Petaluma, CA - December 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., The Proven Leader in Smart Water Management announced today its customer PEP Housing has reduced outdoor water consumption by 40 percent with WeatherTRAK Smart Irrigation controllers at 12 senior housing communities in Sonoma County. The 58-unit Casa Grande Senior Apartments in Petaluma, California recently received a Met Life Foundation Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing, recognizing best practices in green, service-enriched housing for low-income seniors. The Casa Grande property is also the county's first Green Point rated multi-family project.

Torrance, CA - November 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The University of Southern California Ross Minority Program in Real Estate, a comprehensive continuing education program that trains real estate leaders in traditionally underserved communities, has appointed a new head of day-to-day operations.

Orange County, CA - November 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the third largest global real estate services organization, has completed a 64 unit apartment sale located at 19822 Brookhurst St., Huntington Beach, Calif. The transaction is valued at $12.730 million.

Torrance, CA - November 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mountain Real Estate Group (www.mountainregroup.com), a leading buyer of distressed bank assets and a private capital source for real estate developers, builders and operators, has made a key strategic move in its national expansion plan by opening up a New York office. Located at 50 Main Street in the business district of White Plains, Mountain’s new office is the firm’s eighth regional office in the U.S. Rodney Montag, who has more than 25 years of commercial real estate development, homebuilding and investment market experience, will head the New York operation.

Bellflower, CA - November 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the third largest global real estate services organization, has completed a 60,000-square-feet shopping center named Rosewood Center located at the SWC of Rosecrans and Woodruff. The transaction is valued at $6,500,000.

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EUGENE, OR - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the latest addition to the growing network of agents and brokers who have chosen to update their professional websites with an IDX solution: Broker Nima Ghaheri. As a San Diego, California Realtor and member of the San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor) Ghaheri display thousands of listings instantly on his website, thanks to his IDX solution. The IDX Broker tools he now hosts, extract raw listing data directly from the Sandicor database and seamlessly display it online. With such dynamic features, it is no wonder Ghaheri has chosen to create a comprehensive and easy-to-use real estate website, with IDX Broker software.

Washington, DC - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Waters (CA), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises,...

ONTARIO, CA - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CT Realty Investors Inc. (www.ctrinvestors.com) announced lease agreements today with Pacific Urethane LLC for 150,240 square feet and Precision Foam LLC for 43,492 square feet at 1671 Champagne Ave. in Ontario, Calif. Total consideration for the five-year leases is $3 million and $1 million respectively.

SAN JOSE, CA - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Monday, November 28, 2011, San Jose celebrated the grand opening of Brookwood Terrace Family Apartments, a development by ROEM Corporation and Eden Housing, Inc., in collaboration with the City of San Jose. The grand opening celebration was held at 1346 East San Antonio Street in San Jose, Calif.

San Francisco, CA - November 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Last spring, Oliver Burgelman, Realtor with Zephyr Real Estate, developed a new market-tracking website tool called PriceSquares.com. The site originally covered properties in San Francisco, but the demand for expansion quickly became apparent, particularly for the North Bay. Consequently, the site now includes Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano and Mendocino counties. The site also has undergone some visual changes for a cleaner and more user-friendly interface.

SACRAMENTO, CA - November 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that Angeline Lisa Lizarrago, 69, of Fremont, was sentenced today to five years for a foreclosure scam in which dozens of struggling Bay Area and Central Valley homeowners paid for foreclosure services that were never delivered.

EUGENE, OR - November 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces Los Angeles, California Realtor Brian Moore has become the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution. By adding the unique IDX Broker software to his Prudential California Realty website, Moore has forever changed the way he does business and communicates with his clients online. As a member of the California Real Estate Technology Services MLS (CARETS), Moore’s IDX-enabled website now extracts raw listing data from CARETS and seamlessly integrates it onto his search pages. Thousands of Los Angeles property listings are now easily accessible to home seekers through Moore’s comprehensive online real estate resource.

EUGENE, OR - November 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Palm Desert, California broker Rosemary Woodward to the growing network of real estate agents and brokers who have adopted a customizable IDX solution for their professional websites. As a member of the Desert MLS, Sloan has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, her clients and other area home seekers attain the benefit of viewing the same listings that were once classified as available only to Realtors, via her IDX-enabled search page

Torrance, CA - November 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The HGA Architects & Engineers-designed Student Services Center at Monterey Peninsula College in the Northern California town has officially opened, showcasing the architectural firm’s ability to create a sustainable, flexible facility that can be re-purposed for the future. HGA provided full architectural service for the project, which is designed to meet LEED® certification guidelines and also successfully centralizes several diverse programs that were previously scattered across the college’s campus.

Torrance, CA - November 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NxGen Modular LLC, an innovative provider of fast, cost-effective methods of building scalable data centers, has named Brett Jones as its vice president of sales and business development.

TUSTIN, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Present Value Properties, Inc., a full service retail real estate brokerage, and consulting firm headquartered in Tustin, Calif., announced today that it has represented Menchie's in six lease transactions. Sharon Courtway, SCLS, Vice President, Bernie Labowitz, Senior Vice President, and Greg Fisher, President of Present Value Properties, represented the self-serve frozen yogurt franchisee. Menchie's has over 100 locations open in the US and 50 under construction. Present Value Properties is Menchie's exclusive real estate representative in Southern California.

LOS ANGELES, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pending home sales in California rose in October and were up from the previous year for the sixth consecutive month. Additionally, distressed home sales rose in October from both the previous month and year, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California housing production increased for the third consecutive month in October as builders pulled permits for 17 percent more housing units when compared to October 2010, the California Building Industry Association announced today.

Los Angeles, CA - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home affordability is higher now than in the past. Potential homebuyers are encouraged to purchase their home during this holiday season. Reports indicate lower home prices and record low interested rates in the third quarter of 2011 for the state of California. The down side is that during the last two years, families in Los Angeles County lost their home to foreclosure every 15 to 18 minutes. Southern California residents can take the first step in the home buying process or saving the home they already own from foreclosure, by attending a FREE Homeownership Fair on Saturday, December 3, 2011.