Reverse Mortgage Calculator

August 17, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — It is a good idea to understand what a reasonable amount of income to expect is from your reverse mortgage, based on your age, equity in your home and other financial variables in your life. You can use an online calculator to estimate what your reverse mortgage will look like.

Texas State Government and Public Real Estate News

EUGENE, OR – May 20, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Ron Grant, as the latest real estate broker to sync a custom IDX solution to his professional website. As the newest subscriber to the amazing IDX Broker software, Grant now hosts a dynamic real estate search page and thousands of Houston MLS (HARMLS) property listings online. This innovative IDX solution extracts raw listings data from HARMLS and seamlessly integrates it onto the Fanning Realty website Grant hosts, creating a comprehensive database of Houston, Texas area property listings for home seekers to search. more »

Washington, DC – May 16, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, the House of Representatives passed Congressman Al Green’s (TX-09) bill, H.R. 384, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2013 by a bipartisan vote of 420 to 3. This bill aims to help prevent low-income veteran families from falling into homelessness as well as provide relief for those currently homeless. This bill does this by moving the Special Assistant for Veterans’ Affairs into the Office of the Secretary of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as a matter of law not discretion. more »

HOUSTON – May 15, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The Harris County 338th District Court has convicted Leslie Ray Collins of Sugar Land of a first-degree felony of misapplication of fiduciary property over the value of $200,000 and sentenced Collins to serve 12 years in prison. more »

AUSTIN, TX – May 14, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — State and federal disaster recovery officials have a key message for homeowners, renters and business owners in West, Texas: Complete your U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loan application — Discarding it could be like throwing away money! more »

APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 10, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Q: Who should apply for federal disaster assistance?
A: Homeowners, renters and business owners in McLennan County and the City of West who sustained uninsured or underinsured damage to their homes, vehicles, personal property, business or its inventory should register with FEMA for assistance. more »

EUGENE, OR – May 8, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Carol Thelen has become the latest real estate professional to join the growing network of agents and brokers who have employed the dynamic IDX Broker software. Thelen now makes the Friendswood, Texas property search monumentally simpler for area home seekers. As a member of the Houston MLS (HARMLS), Thelen has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, Thelen gives his clients and other potential buyers unprecedented accessibility to the HARMLS database of homes. Never before have buyers been able to experience such innovative real estate search tools from the convenience of the website of Thelen, or the IDX Broker application for iPhone and iPad. more »

EUGENE, OR – May 8, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Today IDX, Inc. and Steven O’Meara are pleased to announce the integration of IDX Broker software onto the website of O’Meara, giving potential Houston, Texas buyers a completely new resource for finding their dream home online. With his own customizable IDX solution, O’Meara has updated the search capabilities of his professional website, making it monumentally easier to manage. While his IDX synced website makes his job simpler, it simultaneously eases the complications home seekers experience throughout many online real estate searches. The IDX enabled search tools O’Meara supplies to his clients makes it so simple to find the perfect Texas home without ever leaving the convenience of his website. more »

EUGENE, OR – May 8, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are now easier than ever to search through for Austin, Texas properties, thanks in large part to IDX, Inc. and Kerry Daniels. By choosing to upgrade her website with the innovative IDX Broker software she now hosts, Daniels has made finding a Austin area home monumentally simpler. The CARETS database of detailed listings makes it so easy for clients of Daniels to find their dream home online. The IDX enabled website of Daniels has forever changed the way Austin home seekers experience the online real estate market, thanks to the dynamic search tools Daniels now hosts. more »

EUGENE, OR – May 2, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Houston, Texas property listings are now synced automatically to the website built by Shari Hensley and affiliated with the IDX, Inc. revolutionary IDX Broker software. As a Houston MLS (HARMLS), Hensley has long had access to thousands of detailed Houston area property listings. Now, her clients can experience the same level of unprecedented access, being able to view real estate listings that were once classified only for agents and broker to view, right on the convenient IDX enabled website Hensley hosts. The Texas based real estate business Hensley manages is also now completely mobile, thanks to the IDX Broker application for iPhone. more »

EUGENE, OR – April 25, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are now easily displayed online, thanks to IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Michelle Nipko. Thousands of Austin, Texas area properties listings are seamlessly integrated onto the search page Nipko employs, with the dynamic technology her IDX solution supports. The online real estate search is now monumentally simpler for home seekers and real estate professionals alike on the comprehensive and complete website Nipko supports. The ACTRIS database has never been so accessible to potential Austin buyers, than now on the IDX enabled website of Nipko. more »