Yearly Archives: 2010

HOUSTON, TX - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Last month, Rebuilding Together - Houston, a leader in preserving affordable housing for low-income homeowners, announced that it will be receiving a $400,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), specifically designated for Rebuilding Together – Houston’s Veterans Housing program

Houston, TX - May 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Compucom, an IT outsourcing company that provides infrastructure management services, application services, systems integration and consulting services, as well as the procurement and management of hardware and software, has leased 16,168 square feet of office space at Southwest Corporate Center.

EUGENE, OR - April 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The constantly growing group of real estate professionals creating easy-to-use websites has grown yet again, as IDX, Inc. welcomes Texas Pride Realty's Leslie Wilson to the team. Located just outside of Dallas, Texas, Carrollton's Texas Pride Realty boasts a wonderful relationship with North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS). Thanks to the thousands of listings on the NTREIS database, Wilson is able to integrate area listings with his own properties, creating a unique pool of homes for his clients to search.

Washington, D.C. - April 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) this week, introduced the Housing Assistance Council Reauthorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 5122).

EUGENE, OR - April 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keller Williams Realty professional, Fiona Mairs, has joined the constantly expanding amount of real estate agents and brokers choosing to renovate the functionality of their website, through the addition of a custom IDX solution. A Corpus Christi, Texas resident, Mairs is a member of the Coastal Bend MLS (CCARMLS). Potential home buyers throughout Nueces County can now browse through thousands of CCARMLS listings, right on Mairs' site, thanks to the customizable IDX Broker software, which integrates the raw data information of each listing, and displays it on the Keller Williams agent's site.

EUGENE, OR - April 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX Dallas-Fort Worth Associates real estate professional Cande Green has chosen to employ IDX, Inc. to simplify and improve the search functions on her website. By creating a simpler, more effective and organized online resource for potential home buyers, Green's website takes property listings from the Frisco and Dallas-Fort Worth Area and displays them with an easy-to-use search tool. As a resident of Frisco, Green is a member of the North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS). Therefore, home seekers have access to thousands of the most current property listings and details on the market

ATLANTA, GA - April 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hotel Indigo announced today the opening of its second property of 2010 across from the historic Alamo in San Antonio.

EUGENE, OR - April 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Groove Realty's Meghan Matta has chosen to join the growing list of elite rank real estate professionals opting to renovate and modernize the search functionality of their websites by adding a custom IDX solution, making the online property search process much simpler and more informative for potential home buyers. As a resident of Austin, Texas, Matta is an active member of the Austin MLS (ACTRIS), therefore home seekers browsing her site can view a plethora of the most current property listings and details, helping them to find a property that meets their every want, need and desire. IDX Broker works by taking raw listing data from the ACTRIS, and then formats and transfers the information to indistinguishably match her already existing page preferences and specifications.

San Antonio, TX - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kurt Hudspeth, a Texas real estate agent, has teamed up with Housing For Military.com ® to provide military housing relocation services to Randolph Air Fore Base personnel and other military installations in the San Antonio area

HOUSTON, TX - April 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vincent Wallace Aldridge and Tori Aldridge, both of Fresno, Texas, surrendered themselves to federal authorities as a result of the return of a 19-count indictment arising from an alleged scheme to defraud residential mortgage lenders of more than $3.7 million

SHERMAN, TX - April 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 38-year-old Grapevine, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.

DALLAS, TX - March 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Grubb & Ellis Apartment REIT, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Bella Ruscello Luxury Apartment Homes, a 216-unit multifamily community in the Dallas suburb of Duncanville. The acquisition closed on March 24, 2010.

TYLER, TX - March 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 47-year-old Tyler, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for a mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.

FORT WORTH, TX - March 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that 351 public housing authorities in Texas successfully met a critical funding deadline outlined in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).

DALLAS, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Behringer Harvard announced today that it has reached an agreement with Cinemark Holdings, Inc. to construct a 12-screen theatre at Frisco Square, a mixed use development in Frisco, an affluent suburb north of Dallas that is one of America's fastest-growing cities.

AUSTIN, TX - March 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Rick Perry today announced that the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) is investing $1.5 million in SolarBridge Technologies Inc. for the development and commercialization of their technology for the widespread use of solar energy.

EITC is a useful resource for low to moderate income working individuals and families Houston, TX - March 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) sponsored and organized two town hall meetings to inform tax filers about the Earned Income Tax Credit, also known as EITC. Attendees met with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) representatives and tax preparation specialists who assisted them with filing their 2009 tax returns.

PLANO, TX - March 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that 40 individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with a major mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.

HOUSTON, TX - March 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) --On Tuesday, March 9th, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Houston District Council hosted a forum with Houston Mayor Annise D. Parker to gain her insights on the most pressing priorities for the City of Houston. The forum also provided an opportunity for more than 250 real estate professionals to report their own opinions about City priorities.

AUSTIN, TX - March 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced funding awards totaling $955,000 to three statewide organizations, four local or regional nonprofit agencies, and one South Texas county working to reduce the number of households living in poverty and helping them transition toward greater self-sufficiency.