WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28), along with representatives from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development division, held a videoconference today on federal housing loans and grants opportunities. This informational session provided attendees with an overview of federal housing assistance grants and programs, as well as federal resources and funding opportunities available to facilitate affordable housing projects.

AUSTIN, TX - July 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) report released today by the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR), Austin-area year-over-year housing inventory fell to 2.9 months in June, a decrease of 1.5 months from June 2012. Mid-year statistics for 2013 reinforced a strong demand for the market, including a 19 percent increase in home sales and 25 percent less days on the market compared to the first six months of 2012.

EUGENE, OR - July 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The IDX, Inc. team is excited to welcome today, their newest client addition of Corali Realty’s very own Cornell and Alice Monroe in Kingwood, Texas. The Monroe’s have incorporated a custom IDX solution into the search functionality of their website, helping them to provide prospective home buyers with a truly unique and custom online real estate search experience, that they will not find elsewhere. This innovative Internet Data Exchange (IDX) software has the technology to take raw listing data from the Monroe’s local Multiple Listing Service (MLS), the Houston MLS (HARMLS), and formats the information to be displayed as a seamlessly integrated and easily searchable part of their site

Washington, DC - July 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Leaders on the Financial Services Committee today announced the PATH Act – the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act – to create a sustainable housing finance system. The proposal

EUGENE, OR - July 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Houston, Texas real estate market just became simpler and more accessible, through the partnership between IDX, Inc. and Broker LeAnn Rissler. As a member of the Houston MLS (HARMLS), Rissler has long had access to thousands of property listings. Now, her clients and other area home seekers can receive and view the same detailed listings with the click of a mouse, on her convenient and easy-to-use real estate search. Rissler has drastically simplified the online real estate market by adopting IDX Broker software for her real estate website. Never again will potential Texas buyers be unable to find the perfect property online, thanks to her IDX solution.

EUGENE, OR - June 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has teamed up with San Antonio, Texas Realtor Rosemarie Segura to integrate the dynamic IDX Broker software onto the professional website Segura represents. Her customizable IDX solution has made finding the perfect Texas area home online monumentally easier for herself and her clients. As a member if the San Antonio MLS (SABOR), Segura has long had access to the detailed listings only available to agents and brokers.

Katy, TX (Covering Katy) - June 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Katy single-family homes market has low inventory heading into the summer months that are typically the most active for home sales.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents living at Houston Housing Authority’s Kelly Village Apartments can expect to have a park right outside their front doors in a couple of months. Today, Mayor Annise Parker and the Houston Housing Authority completed the first step in creating a community park on the property by demolishing 63 vacant units, which were offline as a result of hurricane damage. Construction of the park is expected to begin this fall. When completed, the three-acre park will feature new playground equipment, jogging/walking trail, exercise stations and a community garden area.

AUSTIN, TX - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damages from the April 17 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas have two weeks left to register for disaster assistance from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The registration deadline for FEMA disaster assistance is

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.