AUSTIN, TX - February 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Representative Eric Johnson (Dallas) has filed three bills to better protect Texans who stand to lose their property through eminent domain.

EUGENE, OR - February 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Hilltops Lake, Texas real estate broker Cathy Lagravier has opted to enable a custom IDX solution on her website. Home seekers can now experience an online property search like never before available, thanks to the partnership between IDX and the Bryan-College Station MLS (BCSMLS). Thousands of detailed property listings are now synced to Lagravier's search page, giving potential buyers a comprehensive database of homes to search, without ever leaving the website Lagravier hosts. The convenient and easy-to-use IDX-enabled website of Lagravier has forever changed the Hilltops Lake home search.

HOUSTON, TX - February 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) will join the Houston Housing Authority as they roll out the welcome mat for more than 100 low-income families at 2:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday, February 1, at Kennedy Place, 3100 Gillespie, Houston Texas 77020. Kennedy Place is celebrating its grand opening week after being rebuilt with federal funding from the Stimulus Act, which has created thousands of jobs throughout the country while stimulating local economies, including Houston’s

EUGENE, OR - February 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- El Paso, Texas home seekers can now experience an online property search like never before, on the joint venture between IDX, Inc. and real estate broker David Karam. Now, Karam hosts his own customized IDX solution, giving his website a unique and specialized search capability. Thousands of El Paso MLS (EPMLS) listings are now synced to his website, allowing potential buyers to search through a complete database of local El Paso properties. With all of the unique capabilities Karam hosts on his website, his search page is the best place for El Paso home seekers to begin their property search process.

HOUSTON, TX - January 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, a jury sitting in United States District Judge Sim Lake’s Courtroom found Vincent Wallace Aldridge, former fee attorney for First Southwestern Title Company and attorney for Aldridge and Associates, along with Tori Elyse Aldridge, a former employee of First Southwestern Title Company and Gilbert Barry Isgar, a co-owner of Waterford Homes, guilty of charges of wire fraud and money laundering in a scheme to defraud residential mortgage lenders of more than $3.7 million in loans in connection with home purchases in the Houston area, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today along with FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard C. Powers and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Rodney E. Clarke.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) released the following statement today regarding today’s New York Times report on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac legal defense fees:

AUSTIN, TX - January 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced a $345,000 award to the City of McKinney to assist eligible residents with the purchase of their first home, providing greater stability to area low income families and a shot in the arm to the local economy.City officials estimate that the award will help provide 30 local residents with down payment and closing cost assistance, helping them achieve the American Dream of homeownership.

AUSTIN, TX - January 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced a $480,000 award to the City of Clarksville to fund home repairs for low income homeowners, helping residents maintain homeownership while providing a shot in the arm to the local economy.City officials anticipate the funds will help rehabilitate six homes owned and lived in by income-eligible households.

AUSTIN, TX - January 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced a major funding award to a regional nonprofit organization to assist eligible low income residents of four communities in Coryell, Gregg, and Henderson counties obtain safe, decent rental housing, helping set them on the path toward self-sufficiency.TDHCA awarded $220,464 in rental assistance funds to Affordable Caring Housing, Inc., a nonprofit housing organization headquartered in College Station. The organization will use the funds to help a total of 20 low-income households living in the cities of Athens, Copperas Cove, Gatesville, and Kilgore secure housing and meet their monthly rent payments

EUGENE, OR - January 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Texas broker Michael Yarrito has teamed up with IDX, Inc. to pair his knowledge of the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market with the dynamic IDX Broker software. Yarrito now hosts a complete and thorough online real estate search courtesy of his IDX solution. By adding the IDX technology, Yarrito displays thousands of North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS) listings directly on his website, giving home seekers more options than ever before to search for a property online

AUSTIN, TX - January 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) this week released $45 million in mortgage credit certificate authority through its Texas Mortgage Credit Program, an innovative homebuyer program that makes homeownership more affordable by providing a dollar for dollar reduction of a borrower’s tax liability, not to exceed $2,000 annually.The credit authority will allow the Department to provide tax credits on approximately $150 million worth of mortgage loans, which it estimates will help approximately 1,000 eligible households purchase a home of their own once they complete a certified homebuyer education class.

EUGENE, OR - January 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dallas-Fort Worth real estate agent Abe Issa has partnered with IDX, Inc. to bring a revolutionary real estate website to home seekers around Texas. Now, IDX Broker syncs with the website Issa hosts to display thousands of North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS) on the search page Issa employs. The online property search has never been easier or simpler than it currently is for potential buyers who chose to utilize the IDX enabled website of Issa.

EUGENE, OR - January 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Robert English and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to simplify the real estate website English hosts, with the dynamic IDX Broker software. By creating an easy-to-use search page, English can give his clients and other Arlington, Texas home seekers the thorough online property search experience they deserve. Syncing North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS) listings with the search results page English supports, means thousands of detailed NTREIS listings are instantly available to potential buyers. The once complicated and stressful online home search is now simple and effective, thanks to the IDX enabled website of English

WASHINGTON, DC - December 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Harris County, Texas, commissioner and a Houston-based real estate developer have been charged with bribery conspiracy in an indictment returned yesterday by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.

THE COLONY, TX - December 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Matthews Southwest, one of the region’s most progressive developers, today announces a projected more than 100% year-over-year increase in residential lot sales at The Tribute Resort Community on the shores of Lewisville Lake.

DALLAS, TX - December 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- At separate sentencing hearings today, U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn sentenced housing developers Brian L. Potashnik and Cheryl L. Potashnik, who were convicted in what has become known as the “Dallas City Hall Corruption Case,” announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.

WASHINGTON, DC - December 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), House Financial Services Oversight Subcommittee Chairman, released the following statement today regarding his December 13, 2010 letter to FHFA Director DeMarco

December 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) released the following statement after today’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new 73-unit Paisano Green Community. The $10.4 million project was made possible by an $8.25 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. El Paso was one of only 36 communities in the nation (and the only one in Texas) awarded with a competitive grant for the construction of ‘green’ affordable housing units. Congressman Reyes was scheduled to speak at today’s ceremony but was unable to attend due to ongoing votes in the U.S. House of Representatives

AUSTIN, TX - December 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Texas State Representative Bill Callegari (District 132, Katy) announced the introduction of legislative packages to lower the state's spending cap and, separately, limit home property tax appraisals.

December 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- USAA Real Estate Company is pleased to announce that the Colonnade Centre, a multi-tenant, class A, office building located in San Antonio, Texas has earned a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED EBOM) certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) at the GOLD level.