Yearly Archives: 2013

COLTON, CA - March 15, 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 Babies "R" Us building at Eastland Center in West Covina, Calif., for the opening of an Ashley Furniture HomeStore today, March 15, 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 2753 E. Eastland Center Drive.

SAN DIEGO, CA - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A unique approach to helping 223 homeless men and women escape homelessness has become a reality in downtown San Diego with the grand opening today of the city-sponsored Connections Housing Downtown, a year-round one-stop homeless housing and service center.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the City of Long Beach, The Long Beach Housing Development Company (LBHDC) and developer/property manager Abode Communities celebrated the grand re-opening of Evergreen Apartments, three multi-family developments that provide affordable housing for 180 residents

Washington, DC - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- During Wednesday’s hearing of the House Budget Committee, U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) introduced an amendment protecting the most important tax deduction for middle class Americans, the mortgage interest deduction

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An estimated 28,719 new and resale houses and condos sold statewide last month. That was down 0.5 percent from 28,871 in January, and down 3.1 percent from 29,630 sales in February 2012, according to San Diego-based DataQuick

Torrance, CA - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- John H. Irons, a partner of national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, has been honored with the 2013 BTI Client Service All-Star award for his extraordinary dedication to client relations. The award is given to an elite group of attorneys recognized nationally for their exceptional service.

Torrance, CA - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has closed the sale of a 97,595-square-foot property at 310 Army Trail Road. The price of the transaction was not disclosed.

Torrance, CA - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On the heels of naming several new company shareholders across various Southern California offices, Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has named Jeff Bischofberger of the Irvine office its newest shareholder.

Torrance, CA - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to an improving economy and thawing industrial and office markets, the Riverside and...

La Jolla, CA - March 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bay Area home sales eased back a notch while prices continued their upward off-bottom bounce last month, the result of a slow rebalancing act in a market environment of constrained supply and finicky mortgage lending, a real estate information service reported

Washington, DC - March 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Jim Costa announced more than $5.3 million has been awarded to Fresno and Madera 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 that nearly 4,500 homeless persons including more than 600 homeless veterans in Fresno and Madera Counties

Washington, DC - March 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, reintroduced the FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act. The legislation, co-sponsored by Representative Michael E. Capuano, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, is designed to strengthen FHA and to help ensure its long-term solvency. In recent years, the agency has stepped into the void, providing crucial liquidity as private firms have retreated from writing mortgage insurance policies, particularly for key groups such as first time homebuyers.

Washington D.C. - March 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Capitol Hill, NHS of Los Angeles County helped launch a new national movement called Home Matters™, which aims to build public support for the essential role that Home plays as the bedrock for thriving lives, families, and a stronger nation. Home Matters™ is spearheaded by National NeighborWorks® Association along with a coast-to-coast coalition of housing and community development organizations, other nonprofits, companies, and the public at large.

La Jolla, CA - March 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Southern California logged the highest February home sales in six years last month amid relatively strong sales of mid- to high-end properties and a record share of homes sold to absentee buyers. The median sale price edged slightly lower from January but rose nearly 21 percent from a year earlier, marking the 11th straight month in which the median has risen year-over-year, a real estate information service reported.

IRVINE, CA - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce that AMLI Residential has received City approval for AMLI Uptown Orange, a 334-unit eco-friendly apartment community located in the City of Orange, Calif. The 5.6-acre urban infill project will be built on the site of an existing DoubleTree Hotel parking lot and will include the construction of two new parking structures, one for the DoubleTree Hotel and one for the apartment community's residents and guests. KTGY is the project's designer and architect.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Request that the City Attorney draft an ordinance amending the appropriate section of the Long Beach Municipal Code to reclassify realtors from independent contractors to employees.

EUGENE, OR - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX Broker is pleased to announce that Arman Hartoyan of Trimax Properties, Inc. has chosen to employ the powerful and dynamic software provided by IDX Broker. With Hartoyan partnership with IDX Broker, he is now able to seamlessly integrate California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) property listings into his search function on his website. This innovative technology truly revolutionized the way potential Encino, California homebuyers find homes online.

EUGENE, OR - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate consultant Justin DeCesare of Middleton and Associates Real Estates located in La Jolla, California has now seamlessly integrated the dynamic IDX Broker software to his website. Perspective clients of DeCesare are now able to search for homes in surrounding areas of La Jolla all with the use of the integration of IDX Broker software and San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor). With the use of this partnership home seekers of this area can rest assured that DeCesare’s website is providing the best possible property for their search parameters.

EUGENE, OR - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc has collaborated with Intero Real Estate of Bay Area, California to create an enhanced website that improves the way their brokers serve their clients’ every real estate need. Intero Real Estate is now an IDX enabled website, which allows them to effortlessly sync their website to thousands of listings within the San Francisco MLS (SFARMLS) and East Bay Regional Data (EBRD). Clients of Intero Real Estate now have access to the same level of property listings once only reserved for real estate agents and brokers

Los Angeles, CA - March 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County is joining forces with City of Pico Rivera to help families with homeownership. Home affordability is higher now than in the past, this is a great time for families to purchase their first home. Although foreclosure filings in California reached the lowest it’s seen in six years during the fourth quarter of 2012, there are still families struggling to save their homes. Southern California residents can take the first step in the home buying process or saving the home they already own from foreclosure, by attending this FREE event on Saturday, March 9, 2013