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TUSTIN, CA - August 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gregory A. Fisher of Present Value Properties, Inc., a full service retail real estate brokerage, and consulting firm headquartered in Tustin, Calif., announces the hiring of Britt Nelson and Ryan Gast to assist in the firm's expansion. Nelson, who joins the company as a vice president, will be involved in building Present Value Properties into a multi-state real estate brokerage and consultancy. Gast will be an associate broker 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

ANAHEIM, CA - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vision Awards for outstanding service in the world of community association management were presented to 15 California professionals last night. Presented by the California Association of Community Managers (www.cacm.org) at the association’s annual statewide Expo and Conference at the Disneyland Hotel and Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., the awards were given to professionals from around the state for their outstanding expertise in homeowners association management. California is home to nearly 49,000 homeowners associations.

Torrance, CA - August 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC) announces the acquisition of Village III within the Riverwalk Vista master plan in Riverside, Calif. MREC acquired the asset directly from Bank of the West and will be retaining Artisan Communities to complete the remaining development work and ultimately build out the project. The transaction closed June 28; its value could not be disclosed.

Los Angeles, CA - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Los Angeles County Assessor John R. Noguez today announced the 2011 Assessment Roll reflecting a 1.49 percent increase in value, ending two years of decline and producing a property roll of more than a trillion dollars for Los Angeles County. The $1,105,742,244,670 gross total property roll is $16.2 billion greater than last year.

Torrance, CA - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, welcomes three commercial real estate experts to the Newport Beach office. With more than 15 years of combined experience, Judd Hietbrink, Wyatt Prichard and Justin Wegnes specialize in industrial and office brokerage.

OXNARD, CA - July 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura, Inc. Principals John Ochoa, SIOR, and Grant Harris and Vice President David Kim transacted a 15,510-square-foot office lease that will bring the first Laurus College campus to Ventura County.

Los Angeles, CA - July 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Marking its entrance into the Los Angeles market, national landscape services provider The Brickman Group has acquired Dworsky Cos., one of L.A.’s leading commercial landscape services firms. The acquisition of Dworsky, a family-owned company founded in 2002, gives Brickman a stronger foothold in the Southern California market — with more than 1,000 employees — as it builds upon its nationwide expansion. Dworsky is headed by Founder Dave Dworsky, who in his 20 years in the industry has stamped an expansive mark servicing the Greater Los Angeles area. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Torrance, CA - July 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keystone Pacific Property Management, a California-based community association management company, welcomes Kara Gonzalez as its newest community association manager. Gonzalez joins the firm with 15 years of management experience.

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.

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.

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

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.