Yearly Archives: 2013

Sacramento, CA - October 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In recent days, CalVet has received a number of calls from concerned veterans regarding the impact of the federal government shut down on the CalVet Home Loan program.CalVet Home Loans is not being impacted by the U.S. federal government shutdown. The Department is open for business originating and closing loans for California veterans.

COLTON, CA - October 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Hodgdon Group, a full-service brokerage, development, construction and project management company, announced today that that it has completed construction of the conversion of the former Sam's Club building in Sacramento, Calif., for the opening of a 60,000-square-foot Burlington Coat Factory on October 11. Hodgdon Group's HMC Construction, Inc. handled all entitlements and served as the design-build contractor for the major renovation located in North Natomas at 3671 North Freeway Boulevard in the City of Sacramento.

EUGENE, OR - October 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- David Lawver and IDX, Inc. have come together to provide outstanding service to the clients of KAL Financial in Campbell, California. On his IDX-enabled website, Lawver brings area listings to buyers with ease and simplicity in one of the most exciting cities in the world. MLS listed properties are now synced to a search option on KAL Financial’s homepage, creating a comprehensive and dynamic online database of local listings.

EUGENE, OR - October 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Searching the MetroList-Sacramento MLS (Metrolist) just got easier for home seekers, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Geriann Mahan. Potential buyers can now experience an online home search unlike any other with the IDX solution now employed by Mahan. By utilizing the unique search features on search page Mahan hosts, home seekers can engage in a thorough and comprehensive online property search. Never before has a simpler or easier to use real estate website been available to Sacramento, California buyers

Los Angeles, CA - October 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- For almost three decades now, NHS has continued making Los Angeles County neighborhoods, neighborhoods of choice by creating BLOC clubs, putting first time homebuyers in homes and revitalizing neighborhoods through Neighborhood Pride Day. NHS is teaming up with over 100 residents, volunteers and local businesses to beautify a block in Sylmar on Saturday, October 5, 2013 for Neighborhood Pride Day. These volunteers come together to help make their neighborhoods healthy, sustainable places for families to work and play together and also call home. This will mark the eighth NPD in 2013 that NHS has hosted and will be the last one for the year. Councilman Felipe Fuentes will attend the event and welcome participants to his district.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- About 50 homes within Los Angeles County unincorporated communities have sustained $2.3 million in combined flood damage, according to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District.

San Francisco, CA - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) --Three important developments this week confirmed concerns about mortgage servicing expressed by housing counselors throughout California in a state-wide survey earlier this year. A federal judge ruled in favor of surviving spouses trying to avoid foreclosure, New York’s Attorney General sued Wells Fargo and announced improved agreements with Bank of America over foreclosure prevention efforts, and Joe Smith announced new loan servicing metrics under the National Mortgage Settlement. The developments, along with reported settlement talks between Chase Bank and the Department of Justice, provide hope that more homeowners will receive appropriate help when they seek help from their banks or servicers.

City of Alhambra - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the second day of the Federal shutdown in effect, local governments are bracing for the worst. The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) operates affordable housing programs, such as the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8), which rely on the Federal government for their funding. Section 8 provides housing to over 23,000 households in Los Angeles County, including seniors, disabled, homeless, mentally ill and the working poor. Because the earlier sequester required public housing authorities to draw down reserves from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) earlier in the year, HACoLA funding is nearly exhausted.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman spoke with National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Acting Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman regarding the tragic crash at the Santa Monica Airport. In their conversation, Rep. Waxman asked that the NTSB expand the scope of its investigation beyond the immediate cause of the crash to examine the overall safety of the airport layout. He also raised concerns about whether the Republican led-government shutdown would significantly delay the agency's investigation

Northbrook, IL - October 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant triple net leased Walgreens property located at 4520 Balfour Road in Brentwood, California for $7,000,00

Torrance, CA - October 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has completed a $7.8 million sales transaction for a 54,000-square-foot facility located at 1351 Manhattan Ave. in Fullerton, Calif

San Francisco, CA - October 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced San Francisco will triple the amount of funding to prevent illegal Ellis Act evictions and that the City will release $700,000 in funding for other eviction prevention services from the Housing Trust Fund

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) announced the introduction of HR 3182, legislation to improve the support infrastructure at our country’s international border crossings including San Ysidro & Otay Mesa. Inefficiency at the land ports of entry cost the cross-border economies $7.2 billion in lost gross output annually, and more than 62,000 jobs, according to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). The announcement came at the beginning of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual trip to Washington

Torrance, CA - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Partner Engineering and Science Inc. (Partner), a national engineering, environmental and energy consulting firm headquartered in Torrance, Calif., has purchased a 9,353-square-foot building for the company’s new office at 1761 East Garry Ave. in Santa Ana, Calif., for $1.5 million. This office will replace company offices in Irvine, which no longer accommodate the rapidly expanding firm.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- California Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Peter J. Gravett will swear in the new Administrator for the Veterans Home of California – Fresno, Rojirio De La Cerda, at the Veterans Home – Fresno. After the swearing in ceremony, Mr. Cerda and Secretary Gravett will be available to the media.

WASHINGTON - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) and Congressman Tony Cárdenas (San Fernando Valley) will lead a Latino Leaders Summit on empowering Latinos in the housing market at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 2013 Public Policy Conference at 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150A, 801 Mt. Vernon Pl., NW, Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In planning for emergencies, it is important for every household and each individual to consider what they will need and assemble their Emergency Supply Kits.

OAKLAND, CA - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, yesterday afternoon held a Maritime Transportation Roundtable meeting at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission building in Oakland. Attendees included local, state, and federal maritime transportation officials, representatives from the Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers, along with prominent business leaders, labor leaders, and transportation stakeholders.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA) today is happy to announce that the Yuba County Airport Industrial Park will receive a $1,790,232 grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to upgrade their wastewater collection system to increase its capacity and support expansion of the Yuba County airport industrial park. This project will help grow Yuba County’s manufacturing capacity, including the establishment of the only nitrite, non-latex glove manufacturing facility in the country. The EDA grant is expected to leverage $50 million in private investment and create 150 jobs

Torrance, CA - September 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- International real estate investment and services firm Kennedy Wilson has hired Justin Weiss as a senior associate in the Los Angeles office of Kennedy Wilson Brokerage Group, the commercial brokerage division of the firm. Weiss joins the firm as a part of an expansion of its brokerage service