Yearly Archives: 2012

Washington, DC - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congresswoman Johnson ,the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness, and the National Coalition for the Homeless, hosted a briefing on violence against the homeless. The goal of the briefing was to raise awareness about the violence facing homeless men, women, children, veterans, elderly, and the disabled.

COLLEGE STATION, TX - July 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- (Real Estate Center) – More indicators support the conclusion that the Texas housing market has recovered. One of those is the annual dollar volume of home sales.

COLLEGE STATION, TX - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- May was packed with indicators of an improving housing market here in Texas. ccording to the latest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data, existing home sales were up 20 percent over May 2011, prices were up 8 percent, and inventory was at a comfortable six months.

EUGENE, OR - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has uploaded IDX Broker software onto the real estate website of RJ Avery, bringing thousands of property listings to his clients instantly. Avery has enabled an IDX solution, and in turn received the most thorough online real estate website, simplifying both the home search for potential buyers and his own job of managing his online realty solution. With his customizable IDX synced website, Avery has forever changed the way Forney, Texas home seekers participate in the online property search.

COLLEGE STATION, TX - June 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Permits for new single-unit Texas homes are on the rise, fueling expectations the long-awaited housing recovery is underway.

Dallas, TX - June 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bright Realty brokered the lease for a 3,350 square foot Jovian's In & Out Buffet in Murphy. The restaurant is located at 703 East F.M. 544 in the Murphy Forum Plaza. Britton Lankford with Bright Realty represented the landlord. Louis Innocent with Global Realty represented the tenant.

Dallas, TX - June 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bright Realty brokered the lease for a 4,244 square foot II Brothers’ Bar and Grill in Frisco. The restaurant will be located at 5858 Main Street in Frisco, adjacent to the FC Dallas Stadium. Britton Lankford of Bright Realty represented the tenant; Evan Clark with Caddis Partners represented the landlord.

EUGENE, OR - May 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Jay Hendrick are pleased to announce the addition of an innovative IDX solution to the William Davis Realty website. IDX Broker software extracts raw listing data directly from the North Texas Real Estate Info System MLS (NTREIS) and displays it on the search function Hendrick hosts. Frisco, Texas home seekers can now experience a truly unique online property search with more dynamic tools than have ever been available to real estate agents and brokers to customize their professional website

EUGENE, OR - May 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Chris Brickman is the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution for his website. North Texas Real Estate Info Systems MLS (NTREIS) listing data is extracted by IDX Broker software and displayed with ease on the website Brickman represents. He can now give his clients a comprehensive online property search experience, making it easier than ever for home seekers to find Texas homes online.

EUGENE, OR - May 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Austin, Texas agent Norma Babb of Address Book Realty to the growing group of real estate professionals adopting a customizable IDX solution for their realty websites. The incredible IDX Broker software syncs to the Austin MLS (ACTRIS) database to extract raw listing data and seamlessly integrate it onto Babb’s website, displaying thousands of Texas area properties directly on her website. With the dynamic search Babb now hosts, it is monumentally easier to find a home online in or around Austin, Texas

Houston, TX - May 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Home Automation is a housing expansion of the Structure automation. According to Houston interior design, in this computer era where everything seems to work with a click, the efficient working of homes too have become automatic or managed with a remote control. This was how home automation materialized. Every activity in and around a house can be managed efficiently with this new method. The lifestyle of senior citizens and the invalids have become more comfortable with the home automation. These are some new methods of designing and getting your home equipped with Houston interior decorator.

EUGENE, OR - May 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Texas Real Estate Info Systems MLS (NTREIS) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the website of Nord Realty, thanks to IDX, Inc. and their dynamic IDX Broker software. As a Plano, Texas real estate agent, Nord Realty has long had access to NTREIS listings. Now, their clients and other home seekers can scan the NTREIS with the same ease afforded to Nord Realty and hundreds of agents and brokers around Texas. With the innovative IDX solution Nord Realty has chosen to employ, potential buyers can experience an unprecedented online property search.

HOUSTON, TX - May 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hudson Realty Capital LLC (Hudson), a real estate fund manager with more than $2 billion in assets currently under management, has funded a $5.6 million bridge loan involving a 275-unit garden-apartment complex in Houston’s Sharpstown/Westwood submarket. The borrower is utilizing the loan proceeds to purchase the 92-percent occupied multi-family property and establish reserves for capital improvements.

IRVINE, CA - April 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sperry Van Ness International Corporation, a national franchisor for commercial real estate brokerages, today announced the addition of a new franchise in New Braunfels, Texas. The new franchise is part of Sperry Van Ness International Corporation’s national expansion program which started in 2001 and has grown to more than 1,400 advisors and staff representing more than 150 markets today.

AUSTIN, TX - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Redfin, the technology-powered real estate broker, today launched its direct service for Austin home-buyers and sellers, delivered by its own Austin-based agents. When Redfin first introduced its website and mobile tools to Austin in October 2010, the company referred online visitors to Austin real estate agents working for other brokers. Redfin waited to add its own full-time agents until its website had enough traffic to support both Redfin agents and partners.

Northbrook, IL - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant triple net leased Time Warner Cable property located at 14079 Senlac Drive in Farmers Branch, TX for $4,820,000.

Houston, TX - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Al Green (TX-09), in conjunction with the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, hosted an event for Houston’s homeless veterans. Attendees were provided with information about VA services and enjoyed live entertainment, games, as well as children’s activities.

Dallas, TX - April 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bright Realty brokered a 2,700 square foot space for Paragon Dentistry in Allen. Paragon Dentistry will be part of Custer Square, a 10,700-plus square foot retail center set to break ground this month at the northeast quadrant of Custer and Hedgcoxe roads in Allen. The developer is CME Development of Richardson, Texas. Britton Lankford of Bright Realty represented the developer; Benjamin Chien of Henry S. Miller Brokerage LLC represented the tenant.

EUGENE, OR - April 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces today that Edwin Dolatkhah of Irving, Texas’ Plugin Realty has implemented the IDX Broker Texas Real Estate Info Systems MLS (NTREIS) search application with their real estate website. Dolatkhah is now adapting the growing IDX Broker software to their professionals’ real estate company by utilizing the many features of IDX Broker. Now able to connect his clients with thousands of real estate listings from the NTREIS, Dolatkhah has gained the power to initiate strong client relationships, increasing their potential for lead generation and customer retention.

EUGENE, OR - April 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate consultant Jon Offord of ATX Home Store located in Austin, Texas. has now seamlessly integrated the dynamic IDX Broker software to his website. Perspective clients of Offord are now able to search for homes in surrounding areas of Austin, all with the use of the integration of IDX Broker software and Austin MLS (ACTRIS). With the use of this partnership, home seekers of this area can rest assured that Offord’s website is providing the best possible property for their search parameters