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EUGENE, OR - July 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Bill Marshall had united to present San Diego, California home seekers with a unique and thorough online real estate solution. Marshall has employed IDX Broker software on his website, and by doing so, created an innovative search page that gives his clients access to thousands of San Diego Regional MLS (SANDICOR) listings. Additionally, Marshall has widened his coverage to include Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) listings, giving his clients a more dynamic and comprehensive real estate search page to utilize throughout their online property search.

Carson CA - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, has negotiated a 10-year lease renewal for a property 91,603 square foot building located at 2202 E. Del Amo Blvd., Carson, Calif. The renewal is valued at over $7 million.

Torrance, CA - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thomas Bryant and Richard Bryant from the Atlanta office of Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial real estate services firm, have completed a lease worth in excess of $1.1 million for an industrial property in Suwanee, Georgia. They were able to achieve this within four months of taking the assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- PCCP, LLC provided a senior participating loan to Basin Street Properties to finance the REO acquisition of Sequoia Center, a three-building Class A office property totaling 210,000 square feet. The buildings are located within the desirable Redwood Business Park, a 1.1 million square-foot master-planned business park in Petaluma, Calif. Sequoia Center was vacant at the close of escrow, however a 96,000-square-foot lease has been signed with Enphase Energy which will bring the occupancy up to 46 percent by the end of 2011. The property includes a three-story building built in 1998 located at 1400 North McDowell Blvd., a three-story building built in 2000 located at 1420 North McDowell Blvd., and a four-story building built in 1999 located at 5341 Old Redwood Hwy.

Pleasanton, CA - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The HGA Architects and Engineers-designed Pediatric Clinic at Axis Community Health Center in Pleasanton, Calif., announces its official opening to the Tri-Valley community. By providing full architectural and structural engineering services, HGA’s expansion at the 3,000-SF center helped upgrade the pediatric clinic to a more functional facility and included two new exam rooms, a testing room, a lab, an office and a reception station.

EUGENE, OR - July 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome the real estate expertise of Anthony Rueda & Associates of Paragon Real Estate to the growing network of realty professionals dedicated to serving the needs of their clients. Home seekers in Sacramento can now experience a dynamic online real estate search conveniently on the Paragon Real Estate. Metrolist property listings are now fully integrated onto Rueda's search pages, giving potential buyers a comprehensive database to search through. Finding a home in and around Sacramento, California has never been so easy!

Torrance, CA - July 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC) announces the acquisition of Silver Lake in Los Angeles in a joint venture with Harridge Development Group LLC. The transaction closed July 1; its value could not be disclosed.

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California home sales edged up in June, and the median price rose to its highest level since December 2010, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

La Jolla, CA. - July 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bay Area home sales rose sharply last month from May to the highest level for any month since June 2010, when outgoing homebuyer tax credits gave housing demand a final boost. The median price rose slightly from May but remained below the year-ago level for the ninth consecutive month amid a sluggish move-up market and a higher share of sub-$300,000 transactions, a real estate information service reported.

La Habra, CA - July 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Irvine office of Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial brokerage firm, has closed on a $2.8 million REO sale of a 35,618-square-foot office property called La Habra Town Center I & II in La Habra, Calif.

Torrance, CA - July 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has closed a $2 million transaction for a pair of contiguous industrial R&D units totaling 18,174 square feet at 1041 S. Placentia Avenue in Fullerton, Calif.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-23) voted for the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 1309), which passed the House by a vote of 406-22. The bill re-authorizes the National Flood Insurance Program for five years, and makes needed reforms to address the financial stability of the program by phasing out non-essential premium subsidies. The legislation is particularly relevant for homeowners in the Santa Maria Valley and the cities of Oxnard and Ventura. The County of Santa Barbara, the County of Ventura, and the City of Santa Maria all written letters to the Congresswoman expressing support for the legislation.

Washington, D.C. - July 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) held a press conference call to discuss her bill, the Helping Responsible Homeowners Act of 2011, which would remove barriers that have prevented millions of homeowners with non-delinquent, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac-backed mortgages from refinancing at historically low interest rates. She also urged the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to use its existing authority to eliminate these obstacles to refinancing.

Torrance, CA - July 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Ontario office of Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s largest commercial brokerage firms, announces the $3.1 million lease of a 172,560-square foot industrial facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

Pomona, CA - July 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premier builder serving the Western U.S. since 1919, is the construction manager at-risk for a new, $40 million Student Recreation Center at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, in the Southern California town. Funded through student body fees, the LPA Inc.-designed, 120,000-SF facility will be built by C.W. Driver to LEED Gold standards and is slated to break ground in July 2012.

La Jolla, CA - July 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Southern California home sales last month shot up more than usual from May to the highest level for any month since June 2010, when the market got its last big boost from homebuyer tax credits. Sales of lower-cost homes, driven by investors and first-time buyers, and even high-end sales continued to outshine traditional move-up activity in middle price ranges, a real estate information service reported.

Torrance, CA - July 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has closed a $4.2 million sales transaction for a 31,774-square-foot industrial building located at 1290 N. Miller Street in Anaheim, Calif.

Brea, CA - July 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westwood Financial Corp., one of the largest owner-operators of shopping centers in the U.S., takes a step in its strategy of investing in new Southeastern U.S. markets by selling The Brea Center in Brea, Calif. The 56,945-square-foot retail center at 719-96 Brea Blvd., sold to Gerrity Atlantic Retail Partners, LLC, for $14.5 million.

IRVINE, CA - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, one of the most dominant retail investment groups in the western United States and a market leader in the sale of retail properties, announced today that the firm is now marketing for sale a portfolio of four shopping centers in southern California in Hawaiian Gardens, Lancaster, Mission Viejo and Oxnard. Consisting of approximately 517,870 total square feet, the four properties are offered for sale unpriced and can be purchased individually or as a portfolio.

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has completed a five-year, 21,062 square foot lease valued at over $2 million with Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team. APAIT positively affects the quality of life for Asian and Pacific Islanders living with or at-risk for HIV/AIDS by providing a continuum of prevention, health and social services, community leadership and advocacy to the Southern California region. The property is located at 1730 W. Olympic Blvd. near the major cross street of Union Avenue, adjacent to Downtown Los Angeles.