Monthly Archives: May 2013

AUSTIN - May 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, Gov. Rick Perry is urging Texans to prepare their families and homes for the 2013 hurricane season, which lasts from June 1 through the end of November. The governor today was joined by Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw and State Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd at the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) State Response Activation Exercise to assess the readiness of state emergency management personnel and resources.

EUGENE, OR - May 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the latest real estate professional who has chosen to integrate an IDX solution onto their website and dynamic search page: Devine, Texas Realtor Misty Houston. As a full time agent, Houston is continuously demonstrating her professionalism and dedication to serving her clients and their every real estate need. Now, her IDX-synced website reflects these mentalities. A member of the San Antonio MLS (SABOR), Houston can integrate thousands of area listings directly onto her search page efficiently, effectively and effortlessly, supplying home seekers with a unique online real estate search experience daily.

AUSTIN, TX - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- House Bill 3350, the Homestead Preservation District (HPD) legislation authored by Representative Eddie Rodriguez (Austin) and sponsored by Senator Kirk Watson (Austin), passed the Senate. This bill will help Austin preserve existing affordable housing opportunities for homeowners and enhance the viability of homeownership for low- and moderate-income residents in East Austin and neighborhoods experiencing economic pressures

Washington, DC - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Congressional Caucus on Homelessness, in conjunction with the National Center on Family Homelessness, hosted a congressional briefing entitled “Homelessness in America: Experiences & Solutions in the 113th Congress.” Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson serves as co-chair and co-founder of the Caucus.

Torrance, CA - May 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC) and Houston-based Land Tejas Companies (Tejas) announce a recapitalization of another of Tejas’ master planned communities, Harmony in North Houston, located just a few miles from the new ExxonMobil campus. Harmony will include over 2,000 residential home sites, a $6 million aquatics complex and premium residences being built by Perry Homes, Ashton Woods Homes, CastleRock Communities, Darling Homes, First Texas Homes, Village Builders, Westin Homes and Highland Homes. Development of Harmony is being managed by Johnson Development Corporation.

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

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.