Yearly Archives: 2011

ORLANDO, FL - April 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida’s existing home and existing condo sales rose in March, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. Existing home sales increased 12 percent last month with a total of 18,522 homes sold statewide compared to 16,540 homes sold in March 2010, according to Florida Realtors. Statewide sales of existing condos last month rose 24 percent compared to the year-ago sales figure.Seventeen of Florida’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) reported higher existing home and existing condo sales in March; 17 MSAs also had higher condo sales. It’s the fourth consecutive month that Florida Realtors has reported higher year-over-year existing home and existing condo sales statewide.

EUGENE, OR - April 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX Broker software is now integrated onto the real estate website of Jason Sarji, thanks to his adoption of the IDX, Inc. premier technology. As a member of the Ft. Lauderdale MLS (FAR), the IDX solution Sarji has employed and extract raw listing data from the FAR database and display it effortlessly on the website he hosts. Potential buyers can now experience an online property search unlike any other, on the IDX enabled website Sarji supports.

WASHINGTON, DC - April 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Mae today announced the opening of the Jacksonville Mortgage Help Center to provide free education and counseling services to struggling Duval County homeowners. The Jacksonville Center, the latest of eight Mortgage Help Centers to open across the country, is part of Fannie Mae's nationwide initiative to educate families about the options and tools available to help them stay in their homes. The Center was developed in partnership with Wealth Watchers, Duval County community and elected officials, and area mortgage servicers

WASHINGTON, DC - April 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Mae today announced the opening of the Tampa Mortgage Help Center to provide free education and counseling services to struggling homeowners in the Greater Tampa Bay area. The Tampa Center, the seventh Mortgage Help Center to open across the country, is part of Fannie Mae's nationwide initiative to educate families about the options and tools available to help them stay in their homes.

EUGENE, OR - April 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Access USA Realty and Larry Milligan have teamed with IDX, Inc. to bring a dynamic real estate website to online property searchers. As a member of the Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL), Milligan has long had access to thousands of properties on the listings database agents and brokers can access. The IDX solution Milligan now employs automatically syncs thousands of SEFL listings to his search page, creating a comprehensive and thorough database of listings on his website. IDX Broker allows home seekers to experience an unparalleled online real estate search, on the website of Milligan

Tallahassee, FL - April 121, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a complaint against a home loan modification company for allegedly requiring consumers to pay an upfront fee for services. According to an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office, U.S. Mitigators, LLC, a company providing home loan modification services, was allegedly requiring consumers to pay an upfront fee of $2,100 before services were rendered. Many consumers reported paying the $2,100 fee and an additional $399 application fee for services they never received. The Attorney General’s complaint against the company seeks more than $48,000 in restitution for consumers

ORLANDO, FL - April 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Don’t wait to enter Florida Realtors® annual Environmental Award program, or you may be green with ENVY when the winner is chosen. Popularly known as the “ENVY” award, the honor goes to a development that best preserves Florida’s natural quality of life. The award may be given in two categories: one for residential development and one for commercial development.Oakland Park, a traditional neighborhood development between the historic towns of Oakland and Winter Garden in Central Florida, won Florida Realtors’ 23rd ENVY Award in 2010. The community includes about 258 acres stretching from the shores of Lake Apopka to Oakland Avenue.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - April 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida CFO Jeff Atwater is urging Tampa residents whose homes and property were damaged last week by tornadoes to be on the lookout for unlicensed contractors, and to make sure they thoroughly understand all of the details before signing any contract with a contractor

St. Petersburg, FL - April 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rampart Properties. an Associa company, applauds its community, Parkshore Plaza Condominium Association, which recently was named a winner in the 2011 Florida Communities of Excellence Awards for implementing a state-of-the-art disaster response plan.

Destin, FL - April 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- There’s some good news in the U.S. housing market, and starting this week Housing Predictor is introducing a new real estate index to keep closer track of cities that are about to break into a housing recovery and those that are bottoming out.

ORLANDO, FL - March 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- What do a number of educators, Realtors, business executives, media representatives, civic organizers and elected officials across Florida have in common? They all can add serving as a district judge for Florida Realtors® 2010-2011 Scholarship/Essay Contest for High School Seniors to their resumes of community service.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - March 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a first-of-its-kind settlement against attorney Marshall C. Watson and his law firm, one of the largest foreclosure firms in Florida, for alleged improprieties in the prosecution of foreclosure cases throughout Florida. This settlement, which calls for a $2 million payment and imposition of certain requirements to conduct business, is the first stemming from numerous investigations into Florida foreclosure law firms.

ORLANDO, FL - March 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In two days, Realtors® will open doors to homeownership through thousands of open houses being held across the state as part of Florida Open House Weekend, March 26-27, sponsored by Florida Realtors®.“This exciting event will help homebuyers find their Florida dream home,” says 2011 Florida Realtors President Patricia Fitzgerald, manager/broker-associate with Illustrated Properties in Hobe Sound and Mariner Sands Country Club in Stuart.

Tampa Bay, FL - March 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) negotiated 65,000 square feet in lease renewals and a new 4,500-square-foot lease at Colonial Place I & II in Westshore. Totaling 371,674 rentable square feet, the two Class A office buildings are owned by DRA/Colonial Properties Trust. CBRE's Brian Devlin and Clay Wommack provided representation on behalf of the ownership.

Destin, FL - March 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nearly three years after the financial crisis erupted on Wall Street, in an over-whelming show of support a new opinion poll shows that Americans want those responsible for sending the U.S. economy into a tail-spin prosecuted by federal authorities.

ORLANDO, FL - March 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida’s existing home and existing condo sales rose in February, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. Existing home sales increased 13 percent last month with a total of 13,701 homes sold statewide compared to 12,164 homes sold in February 2010, according to Florida Realtors. February’s statewide sales of existing condos rose 29 percent compared to the previous year’s sales figure.

EUGENE, OR - March 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Kristine Willocks to the ever-expanding networks of agents and brokers dedicated to transforming the online real estate search on their professional websites. As a member of the Mid-Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS), Willocks has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, her clients and other Orlando, Florida home seekers can experience the same level of accessibility to the MFRMLS. IDX Broker has forever changed the way potential buyers search for homes online

WASHINGTON, DC - March 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new study this week says Florida continues to have a dismal-performing housing market, but the state’s governor is stalling federal emergency assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure, according to two recent letters by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.

EUGENE, OR - March 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) listings are now easier than ever to search online, thanks to IDX, Inc. and real estate professional Michael Slade of Naples, Florida. Slade now hosts a dynamic IDX solution on his website, giving home seekers the ability to efficiently search SSMLS listings to find their dream home online. With IDX Broker software, Slade can display thousands of listings without lifting a finger as online property searches have been simplified for potential buyers, agents and brokers alike.

EUGENE, OR - March 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Potential buyers in Tampa, Florida can now experience the innovative IDX Broker software from the convenience of Broker Tiia Cartwright's website. The IDX, Inc. technology syncs with the Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) to create a comprehensive database of property listings, accessible by any home seeker at any time. Cartwright's up-to-the-minute coverage of the MFRMLS on her Cartwright Realty search page allows buyers to explore the newest and most relevant property search available to home seekers online