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Englewood, Colorado and Palo Alto, Calif. Metro Brokers today announced a partnership to deliver the real estate industry’s most advanced website targeted at real estate buyers and sellers, as well as anyone looking for local and national information on any property address. Based on technology from Terabitz, the new Metro Brokers website will be a complete “Property Information Portal” that will provide direct access to Colorado MLS feeds, rentals, foreclosures, for sale by owner, condos, as well as neighborhood information, local area expertise, and professional service providers.

NORWALK, Calif. and PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- All California Brokerage, Inc. (ACB), today announced a sophisticated new website that integrates MLS, provides unique search and mapping capabilities and includes the most complete database of local area information and expertise. Powered by Terabitz, the new ACB website is the first site to provide complete coverage of Southern California property listings.

This amazing software quickly figures cash flows, closing costs, break-even points, how much to spend on renovations, and a slew of ratios that bankers and investors find indispensable in analyzing an investment property.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) today announced that it will hold a conference call on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2007 financial results and operating performance.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., the U.S. subsidiary of The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI), today released its Winter 2008 U.S. Market Risk Index(SM), which ranks the nation's 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) according to the likelihood that home prices will be lower in two years.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mortgage counseling agencies will receive $4.6 million to build their capacity over the next two years, and help the hundreds of thousands of California homeowners facing interest rate resets and the threat of foreclosure.

NRF - Retail’s BIG Show, New York, NY — January 14, 2008 — WeatherTRAK smart water management network customers saved one billion gallons of water, 1.5 billion watt-hours of power and two million pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2007, announced the solution’s manufacturer HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc.

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ellington's much-anticipated Sales Center Opening will begin with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 16, 2008 at 1:30 pm at 130 Webster Street in Oakland. Las Vegas-based developer, Molasky Pacific, is inviting Oakland dignitaries, the public and media to join them in celebrating the official opening as well as take part in unveiling the new sales center.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- National Disclosure Authority (NDA), an independent hazard disclosure company founded by the most experienced disclosure experts in the industry, announced today that RE/MAX GOLD, the largest RE/MAX company in California with 27 offices, has endorsed NDA as one of its preferred hazard disclosure company.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Z57, Inc.(R), a leading provider of real estate Internet marketing services, announced today that it has partnered with property listings powerhouse Homescape(R) to increase the exposure of Z57's agent and broker listings.

Online real estate broker Redfin today announced that by the end of last year the company had refunded more than $10 million in commissions to home buyers. Since the launch of the home-buying service in February 2006, Redfin has helped more than 1,000 people buy a home, with an average refund of $10,106.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Orit Gadish, in an interview with the Los Angeles Business Journal, discussed the success that Gadish Properties found in the foreclosure market.

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- California Coastal Communities, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALC) announced that it recently delivered the first nine homes at its 356-home Brightwater community. These nine homes generated cash proceeds of $11 million, or $1.2 million per home.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (December 3, 2007) – Kennedy Wilson Auction Group, a division of the national real estate services and investment firm Kennedy Wilson, conducted a special close out auction of 31 new homes in the gated community of Westwind in Oxnard, California on December 2, 2007.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Move, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE), the leader in online real estate, continues to attract world class talent with the appointment of Gilbert FitzGerald as vice president of analytics. FitzGerald, who brings a 20-year track record of success to Move in evidence-based data analysis management and optimization of business outcomes and ecommerce, will lead site-wide analysis projects to further enhance the consumer and advertiser experience on the Move network of sites

ORANGE, Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Olson Homes, a pioneer in sustainable building practices and a leader in California's move towards in-town, urban living since 1988, is the first attached, new-home community in California to earn LEED Certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and attain a Silver rating. The model homes at Depot Walk feature green construction materials, eco-smart interiors and solar efficiencies.

ForeclosureRadar today issued today its California Foreclosure Report which showed a total of 12,282 properties with a loan value of $4.91 Billion dollars sold at auction in November. In addition to a review of foreclosure stats and county rankings, the California Foreclosure Report notes a significant rise in lender discounts at the foreclosure auctions. This is an important precedent not only for investors, but for Realtors working to get short sale and REO offers approved.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comerica Bank today announced two new mortgage programs especially designed for California homeowners whose primary homes suffered wildfire damage.

SAN DIEGO, CA, 12/12/2007 – Rex Downing & Associates, a leading real estate firm, and interior decorating firm, Fine Living, announce their donation to the Step-Up Program from the proceeds of the Kensington Holiday Home Tour, which they co-sponsored.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.: 12 December 2007 — Although the housing market has been in turmoil for much of 2007, most borrowers have not been negatively impacted and overall satisfaction across the mortgage lending industry has remained stable since 2006, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Primary Mortgage Origination Study released today.