Yearly Archives: 2010

Houston, TX - November 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Principal Management Group of Houston, an Associa company, is pleased to announce the addition of seven new properties to its client portfolio.

AUSTIN, TX - October 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Consumers who suffered property damage in the recent severe weather in the North Texas area should contact their insurance company or agent to file a claim as soon as possible. Initiating this process is the first step toward getting money to begin making repairs.

October 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Obama is defending the so-called “rights” of international banks, to throw Americans out of their homes, arguing that halting foreclosures will weaken the economy. Not even Herbert Hoover had a policy of throwing people out on the street. This sort of malicious, murderous insanity, by Obama, will continue killing Americans, unless this failure of a human being is removed from office by the 25th Amendment

Houston,TX - October 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Al Green (TX-09) has received an A+ grade from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), one of our nation's most important veterans' organizations. Congressman Al Green was awarded the organization's highest honor because of his voting record on veterans' issues in the 111th Congress.

EUGENE, OR - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS) listings are now seamlessly displayed for Dallas, Texas home seekers, on the website of Mark Sanchez. IDX, Inc. and Sanchez have joined forces to simplify the online property search, by syncing a customizable IDX solution directly to the search page of Sanchez. Now, thousands of detailed property listings are available around the clock for potential buyers to search through and examine. Never before has such a revolutionary real estate technology been so accessible to area home seekers.

October 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- USAA Real Estate Company announced the sale of Boardwalk at Town Center in The Woodlands, Texas to MEPT, a $4.0 billion real estate equity fund which was advised by its real estate advisor, Kennedy Associates. Will Balthrope and Ryan Epstein with the Balthrope Group of Institutional Property Advisors, a Marcus & Millichap Company, represented USAA in the transaction. Details of the purchase and sale agreement have not been disclosed.

Houston, TX - October 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis announced today that William McDade, Kristen McDade, Peter Mainguy and Carson Underwood, formerly of McDade, Smith, Gould, Johnston, Mason (MSGJM), will join commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis later this year. MSGJM recently announce plans to dissolve the 20-year-old Houston-based real estate brokerage firm.

Houston, TX - October 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chipotle Mexican Grill has signed a new lease for 2,397 sq. ft. at The Crossing at 518, which is located in Pearland, Texas. Matt Keener, Russell Janicek and Mark Raines of CB Richard Ellis represented the tenant in this transaction. James Namken and Randy Hopper of the Weitzman Group represented the Landlord.

EUGENE, OR - October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Austin, Texas potential home buyers are in luck! IDX, Inc. and Chad Cardani have teamed up to bring home seekers a customized IDX solution on the real estate website Cardani hosts. Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are seamlessly displayed right on his website, thanks to the IDX technology that automatically syncs up-to-the-second ACRTIS property listing information online. The online property search is easier than ever before, when home seekers utilize the amazing and dynamic IDX solution on the website of Cardani.

EUGENE, OR - October 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bruce Hines and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to deliver North Texas Real Estate MLS (NTREIS) listings to home seekers around the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with the new IDX solution Hines has employed. Thousands of NTREIS listings are now automatically integrated onto the website of Hines, giving potential buyers a diverse group of property listings to search through from the comfort of their own homes and the convenience of his website.

Washington, D.C. - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Rubén Hinojosa announced a $100,000 grant was awarded to Refugio County by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Rural Development Housing Preservation Grants Program to repair and improve rural homes for low and very-low-income residents.

DALLAS, TX - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Grubb & Ellis Apartment REIT, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Mission Rock Ridge Apartments, a 226-unit multifamily community in Arlington, located between Dallas and Fort Worth. The acquisition closed on Sept. 30, 2010.

EL PASO, TX - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today reached an agreement with Wells Fargo & Co. that will provide $5 million in relief to more than 200 Texas homeowners who had “payment option” adjustable rate mortgage loans with the bank.

Washington, D.C. - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Concerned that federal bank regulators are making the challenges confronting America's commercial real estate sector worse, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) has introduced legislation to stabilize commercial mortgage lending and strengthen private investment in the commercial real estate market.

New York, NY - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The renowned Greenhouse Spa in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, a favorite exclusive retreat for nearly every first lady from Nancy Reagan to Lady Bird Johnson, as well as such celebrity names as Grace Kelly, Cindy Crawford, Brooke Shields, Paloma Picasso and Estée Lauder, among others, will be sold at auction on Wednesday, November 19th announced Douglas Johnson, managing director, of CBRE Auction Services.

Houston, TX - October 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis has assisted in a 51,147 sq. ft. retail lease renewal to The RoomStore, which is situated in The Commons at Willowbrook retail shopping center and is located at 7690 FM 1960 Road in northwest Houston. Matt Keener, Alex Makris, Jazz Hamilton and Andrew Kelson of CB Richard Ellis represented the landlord, The Commons at Willowbrook, Inc., in this transaction

EUGENE, OR - October 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tony Fernandez has chosen to revitalize his real estate website with the IDX, Inc. dynamic IDX Broker software. Thousands of Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are now available for home seekers around Austin to search through. Fernandez has long had access to the ACTRIS listings, but now the revolutionary IDX technology brings property listings to the fingertips of those looking for homes. Never before has a simpler or easier-to-use online real estate solution been available to home seekers on the go

Houston, TX - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis and Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund (BREOF) are please to announce the execution of eight, multi-tenant office lease deals at 712 Main Street, a 792,000 square foot office building located in Houston’s Central Business District.

EUGENE, OR - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jay Carter and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to bring thousands of property listings to Austin, Texas home seekers. Now, Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are easy to find and tour virtually on the IDX enabled website of Carter. Never before has a simpler or more effective online solution created an easier-to-use real estate search process

EUGENE, OR - September 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes the latest real estate professional to adopt IDX Broker software, Kevan Pewitt of Houston Prime Realty in Houston, Texas. Pewitt has enabled the powerful IDX solution, which extracts raw listing data from the Houston MLS (HARMLS) and seamlessly integrates them among his own listings. Potential buyers in Houston can now quickly and efficiently scan thousands of properties on the real estate website Pewitt hosts, making it the logical first step for home seekers searching for homes online