EUGENE, OR - May 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today IDX, Inc. and Steven O’Meara are pleased to announce the integration of IDX Broker software onto the website of O’Meara, giving potential Houston, Texas buyers a completely new resource for finding their dream home online. With his own customizable IDX solution, O’Meara has updated the search capabilities of his professional website, making it monumentally easier to manage. While his IDX synced website makes his job simpler, it simultaneously eases the complications home seekers experience throughout many online real estate searches. The IDX enabled search tools O’Meara supplies to his clients makes it so simple to find the perfect Texas home without ever leaving the convenience of his website.

EUGENE, OR - May 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are now easier than ever to search through for Austin, Texas properties, thanks in large part to IDX, Inc. and Kerry Daniels. By choosing to upgrade her website with the innovative IDX Broker software she now hosts, Daniels has made finding a Austin area home monumentally simpler. The CARETS database of detailed listings makes it so easy for clients of Daniels to find their dream home online.

EUGENE, OR - May 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Houston, Texas property listings are now synced automatically to the website built by Shari Hensley and affiliated with the IDX, Inc. revolutionary IDX Broker software. As a Houston MLS (HARMLS), Hensley has long had access to thousands of detailed Houston area property listings. Now, her clients can experience the same level of unprecedented access, being able to view real estate listings that were once classified only for agents and broker to view, right on the convenient IDX enabled website Hensley hosts. The Texas based real estate business Hensley manages is also now completely mobile, thanks to the IDX Broker application for iPhone.

EUGENE, OR - April 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are now easily displayed online, thanks to IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Michelle Nipko. Thousands of Austin, Texas area properties listings are seamlessly integrated onto the search page Nipko employs, with the dynamic technology her IDX solution supports. The online real estate search is now monumentally simpler for home seekers and real estate professionals alike on the comprehensive and complete website Nipko supports. The ACTRIS database has never been so accessible to potential Austin buyers, than now on the IDX enabled website of Nipko.

EUGENE, OR - April 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Houston MLS (HARMLS) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the website of agent Juan Sanchez, thanks to IDX, Inc. and the dynamic IDX Broker software. A customized IDX solution makes it so easy for The Woodlands, Texas home seekers to search for properties online. With the website Sanchez now hosts, potential buyers can instantly search thousands of listings without ever leaving the convenience of the website Sanchez supports. Finding a Texas area home has never been so easy, thanks to the IDX enabled website of Sanchez and the detailed listings he presents to home seekers.

AUSTIN - April 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) --– The April 17 fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas resulted in fatalities, serious bodily injuries, and widespread property damage. The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), working in conjunction with other agencies, will be providing assistance through the State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO), its Consumer Protection resources, and the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) to assist those affected by the incident.

EUGENE, OR - April 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Advanced online search features are now available on the Fanning Realty and Company LLC website of real estate broker Holly Fanning. Houston, Texas properties are integrated directly onto the IDX enabled search pages Fanning hosts, creating a dynamic search page that is easily accessible to area home seekers. Potential buyers can quickly scan the Houston MLS (HARMLS) from the comfort of their own home and the convenience of the website Fanning hosts, thanks to IDX Broker

EUGENE, OR - April 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the latest addition to the growing network of agents and brokers who have chosen to update their professional websites with an IDX solution: Broker Joan Severson. As a McKinney, Texas Realtor and member of the North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS) Severson display thousands of listings instantly on her website, thanks to her IDX solution. The IDX Broker tools she now hosts, extract raw listing data directly from the NTREIS database and seamlessly display it online. With such dynamic features, it is no wonder Severson has chosen to create a comprehensive and easy-to-use real estate website, with IDX Broker software.

Dallas, TX - April 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Recently, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson launched her small business series to assist homeless veterans in the Dallas area. The purpose of the series is to inform homeless veterans about the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program and provide them with the tools they need to apply for assistance.

EUGENE, OR - April 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce IDX Broker software has been enabled on the professional real estate website of Luxury Homes International Broker Roy Busse. By adopting a customizable IDX solution, Busse has synchronized his website to the Austin MLS (ACTRIS) database, extracting raw listing data and seamlessly integrating it onto the search page he hosts. With IDX Broker software, Busse has created a dynamic online property search for his clients and other Horseshoe Bay, Texas home seekers

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