HACoLA) first Marina Manor residents, was honored by HACoLA’s Resident Council at a “Celebration of Life” event as she turned 103 years old.

Washington, DC - March 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Momentum continues to build for legislation that Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) introduced last month to regulate helicopter traffic and noise in Los Angeles County. Several affected cities and local organizations have joined in support of the bill. The Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act (H.R. 456) would require the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) to provide Los Angeles County residents relief from the noise caused by low-flying helicopters above residential neighborhoods.

GLENDALE, CA - March 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- It’s apparent that the majority of the Gen Y generation – those between 20 and 34 years old – have something in common: they don’t demand a large living space in order to live comfortably. In fact, this demographic is actually reshaping the multifamily development market. One such developer, AMF Development, LLC (AMFD), has unveiled one of the first micro one-bedroom designs specifically targeted for the Gen Y crowd in Southern California that not only offers all the amenities that this demographic wants, but also focuses on the socio-economic factors as well

EUGENE, OR - March 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Auburn, California realtor Gregory Walsh has chosen to upgrade the search capabilities of his professional website with the IDX, Inc. dynamic IDX Broker software. Now, finding homes around Nashville is possible, with a simple search on the website Walsh supports. Nevada County MLS (NCMLS) listings are even seamlessly integrated onto the search page Walsh hosts, thanks to the innovative technology of his custom IDX solution

OAKLAND, CA - March 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning national firm KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, is pleased to announce that SummerHill Apartment Communities of San Ramon, Calif. (formerly known as Urban Housing Group), has begun construction on The Lane on the Boulevard, a 141-unit architecturally distinctive apartment community in Redwood City, located on the San Francisco Peninsula, just north of Atherton.

LOS ANGELES, CA - March 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced today that Harold John Shields of Hawthorne, CA, 57, was extradited from Houston, Texas on March 7, 2013 and booked in the Century Sheriff Station in Lynwood, CA. The suspect has been arraigned and charged with two felony counts of grand theft and two felony counts of theft from elder. Shields is being held on $500,000 bail.

LOS ANGELES, CA - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- California’s median home price marked a full year of annual price gains, propelled by strong sales of higher-priced homes in February, while a lack of inventory constrained total home sales for the month, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported. Also, consistent with a rebenchmarking conducted by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) in December 2011, C.A.R. released today benchmark revisions to historic single-family existing-home sales. Rebenchmarking is an adjustment performed periodically on a series of data to ensure its continued accuracy.

Washington, DC - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51) proudly cosponsored H.R. 858, the “Rural Housing Preservation Act”, introduced by Rep. Fortenberry (NE-1), which preserves the definition of “rural” until 2020 Census data is available, ensuring that over 900 rural communities in metro areas, like Imperial and Brawley, remain eligible for critical U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development funding

IRVINE, CA - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, one of the most dominant retail investment groups in the western United States and a market leader in the sale of retail properties, announced today that William B. Asher, Eric P. Wohl and Edward B. Hanley represented the seller in the sale of a CVS/pharmacy anchored center in Huntington Beach, Calif. The purchase price was $13,870,000, representing a 5.56% capitalization rate and $445 per square foot

EUGENE, OR - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Santa Barbara MLS (SBAOR) listings are now easier than ever to search for, thanks to the innovative IDX Broker software IDX, Inc. has incorporated onto the website of Kellie Roche. As a Santa Barbara, California real estate broker with Prudential California Realty, Roche has continuously made the right decisions for the growth of her business and the satisfaction of her clients, and her adoption of a customized IDX solution is no different. As an SBAOR affiliate, Roche has long had access to thousands of Santa Barbara area properties, and with her addition of IDX Broker software to her website.

EUGENE, OR - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The iPhone enabled IDX Broker software is now also available on the website of Lee Aarons, thanks to his collaboration with IDX, Inc. Now simpler than ever before, IDX Broker extracts raw listing data from the California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) and displays it seamlessly on the Los Angeles, California real estate website Aarons hosts. The once complicated online property search is now simpler than ever, when potential buyers utilize the incredible IDX enabled website Aarons manages

EUGENE, OR - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Larry Scholink’s addition of a customized IDX solution to his Carmel, California based real estate website. The IDX Broker software now on Scholink’s page extracts raw listing data from the MLSListings Inc. and seamlessly displays it for Pate’s clients to search through. The Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology has revolutionized the way home seekers search for properties online. Now, Scholink’s can give his clients a dynamic property search from the convenience of his real estate website, which is now simpler than ever to use.

EUGENE, OR - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coldwell Banker Previews real estate agent, Rebecca Williams, has adopted the IDX, Inc. dynamic IDX Broker software. With the tools her IDX solution supplies her with; Miller can sync thousands of California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) listings instantly on her website. By extracting raw listing data from CARETS and seamlessly integrating it onto her website, Beverly Hills, California potential home buyers can experience the most thorough and complete online property search around

Washington, DC - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Jim Costa announced that$388,144has been awarded to Merced County organizations from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funds were made available through the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance competitive grant program. HUD recently released a report showing there are more than 500 homeless persons including more than 50 homeless veterans in Merced City and County.