AUSTIN, TX – January 25, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator Judith Zaffirini today announced a $542,000 award to the City of Taft that will help fund home repairs for low income homeowners, helping residents maintain homeownership while providing a significant boost to the local economy. more »

Washington, D.C. – January 24, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Water and Waste Disposal Program awarded a $3,111,500 grant and a $500,000 loan to El Paso County. more »

EUGENE, OR – January 17, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce El Paso, Texas real estate broker A.R Driggers as the latest realty professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution. His website now hosts a dynamic search page that seamlessly integrates thousands of El Paso MLS (EPMLS) listings to his Century 21 APD Associates website. Potential buyers throughout the El Paso region can experience an online property search comparable to none, on the IDX-enabled website Driggers now supports. more »

Torrance, CA – January 10, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker owned commercial brokerage firm, has closed on the $6.5 million sale of a 14,641-square-foot retail property leased by CVS Pharmacy, located at 10522 Spring Green Blvd in Katy, Texas. more »

AUSTIN, TX – December 15, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Though the embers from the Texas wildfires have cooled, many survivors in the 23 affected counties still face the heavy task of rebuilding. With a new wildfire season under way, now is the time to rebuild safer and stronger homes, and more wildfire-resilient communities. more »

Washington, DC – December 9, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — This week, the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity passed H.R. 3298, the Homes for Heroes Act. The bill establishes a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs and an annual report on veterans’ homelessness. Congressman Al Green (TX-09) introduced the Homes for Heroes Act with Congressman Michael Grimm (NY-13) on November 1, 2011. more »

EUGENE, OR – November 29, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — IDX, Inc. welcomes Leeza Morris to the ever-expanding networks of agents and brokers dedicated to transforming the online real estate search on their professional websites. As a member of the North Texas Real Estate Info Sytems MLS (NTREIS), Morris has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, her clients and other Denton, Texas home seekers can experience the same level of accessibility to the NTREIS. IDX Broker has forever changed the way potential buyers search for homes online. more »

EUGENE, OR – November 24, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Alison Shuman has become the latest real estate professional to integrate a customized IDX solution onto her website, thanks to IDX, Inc. and the extraordinary IDX Broker software. Shuman, an Austin, Texas-based Realtor, now hosts a dynamic search page which extracts raw listing data from the Austin MLS (ACTRIS) database and seamlessly syncs it to the comprehensive listings database she supports on her website. Potential buyers and clients are able to scan the ACTRIS listings knowing they have the most up-to-the-minute data from ACTRIS right on Peters’ website. more »

Houston, TX – November 21, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) hosted a town hall meeting in Houston to inform the residents of the Ninth Congressional District about the new requirements established by the Texas Voter Identification Act of 2011. more »

New book focuses on home for a healthy, money-smart and sustainable lifestyle

AUSTIN, TX – November 17, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Keller Williams Realty, Inc. announced that it has published Green Your Home, a book for green-conscious home buyers and homeowners. Serving as an easy guide to make the greenest impact, Green Your Home provides tips drawn from the collective experience of home buyers and homeowners, sustainability experts and thousands of top real estate professionals. more »