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Capps Applauds More Than $400 million in Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants for...
Part of Nearly $8 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding for Energy Efficiency Efforts Nationwide that will Create Thousands of Jobs and Lower Energy Costs for Families, Schools, and Businesses
CBIA Endorses Two Voluntary Green Building Programs
SACRAMENTO, CA - March 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The California Building Industry Association announced today that it is endorsing two voluntary green building programs for its members that wish to build homes that exceed the state’s toughest-in-the-nation energy-efficiency and water conservation standards
Senators Feinstein, Boxer, Klobuchar and Snowe Applaud EPA’s Draft Rule-Making to Establish Greenhouse Gas...
Washington, DC - March 11, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) today applauded the move by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a draft rule-making to establish an economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions registry, an essential first step towards a cap-and-trade system to reduce emissions
Despite Relative Strength In Selected Markets Costs Expected to Decrease Following Extensive Period of...
New York, N.Y - March 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Turner Construction Company, the nation’s leading general builder, today announced that the First Quarter 2009 Turner Building Cost Index, which projects domestic commercial building construction costs, has decreased 5.77% from the Fourth Quarter 2008
Pelosi: With This Housing Bill, We Can Protect the American Dream and Preserve It...
Washington, D.C. - March 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the House’s passage of HR 1106, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, by a vote of 234 to 191
Capps Cheers Passage of Fair and Effective Plan to Help Our Economy by Helping...
The Helping Families Save Their Homes Act Could Keep Hundreds of Thousands of Families from Losing Their Home Without Spending One Taxpayer Dollar
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 06, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today Congresswoman Lois Capps voted for legislation that will provide a fair and effective plan to help communities across the country by aiding families who are facing foreclosure hold on to their homes.
Two associations offer new member benefit
LOS ANGELES, CA - March 06, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) and Terradatum Inc. today announced that the Maine Association of REALTORS® (MAR) and the REALTOR® Association of Greater Ft. Lauderdale (RAGFL) signed agreements to provide their members with Clarus™ MarketMetrics™ as a member benefit
Brown Urges Obama Administration to Allow California to Enforce Tough Greenhouse Gas Emissions Law
SACRAMENTO, CA - March 06, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today urged the Obama Administration to overturn the Bush EPA’s “illegal and shortsighted” denial of California’s request to carry out its state law requiring a 30% reduction in tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions.
C.A.R. opposes reduction in mortgage interest deduction
Last week, President Obama presented his proposed budget plan for fiscal year 2010. Included in the proposed plan is a provision to reduce the mortgage interest deduction for those earning more than $250,000.
Capps Announces Federal Grants for Local Airports’ Expansion and Enhancement Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 04, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Congresswoman Lois Capps announced today that several local airports received federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation to assist with costs associated with the expansion and enhancements to the airports. The Oxnard, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Regional Airports all recently received grants.
Business Growth Continues in Fairfield, CA With Several Companies Choosing to Locate in the...
Fairfield, CA - March 02, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Fairfield, CA continues to attract companies despite the slow economy. Businesses are drawn to the San Francisco Bay Area city for its strategic location and affordable and readily available office space.
State’s existing home sales increased 100.8 percent
LOS ANGELES, CA - February 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Home sales increased 100.8 percent in January in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home fell 40.5 percent, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today
Park City Board of Realtors Switches to MarketLinx
SANTA ANA, CA - February 26, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — MarketLinx, Inc., a leading provider of information technology to the residential real estate industry and a member of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies, today announced that Utah’s Park City Board of REALTORS® has converted its multiple listing service (MLS) to MarketLinx’s popular MLXchange system
Six Home Building Leaders Named to California Homebuilding Foundation Hall of Fame
SACRAMENTO, CA - February 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Six home building leaders, including two HBANC members, will be inducted this year into the California Homebuilding Foundation Hall of Fame.
CALMLS launches calREDD Web site
CALMLS, the statewide Multiple Listing Service, launches calREDD™ Web site
LOS ANGELES, CA - February 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — CALMLS, the statewide Multiple Listing Service (MLS) initiative, has launched the calREDD™ (California Real Estate Dynamic Data) Web site
Homebuilders Hail Passage of Homebuyer Tax Credit
SACRAMENTO, CA - February 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — California homebuilders said the $10,000 tax credit for purchasers of new homes included in the new state budget will help jump-start the depressed industry, creating jobs and much-needed tax revenue for state and local governments.
Entry-level housing affordability increases to 59 percent
LOS ANGELES, CA - February 19, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The percentage of households that could afford to buy an entry-level home in California stood at 59 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, compared with 33 percent for the same period a year ago, according to a report released today by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
California New-Home Market Ends 2008 with a Whimper, CBIA Announces
SACRAMENTO, CA - February 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The pace of home sales at California new-home communities continued to slow in December following deteriorating credit conditions in the closing months of 2008, the California Building Industry Association reported today. CBIA officials urged the Legislature to quickly enact stimulus legislation that the Association believes will help reverse the continued depression in the state’s homebuilding industry.
Three MLSs Offer Clarus MarketMetrics as a Member Benefit in Northern California
LOS ANGELES, CA - February 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) today announced that the Bay East AOR/MLS, the Contra Costa AOR/MLS (CCAR), and East Bay Regional Data (EBRD) signed an agreement to provide their approximately 14,000 MLS members Clarus™ MarketMetrics™ as a member benefit
Oakland Association of REALTORS provides Clarus Investor and ePUBS for WINForms as member benefit
LOS ANGELES, CA - February 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) today announced that the Oakland Association of REALTORS® (OAR) signed an agreement to provide Clarus™ Investor™ and ePUBS for WINForms® as new member benefits
