AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aiming to rebuild housing stock in the wake of Hurricane Ike and bolster the region’s economy, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator Tommy Williams today announced a major award of federal disaster recovery funds to Liberty County.

AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aiming to rebuild housing stock in the wake of Hurricane Ike and bolster the region’s economy, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) today announced a major award of federal disaster recovery funds to a regional nonprofit housing organization serving a seven-county area of central Texas.

AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aiming to rebuild housing stock in the wake of Hurricane Dolly and bolster the region’s economy, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa today announced a major award of federal disaster recovery funds to the City of Mission.

AUSTIN, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aiming to rebuild housing stock in the wake of Hurricane Dolly and bolster the region’s economy, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (THDCA) and State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. today announced a major award of federal disaster recovery funds to Willacy County.

DALLAS, TX - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal grand jury has indicted Eugene Lockhart, Jr., 48, a former player with the Dallas Cowboys, and eight others, on various charges related to a mortgage fraud scheme he and the others allegedly ran in the Dallas area from 2001 through 2005, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.

AUSTIN, TX - August 26, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Is your office cluttered with annual reports from 2001? Two-year-old candy bar wrappers? Memos from your former boss’ ex-boss? Stacks of business cards from people you don’t remember meeting? Operating instructions for every cell phone you’ve ever owned?

HOUSTON, TX - August 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Houston Association of Realtors® Board of Directors announced its decision to support Stephen Costello for Houston City Council, At-large, Position 1 and Noel Freeman for Houston City Council, At-large, Position 4.

AUSTIN, TX - August 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has released $81 million in mortgage loan funds available to help qualifying households purchase their first home. Homeownership promotes stable families and neighborhoods, generates local economic development with construction jobs, and supports local governments with increased tax revenue.

Houston, TX - August 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tax Masters, Inc. has signed a deal to relocate its office from 900 Town and Country Lane to 2020 Dairy Ashford, part of a two building complex located on Dairy Ashford, just north of Westheimer Road in west Houston. The Houston-based, IRS tax relief representation firm leased the entire six story building totaling 107,890 square feet.

August 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- It is a good idea to understand what a reasonable amount of income to expect is from your reverse mortgage, based on your age, equity in your home and other financial variables in your life. You can use an online calculator to estimate what your reverse mortgage will look like.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27) announced $367,436 in funding for the Kingsville City Housing Authority from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

AUSTIN, TX - August 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Striving to increase the state’s stock of affordable rental housing, strengthening families and communities in uncertain economic times, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a funding plan to help finance affordable rental properties across the state bringing stability to young working families and retired individuals while providing a boost to local economies.

AUSTIN, TX - August 4, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Understanding the enormously positive and cost-effective impact weatherization can have on a home, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a major award designed to generate a wide array of jobs that will help jump start the state’s construction industry, while increasing home energy efficiency for low income households, reducing their cost burden, and creating a healthier environment.

AUSTIN, TX - August 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a significant award of federal stimulus funding designed to mitigate and prevent the effects of homelessness both for those individuals who are homeless and for the communities in which they are located.

HOUSTON, TX - July 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Richard Bell, 50, president and CEO of Harborside Mortgage Corporation, was sentenced to 121 months in prison late yesterday by U.S. District Judge Gray Miller for bank fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today.

HOUSTON, TX - July 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Texas Children's Hospital today became the first Texas Medical Center (TMC) institution to lease space in Rice University's new BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC), a place where scientists and educators from the university and TMC institutions will work together to perform leading research that benefits human medicine and health.

Washington, DC - July 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a grant of $721,000 to the City of Dallas, through the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) Program.

HOUSTON, TX - July 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- An 11-count sealed indictment charging conspiracy and wire fraud has been unsealed following the arrests of Claymon "Butch" Trammell, Michelle Trammell and Jeannettea Williams, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today.

Houston, TX - July 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Bill White today announced he is appointing businessman/attorney David Mincberg to the Houston Housing Authority (HHA) Board of Commissioners. Mincberg, CEO of Flagship Properties Corp., will fill an open seat on the board. He is expected to replace Timothy F. Seckinger in the chairman’s position. Seckinger will remain on the board during a transition period.

Houston, TX - July 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — GlennLock's Sports Bar and Grill by Aaron Glenn, has signed a lease for 5,487 square feet of space at the 15-acre Renaissance at Greenspoint project, which is the first phase of the re-development of Greenspoint Mall by the Triyar Cannon Group. GlennLock's will be the premier sports bar and grill concept in the $32 million project slated to open in the Spring of 2010.