Orange County, CA - April 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, recently negotiated three leases with the combined transactions values equaling $3.151 million. Chuck Wilson, senior vice president, based in Colliers International’s Irvine office, negotiated all three leases

City of Industry, CA - March 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, recently negotiated a five-year lease for a 155,992-square-foot industrial building located at 14255-14317 Lomitas Ave, City of Industry, Calif. The transaction is valued at $3.1 million.

Ontario, CA - March 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, recently negotiated the seven-year lease for a 411,458 square-foot industrial building located at 3601 Jurupa St., Ontario, Calif. valued at $10 million and another 63-month lease for a 212,300-square-foot industrial building located at 9545 Santa Anita Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. valued at $3.475 million.

LOS ANGELES, CA - March 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today announced it has partnered with Fannie Mae on an initiative designed to help REALTORS® quickly resolve issues that may arise after a short sale offer is made on a Fannie Mae-backed loan. The Fannie Mae Short Sale Assistance Desk ("Assistance Desk") provides brokers and agents the ability to significantly shorten the time they have to wait for approval on Fannie Mae short sale transactions and helps real estate professionals with the handling of post-contract issues such as loan servicer responsiveness, the existence of a second lien or issues involving mortgage insurance.

Torrance, CA - March 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) WHAT: The USC Lusk Center for Real Estate unveils the 9th Annual Casden Southern California Multifamily Market Forecast: Opportunities Abound—Know Where to Find Them to hundreds of industry professionals, business leaders, policymakers and media.

EUGENE, OR - March 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Mark Spitzberg of Priority Real Estate to the ever-expanding network of agents and brokers who have chosen to revolutionize their online real estate resource with a custom IDX solution. Spitzberg can now display thousands of Landera Ranch, California area homes, thanks to his membership with the California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS), an MLS system which supplies Spitzberg and his clients with access to thousands of area properties. IDX Broker software has integrated the tools Spitzberg needs to revolutionize the online real estate search for his clients and other potential Southern California buyers.

Torrance, CA - March 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kristin Vils of Keystone Pacific Property Management has earned the Certified Community Association Manager (CCAM®) designation through the California Association of Community Managers.

San Francisco, CA - March 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The San Francisco Business Times recognized two of Martin Building Co.’s projects as “best financial” deals among the publication’s annual “Deals of the Year.” Martin Building Co. was recognized for its creative financing in their effort to build two housing projects in San Francisco. Potrero Launch, an $80.4 million, 196-apartment project, and Arc Light Co., a $41 million, 94-unit rental project with a historic preservation component, were the two specific projects honored.

Washington, DC - March 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced legislation to permanently abolish the affordable housing goals of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

EUGENE, OR - March 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Samuel W. Kim of Alora Realty, Inc., has chosen to employ the powerful and innovative IDX Broker software on his professional website. As a member of the San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor), Kim, like many other real estate agents and brokers, can search through thousands of San Diego, California listings. Now, clients of Kim can experience the same accessibility and ease when scanning Sandicor properties, all on the convenient real estate website and search page Kim hosts

ALISO VIEJO, CA - March 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Stefan Manolakas, a longtime developer of commercial, residential and mixed-use projects in Northern California, has joined the CT Realty Investors board of directors. Manolakas represents the third addition to the real estate investment firm’s board of directors in the past few months.

Torrance, CA - March 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has closed on the $5.86 million sale of a 78,486-square foot industrial building located at 2525 El Presidio St., in Carson, Calif., just outside Los Angeles.

San Francisco, CA - March 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) today announced that Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution (Clearinghouse CDFI), the newest member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, is the first non-depository community development financial institution (CDFI) to borrow from a Federal Home Loan Bank.

EUGENE, OR - March 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Sacramento, California real estate broker Tim Leingang as the latest realty professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution. His website now hosts a dynamic search page that seamlessly integrates thousands of Metrolist Sacramento listings to his Granite Equity Group website. Potential buyers throughout the Northern California region can experience an online property search comparable to none, on the IDX-enabled website Leingang now supports.

Los Angeles, CA - March 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, has recruited top senior brokers, Christopher Maling and David Maling, aka The Maling Brothers, in Downtown Los Angeles. They both specialize in investment sales.

March 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has selected San Francisco’s HOPE SF transformation plan for Alice Griffith Public Housing Development and the surrounding Bayview neighborhood as a finalist in its Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant competition. The Alice Griffith Plan was one of 42 plans submitted by communities nationwide competing for the $61 million in total funding and one of six finalists to enter the second application round

Washington, DC - March 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a senior member of the Financial Services Committee and a top congressional advocate for affordable housing, reintroduced H.R. 1209, The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA), late last week. The bill would reform the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, which provides rental housing assistance to 2 million low-income American families

LOS ANGELES, CA - March 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pending home sales rose in February, as did the share of distressed properties sold, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - March 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing production in California continued to decline in February as builders pulled fewer permits for new homes when compared to January and when compared to February of 2010, the California Building Industry Association announced today

Torrance, CA - March 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hamid Soroudi of Charles Dunn Company’s West Los Angeles office has closed on the sale of a 24,258-square-foot multifamily property located at 16070 W. Sunset Blvd. for $8.5 million.