Torrance, CA - July 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial real estate provider, has promoted Marshal J. Vogt to principal. Vogt joined Lee & Associates Orange as a runner/associate in August 2006 and has been a significant contributor to the company’s revenue since his arrival. He is an office broker specializing in representing landlords and tenants with the selling and leasing of office properties.

Los Angeles, CA - July 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kitty Wallace, Executive Vice President of Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, just listed The Brockman Lofts, a mixed-use property with 80 residential loft condominiums and 9,968 square feet of retail space. The retail space is currently occupied by Bottega Louie, one of the highest grossing restaurants in the City. The property is located on 7th Street Restaurant Row at 520 W. 7th Street in Downtown Los Angeles, California. It is being offered un-priced.

San Francisco, CA - July 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has appointed Elena Andreadakis as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

EUGENE, OR - July 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. pleased to announce the addition of Coy Alexander and Kern Foreclosures to the growing number of real estate professionals adopting the modern and efficient IDX Broker software to update their realty websites. With Alexander's partnership with the Bakersfield MLS (BKMLS), thousands of property listings are now available on her website for all of her clients and home seekers to see and search through. Never before has finding the right home online been easier, now that Alexander has changed her real estate website to better suit home seekers in Kern County and the surrounding areas.

Torrance, CA - July 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, has named Billy Snowden the newest associate of the Atlanta office. In his new position, Snowden’s area of focus includes tenant and landlord representation throughout Atlanta and the Southeast. He specializes in the implementation of real estate strategies to create cost effective savings and in turn, increase the bottom line.

San Diego, CA - July 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage La Mesa’s Lisa Cupp will lend her San Diego real estate industry knowledge to an upcoming episode of HGTV’s House Hunters, July 25 at 8: 00 p.m. In the upcoming episode, REALTOR® Cupp assists Tya Haylock, the new wife of deployed Navy Quartermaster 1st Class Sherman Haylock, in an effort to purchase the couple’s first home

TUSTIN, CA - July 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gregory A. Fisher, President of Present Value Properties, Inc., a full service retail real estate brokerage and consulting firm headquartered in Tustin, Calif., announced today that Ryan Gast has joined Present Value Properties as Associate Broker. He will be responsible for managing and sourcing new retailer and landlord representation assignments. Present Value Properties exclusively represents a variety of chain retailers throughout Southern California including Gold Max, Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, Southern Pizza Hut, and Payless ShoeSource. The firm currently has 650,000 square feet of retail space listed throughout Southern California

WASHINGTON, DC - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-23) and a bipartisan group of her colleagues introduced the PACE Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 2599) to promote energy efficient upgrades to homes. This bill would prevent federal regulators from adopting policies that disregard established state and local Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) laws. The PACE program is designed to allow homeowners an opportunity to lower their utility bills by making energy efficiency improvements to their homes, which would in turn help clean energy businesses sell more of their energy efficient products, expand green manufacturing operations, and create jobs.

Washington, D.C. - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Mike Thompson joined with two House Republicans Wednesday in introducing legislation to protect the government-financed home and business energy retrofit programs that have run afoul of federal housing regulators.

Washington, D.C. - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A government program that helped homeowners finance and install green upgrades before a technical roadblock stalled it last year may be resuscitated by Congress.

FRESNO, CA - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than half of Central Valley REALTORS® characterized closing short-sale transactions as “difficult” or “extremely difficult,” according to a Lender Satisfaction Survey conducted by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.). The survey gauges REALTORS®’ experience working with lenders in their most recent transaction. The majority of those surveyed dealt with short-sale transactions – transactions in which the lender or lenders agree to accept less than the mortgage amount owed by the current homeowner.

Raffles Place, Singapore - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Petra Ecclestone, the daughter of F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone, has bought the Los Angeles home of Amercian film and television producer, Aaron Spelling.

EUGENE, OR - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- San Diego area properties are now conveniently displayed on one easy-to-use website, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and Brian Long. SANDICOR listings are synced seamlessly to the search page enabled by IDX, creating a comprehensive online database of properties for Long's clients to search. The IDX solution customized to fit the functionality his website has allowed Long to provide his clients and other potential San Diego area buyers with unprecedented access to SANDICOR listings, search tools and other IDX-hosted features

WASHINGTON, DC - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-23) announced that the San Luis Obispo County Housing Trust Fund has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institution Fund. The grant will allow the Housing Trust Fund to provide low-interest financing for affordable housing for middle class families in San Luis Obispo County.

Washington, DC - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Waters (CA), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, today led 11 of her colleagues in the House of Representatives urging U.S. bank regulators to publicly release information regarding the steps that mortgage servicers are taking to prevent illegal foreclosure practices. An identical letter was sent by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (NJ), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, and nine additional Senators.

Bipartisan PACE Bill Will Create Jobs at the Local Level Washington, D.C. - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today a bipartisan group of members – Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Nan Hayworth, M.D. (R-NY), and Dan Lungren (R-CA) - introduced the PACE Protection Act of 2011.

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California pending home sales rose for the second consecutive month in June, while the share of distressed property sales was unchanged, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

EUGENE, OR - July 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. announces Bogdan Ryabyshchuk of Bay Realty in San Diego has become the latest professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution for his real estate website. His IDX solution now seamlessly integrates thousands of SANDICOR listings onto his search page, creating a comprehensive database of properties for his clients to explore online. Adding IDX Broker software to his website has revolutionized the way Ryabyshchuk presents listings to his clients and other potential San Diego, California buyers.

San Francisco, CA - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today introduced legislation at the Board of Supervisors updating the Municipal Green Building Code to require U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for all municipal construction and major renovation projects over 5,000 square feet after September 1, 2011. Currently, only LEED Silver certification is required for municipal buildings, while LEED Gold is required for private sector buildings starting in 2012. This legislation updates green building standards for municipal construction projects that will secure San Francisco’s place as a national leader in resource efficient building.

SACRAMENTO, CA - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging seven real estate professionals with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on July 14, 2011.