Miami/Boca Raton, FL – January 27, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — CBRE announced this week the addition of four new leasing professionals to the firm’s South Florida operations. Maggie Guajardo Kurtz and Diana Parker join CBRE to provide office landlord and tenant representation services in Miami-Dade County. Michael Wilson and Owen Sagar, based in the Boca Raton office, will focus on servicing office property owners and occupiers in the Palm Beach County market. more »

EUGENE, OR – January 26, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, IDX, Inc. welcome Florida Realtor Gary Goldberg to the team of agents and brokers utilizing the amazing IDX Broker software for their professional websites. Now, Palm Beach Regional MLS (RMLSFL) listings are seamlessly integrated onto the search page Goldberg hosts, simplifying the search process for home seekers. Thousands of detailed listings make it easy for potential buyers to scan the RMLSFL listings to find properties that match their desires and budgets. Goldberg can customize his IDX solution to meet the needs of his clients and his real estate business. Never before has it been so simple to participate in the online property search. more »

EUGENE, OR – January 26, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the network of real estate agents and brokers who have chosen to upgrade their professional websites is growing yet again, with the addition of an IDX solution to the website of Jerry Osinski. Naples, Florida properties are now displayed with ease on the IDX-enabled website Osinski hosts. His membership with the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) further simplifies the online real estate search for home seekers by extracting raw listing data and integrating it onto the page Osinski hosts. Now, potential buyers can search for their dream Naples home on one concise and convenient real estate website, thanks to Osinski and IDX Broker software. more »

January 26, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — CBRE released today the State of Florida MarketViews for fourth quarter 2011. The CBRE MarketView reports cover office, industrial and retail properties in Florida’s Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa Bay, and South Florida markets. Below are key findings: more »

Miami, FL – January 25, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — TA Associates acquired the America’s Gateway portfolio, a four-building distribution warehouse portfolio in Miami, for just over $19 million. CBRE Capital Markets professionals Chris Riley, Christian Lee and Brian Budnick, with the help of Industrial leasing professionals Devin White and David Albert, marketed the portfolio and negotiated the transaction on behalf of the seller, Clarion Partners. more »

Tallahassee, FL – January 24, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — CBRE Capital Markets arranged an $8-million bridge loan refinance on behalf of TREO Partners LLC for a two-property student housing portfolio in Tallahassee, Florida. Terms of the loan include an 18-month loan term with interest-only financing, a 75% loan-to-value ratio with minimum DCR of 1.25 and a floating interest rate over the 30-day Libor. more »

EUGENE, OR – January 23, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Lake City, Florida real estate agent Chad Stewart has become the latest professional to integrate the dynamic IDX Broker software onto his professional website, creating a helpful and simple search page for Florida home seekers. North Florida MLS (NFMLS) listings are seamlessly linked to the search page Stewart employs, giving him the ability to display thousands of listings on his convenient and easy-to-use Burbach Realty Services website. more »

Wellington, FL – January 20, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — CBRE announced today the sale of Shoppes at Southern Palms, a 200,889-square-foot shopping center located on Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County, Florida to New York-based Garrison Investment Group. Garrison acquired the property for $31.4 million from a joint venture between Panattoni Development Company and a client advised by Invesco Real Estate. CBRE’s National Retail Investment Group in Florida provided exclusive representation to the seller in the transaction. more »

St. Petersburg, FL – January 19, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Bay View Plaza, a 78,781-square-foot shopping center anchored by a Winn-Dixie grocery store, was recently purchased by Hachem Investments, Inc of Tampa, FL. CBRE marketed the property for sale on behalf of the seller, Springfield Crossing, LLC. more »

EUGENE, OR – January 19, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the website supported by IDX, Inc. and hosted by agent Miguel Delgado. Doral, Washington area properties, combining real estate listings from the surrounding states, once required a complicated and time consuming online property search. Now, potential buyers can efficiently and effectively scan MFRMLS listings from the convenience of the website Delgado hosts. Florida property listings have never been so accessible via an online real estate search. more »

Fort Lauderdale, FL – January 18, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Deanna Lobinsky and Travis Herring of CBRE in Fort Lauderdale office have earned the titles of Senior Vice President and First Vice President, respectively. Broker titles at CBRE reflect quantifiable performance results within their service specialties. more »

EUGENE, OR – January 17, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Naples, Florida real estate agent Fay Mlinarich has become the latest professional to integrate the dynamic IDX Broker software onto her professional website, creating a helpful and simple search page for Florida home seekers. Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) listings are seamlessly linked to the search page Mlinarich employs, giving her the ability to display thousands of listings on her convenient and easy-to-use Vineyards Properties, Inc. website. more »

Orlando, FL – January 10, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Orlando mortgage lender FBC recently released their yearend Central Florida Mortgage Report for 2011. Based on all of the data 2011 may be viewed as the year the mortgage and housing market leveled out after years of steep declines. Home prices, excluding condos, are up 6% over the preceding 24 months, rates are at all-time lows, and incomes of home buyers is on the rise. Below is an additional list of highlights for 2011: more »

Jacksonville, FL – January 6, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — CBRE is pleased to announce Traci Jenks, Senior Associate with the Jacksonville office, has been named president-elect to the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association with the Northeast Florida chapter (NAIOP-NEFL) in Jacksonville. Jenks first joined NAIOP in 2000 while working in Economic Development with the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce. She has been on the Board for five years and chaired various committees such as Public Relations, Government Affairs, Membership, and the Annual Awards Celebration. more »

Attorney General Bondi Achieves Temporary Injunction and Limited Asset Freeze

TALLAHASSEE, FL – January 5, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary injunction and limited asset freeze against two foreclosure management companies for misleading distressed homeowners. MGD Management, LLC, and CRS Marketing, LLC, both with offices in Broward County, marketed “strategic default” services which purported to keep the consumers in their homes “for free” for three years without paying the mortgage, taxing authorities, homeowners association, or home owners insurance. more »