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LOS ANGELES - April 14, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the sixth annual list of the top 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with the most ENERGY STAR certified buildings. The cities on this list demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits achieved by facility owners and managers when they apply a proven approach to energy efficiency to their buildings. Los Angeles ranks #1 for the sixth consecutive year with more than 443 Energy Star buildings. San Diego comes in at 15th place with 123 buildings and Riverside in 22nd place with 75 buildings

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Following the discovery of a deceased newborn baby in a dumpster at a Corona apartment complex on April 8, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe is reminding the public about the County’s Safe Surrender program

EMERYVILLE, CALIF. - April 8, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Emeryville selected nonprofit developer, manager and advocate of affordable housing EAH Housing to develop a new mixed-use affordable apartment community at 3706 San Pablo Avenue. EAH chose award-winning national firm KTGY Group, Inc. to design the community. The 86-unit transit-oriented development will incorporate a solar photovoltaic system, a community garden and 7,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- February 2014 housing units have surpassed the January numbers by 14%, though year-over-year total units revealed a 25% decrease since February 2013. Single-family units show a minor decrease in activity, but multi-family housing units experienced significant increases in month-over-month statistics.

Santa Barbara - March 21, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Rep. Lois Capps (CA-24) announced that the Housing Authorities of the City of Santa Barbara and County of Santa Barbara received grants totaling $1.48 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Capital Fund Program

LOS ANGELES - March 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- California home sales fell in February, but housing inventory increased as sellers gear up for the spring home-buying season, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported.

Washington, D.C. - March 13, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-09) joined his House colleagues in introducing the Stabilizing FHA Loan Limit Calculations Act of 2014. The bill will eliminate the uncertainty created by significant reductions in the 2014 Federal Housing Administrations (FHA) loan limits

OAKLAND, Calif. - February 20, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial real estate firm, is pleased to announce that Lee & Associates-Oakland has completed the sale and purchase of a 51,162-square-foot facility on 9.26 acres at 48490 Milmont Drive in Fremont, Calif

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that he will implement recommendations resulting from a Mayoral Executive Directive to accelerate housing production and preserve existing housing stock. The Working Group recommends prioritizing new 100 percent affordable housing, moderate-income units and market rate housing that offers on-site affordable units

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A house in San Diego has been selected as Home of the Year in the 2013 Best in American Living Awards (BALA) by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 3, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- December permits close 2013 at the highest unit volume California has seen all year! Single-family and multi-family housing both experienced month-over-month and year-over-year increases, totaling 10,077 new housing units. Year-to-date totals currently stand at 83,725 units for single-family and multi-family – a 40% increase from 2012. To see where the activity will be in the coming months, order the full California Construction Review December report or request a custom report, prepared to meet your specific data requirements

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 3, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The California Building Industry Association, the voice of housing in California, is pleased to introduce its 2014 Board of Directors’ leadership team. CBIA is particularly fortunate to have such a talented and committed leadership team at the helm heading into this important legislative and election year,

LOS ANGELES - January 31, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- BH Properties, after reporting a banner performance for 2013, has announced that it has secured a combined $236.7 million in financing with two institutions. The Los Angeles-based company, which specializes in repositioning real estate and resolving difficult transactions quickly and effectively, secured the loans from Wells Fargo ($135 million), U.S. Bank ($60 million) and a CMBS loan, also through Wells Fargo ($36.7 million). These financings were based on closings on multiple properties in the firm’s portfolio.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 29, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Heatwurx, Inc. (OTCQB:HUWX), an eco-friendly asphalt preservation and repair equipment company, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dr. Pave, a company that provides high-tech, low-cost pavement repair, have worked with the City of Redlands to put the finishing touches on a water-system upgrade.

LOS ANGELES - January 29, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) announces the release of a new Milken Institute report on housing finance, which features insights from C.A.R. CEO Joel Singer as well as prominent voices from banking, state government, and academia. Titled, “Rebuilding Housing Finance: Thoughts from California on Federal Reform,” the report features insights from a roundtable discussion during the 2013 California Summit held at the Milken Institute’s headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif. C.A.R. not only participated in the Summit but also played an integral role by helping to shape the special session on housing finance

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premier builder serving California since 1919, has promoted John Thornton, LEED-AP, to president. Thornton has been with the company for 18 years, serving most recently as an executive vice president, and will now be responsible for overall direction of the firm’s market sectors, which include retail, entertainment, hospitality, K-12 education, higher education, commercial/office, healthcare and civic projects

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will honor 11 housing professionals for their outstanding service in elevating the image of NAHB educational designations. The 2013 Designee of the Year award winners will be recognized at the 2014 International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES, CA - January 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A perfect storm of a shortage of available homes for sale, rising interest rates, and higher home prices kept prospective home buyers on the sidelines in December, pushing California pending home sales lower for the second straight month. Meanwhile, equity sales continue to make up more than four of every five home sales

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that the Obama administration has approved San Francisco’s public housing improvement plan, the largest such plan in the country, by approving a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), that will help refinance and preserve up to 4,584 public housing units

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The City of Long Beach today celebrated the grand re-opening of Belwood Arms, a two-story 34-unit complex that will provide affordable, quality housing for residents with low- and very- low incomes. Together with The Long Beach Community Investment Company, formerly known as The Long Beach Housing Development Company, Hunt Capital Partners, LLC, Ashwood Townhomes, Inc. and Davila Properties LLC, the City is proud to open the doors to this new and improved housing development.