Yearly Archives: 2013

WASHINGTON, DC - April 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following open letter Friday to all gun manufacturers, and owners, persecuted by radical anti-gun legislators in their states:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson released the following statement. I’m very pleased the City of Dallas will receive $11,750,000 through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program.

EUGENE, OR - March 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Plano, Texas real estate market just became simpler and more accessible, through the partnership between IDX, Inc. and Broker Bob McCranie. As a member of the North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS), McCranie has long had access to thousands of property listings. Now, his clients and other area home seekers can receive and view the same detailed listings with the click of a mouse, on his convenient and easy-to-use real estate search. McCranie has drastically simplified the online real estate market by adopting IDX Broker software for his real estate website. Never again will potential Plano buyers be unable to find the perfect property online, thanks to his IDX solution.

AUSTIN, TX - March 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An international delegation from ERA Real Estate, a global residential real estate firm, visited the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) on Thursday afternoon, March 21, as part of the ERA International Business Conference. The group included 75 brokers and agents from Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- House Bill 2864 protects homeowners by mandating that banks cannot foreclose on a property unless they show proof that the borrowers received the foreclosure notice by certified mail. This bill also requires that the mortgage servicers provide one point of contact for all dealings with consumers, thus reducing communication issues between the mortgage servicers' offices and the borrowers.

Fort Worth, TX - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) announced the awarding of over $500,000 federal funds to the Fort Worth Housing Authority (FWHA). The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $250,000 in Emergency Capital Funds to FWHA, which will be used to improve the safety and security at Butler Place Public Housing Community. Another $269,856 will go to the Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program that assists families with supportive services

EUGENE, OR - March 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX Broker is pleased to announce that Laura Fore of Fore Commercial has chosen to employ the innovative IDX broker software to improve the functionality and ease of her professional website. By seamlessly integrating her website with IDX Broker software her website now provides thousands of properties for the specific area interested in. As a long time member of the Kerrville MLS (KVMLS), Fore now is able to provide her clients with the same accessibility to raw data of KVMLS that once was only accessible for brokers

DENTON, TX - March 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Homeowners, renters and business owners in the Texas counties of Calhoun, Jackson and Refugio are encouraged to look over newly released preliminary flood maps in order to determine their flood risks and make informed decisions

DALLAS - March 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Patience Lavon Jackson, 50, of Arlington, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 63 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $2,801,661.95 in restitution, following her conviction for leading a conspiracy to defraud residential mortgage lenders, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Judge Boyle ordered that Jackson surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on April 3, 2013.

Austin, TX - February 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, State Representative Dwayne Bohac (Houston) filed a comprehensive tax relief package aimed at cutting the tax burden on Texas homeowners' and businesses. Bohac's tax relief package includes HB 1943 which limits the amount of a homestead appraisal, HB 1946 which will limit the frequency of homestead reappraisals and HB 1945 and HB 1944 which will set the franchise tax exemptions at $2.5 million and $5 million, respectively

Washington, DC - February 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the recently named Chairman of the Tax Reform Working Group on Real Estate, Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) encourages constituents and stakeholders to share their comments about the tax laws affecting real estate. The Tax Reform Working Group on Real Estate is one of eleven bipartisan groups that will review current law as well as identify and compile feedback as part of the committee’s tax reform effort. Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) is serving as Vice-Chairman.

AUSTIN - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Representative Van Taylor filed HB 1496, which will amend state law to include a land owner's mineral rights in the definition of private real property. Current law protects only the property rights of surface owners, this bill expands provisions to any action a municipality may take regarding mineral interests.

EUGENE, OR - February 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. welcomes Francisco Garcia to the growing network of agents and brokers who have chosen to integrate the dynamic IDX Broker software onto their real estate websites. Garcia, a member of the San Antonio MLS (SABOR), now hosts a thorough and comprehensive database of listings online, supplying his clients with a complete online real estate website and resource for their property search. With advanced search capabilities and the unmatched customer service Garcia offers his home-seeking clients, the IDX-enabled website he hosts reflects his professionalism and forward-thinking logic

Washington, D.C. - February 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Dave Camp of Michigan, today announced the formation of eleven separate Tax Reform Working Groups that will focus on comprehensive tax reform. Republican Congressman Kevin Brady (The Woodlands, TX) was named chairman of the Energy working group.

COLLEGE STATION, TX - February 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Conroe commercial Realtor-broker Mario A. Arriaga has been elected chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. He succeeds Amarillo Realtor Joe Bob McCartt.

DENTON, TX - February 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Homeowners, renters and business owners in Galveston County, Texas are encouraged to look over newly released preliminary flood maps in order to determine their flood risks and make informed decisions

EUGENE, OR - February 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Austin, Texas real estate team of Holand & Edgeman Realtors have adopted a customizable IDX solution for their professional website. The Holand & Edgeman Realtors team now host a dynamic IDX-synced search page, which seamlessly displays Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings right on their website.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing examining the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) role in the mortgage insurance market. As you mentioned, this is the first in a series of hearings. I look forward to holding similar hearings in my Subcommittee. I also look forward to working with Ranking Member Waters and Ranking Member Capuano as we seek to reform FHA and nurse it back to financial health.

EUGENE, OR IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce their newest client addition, Edward Allison with RE/MAX Select, to the growing list of real estate professionals choosing to give their websites a competitive advantage, by incorporating the highly customizable IDX Broker software. Allison is an active member of the Bryan-College Station MLS (BCSMLS), and now potential home buyers browsing properties in Bryan, Texas and its surrounding areas will now be granted instant access to a multitude of the most up-to-date property listings, details and photo galleries on the market, right on Allison’s website. The innovative and original Internet Data Exchange (IDX) software has the technology to extract raw data from the BCSMLS, and formats and transfers the information, to indistinguishably match Allison’s already existing page preferences and specifications

AUSTIN - February 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today announced that Texas, 44 other states and the District of Columbia have concluded an extended, nationwide investigation into Florida-based Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) and its subsidiaries’ unlawful mortgage servicing practices. Under a multistate settlement agreement negotiated by the states, LPS and its subsidiaries must dramatically improve their loan servicing practices, only allow authorized corporate officers to sign foreclosure documents, and pay a $120 million penalty – including approximately $5.76 million for the State of Texas.